The partnership could provide both Toyota and Suzuki greater market penetration as well as export opportunities. In what is likely to be a significant moment in Japanese automotive history, Toyota Motor Corp and Suzuki Motor Corp have agreed to begin… Read More ›
Regulations & Legal
Tech companies’ letter urges Trump to ease travel ban: Sources
With the American economy being technologically driven, Donald Trump’s travel ban has perhaps the right intent of securing America but the manner in which it is going about implementing its objective could drive up costs and create more animosity than… Read More ›
FCC Gives Free Pass to Divide Up Internet to AT&T and Verizon
AT&T and Verizon have been given a big pass by the new sheriff in town at the Federal Communications Commission. The so-called zero-rating offers that allow customers to watch video from certain applications from their mobile devices without it counting… Read More ›
Tackling Social Taboos in China is a Skin Care Ad
A young Chinese woman weeps as her parents discuss her single status, shown in the four-minute advertorial. “She’s just average-looking, not too pretty,” her mother says. “That’s why she’s a leftover.” Referring to those in their late 20s who are… Read More ›
Next on Trump’s Travel Ban Could be This Country
Political risk consultancy Eurasia has that warned there were risks of being on the list of the Muslim-majority nations on President Donald Trump’s travel ban were being faced by Pakistan and the country therefore must do more to combat homegrown terrorism or risk… Read More ›
Donald Trump’s clever strategy of divide and rule
Donald Trump’s proposal voiced through House Republican to levy a 20% tax on goods imported to the United States while totalling eliminating tax on U.S. imports and revising tax rates of corporates have divided Corporate America like never before. Companies… Read More ›
UK based Reckitt Benkiser in advanced talks with Mead Johnson for a potential takeover
Analysts have said the potentially 16.7 billion will see the “health and hygiene” company move into “infant nutrition” which isn’t such a big leap considering the grey area between healthcare and food. The Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc, best known for… Read More ›
Theresa May clears first legislative hurdle with her Brexit plans intact
With a clear majority, this first step was expected to be smooth sailing. In the next, she will have to move more deftly so as to not expose her Brexit strategy before negotiations begin. In a significant first step that… Read More ›
China Mainland Police Seize Chinese Billionaire from Hong Kong
The Chinese public security agents reportedly abducted a Chinese billionaire with connections to top Beijing leaders from the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong and taken to the mainland, the media reported quoting two people familiar with the investigation. As Chinese President… Read More ›
Softbank’s tech fund mulling investment of $1 billion plus into WeWork
WeWork had also held discussions regarding investments from Uber Technologies. Discussions with Softbank are on-going and there is no certainty that it will result in a deal. The Wall Street Journal has reported citing sources familiar with the matter at… Read More ›