While investors had hoped that Trump’s tough talk on illegal immigrants will result in CoreCivic Inc and Geo Group Inc winning government contracts for building prisons, but with fewer illegal immigrants taking the risk to cross over from Mexico to… Read More ›
Regulations & Legal
Barclays to write-down $1.34 billion as a result of the overhaul of the U.S. tax code
Significantly, its Tier 1 capital ratio is also impacted by the overhaul. British lending giant Barclays disclosed that it expects to write-down nearly $1.34 billion (1 billion pounds) from its annual post-tax profit as a result of the U.S. tax… Read More ›
Apple facing 8 lawsuits for wanton slowing down of iPhones
The lawsuits, affecting the iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, iPhone SE and iPhone 7, seek unspecified damages, and in some cases reimbursement and even barring Apple to throttle the performance of its iPhones. Following Apple’s admission of slowing down ageing iPhones,… Read More ›
Volkswagen upbeat on its fourth quarter results
Matthias Mueller, the CEO of the VW group stated he expects the group’s operational profit for the fourth quarter to be outstanding. Despite overwhelming odds, Europe’s largest carmaker Volkswagen is slated to report excellent results, much of which can be… Read More ›
Drugmaker Amgen Inc to pay $6 billion to $6.5 billion in taxes over a span of time
Amgen stated the U.S. repatriation tax will impact its current generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) earnings forecast, but will not have any affect on its non-GAAP forecast. With U.S. President Donald Trump signing the new tax bill into law on… Read More ›
Credit Suisse to write-down $2.3 billion due to changes in U.S. tax law
The Swiss banking giant stated it will provide a more detailed report on the impact of the U.S tax bill on its operations in its fourth quarter report, scheduled to be published on Feb. 14. Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse… Read More ›
T-Mobile Austria to buy Liberty Global Plc’s UPC Austria unit for $2.25 billion
The deal will enable T-Mobile Austria to better compete with bigger rivals such as A1. Liberty Global Plc stated it would divest its UPC Austria business to T-Mobile Austria, an unit of Deutsche Telekom, for a value of $2.25 billion… Read More ›
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche acquires U.S. Cancer drug maker Ignyta for $1.7 billion
Ignyta’s precision drugs and diagnostic portfolio will help Roche increase its global footprint in the oncology department. On Friday, U.S. cancer drugmaker Ignyta Inc and Swiss drugmaker Roche disclosed that the Swiss pharmaceutical giant will acquire U.S. drugmaker for $1.7… Read More ›
Corporate criminal case against China’s ZTE takes an interesting turn
While an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice found ZTE shipping goods illegally to Iran and its ally North Korea in violation of U.S. trade laws, which led to the company paying a record fine. The manner in which… Read More ›
Biometric Boarding Trial In The US Begun For The First Time By British Airlines
British Airways in partnership with Los Angeles Airport, has for the first time in history of aviation, set up experimental self-service biometric boarding gates on international flights out of the USA. Flyers would have a smoother journey because of the… Read More ›