While Deutsche Bank has ruled out a merger or a bailout, its chairman has called for a more vigorous defence for European banks and cautioned that global banking rules, should not be lopsided. German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung has cited… Read More ›
Regulations & Legal
Swiss favours closer ties to EU over immigration curbs: survey
Access to EU’s single market is key especially since Swiss products have a sizeable market presence. According to a survey, Swiss voters prefer closer ties to the EU and its single market than adopt immigration curbs that could jeopardise these… Read More ›
3 Chinese men caught trading with insider information gained from hacking
The 3 Chinese men made more than $4 million from these trades. While Hong, 26, has been arrested in Hong Kong, Zheng, 30, and Hung, 50, are yet to be taken into custody. U.S. prosecutors have criminally charged three Chinese… Read More ›
Lockheed Martin wins $450M contract: Pentagon
This contract is linked to a previous contract in which Lockheed was to build and delivery F-35A fighter jets to South Korea. The Pentagon has reported that Lockheed Martin Corp has been awarded a contract worth $450 million, which is… Read More ›
Brexit has made British companies vulnerable to acquisitions
The shock verdict has led to a fall of business and investor confidence in the British economy. The fall of the pound has made the UK companies easy picking for foreign companies who have snapped up lucrative deals. The shocking… Read More ›
Leaving a SWIFT token inside a connected computer, key to cracking world’s biggest cyber heist
Even after 11 months of investigation by half a dozen of the world’s investigative agencies, no suspect has been arrested in a case that has highlighted vulnerabilities in SWIFT. According to Mohammad Shah Alam, a deputy inspector with the Bangladesh… Read More ›
There can be More Incidents Like Facebook’s Safety Alert in Bangkok
After the report of a small bomb explosion, it wasn’t a mistake to tell people in Bangkok to mark themselves as safe, Facebook Inc. said. How much more common the social network’s “safety check” alerts are going to become is… Read More ›
Takata appears eager to settle DoJ probe before Obama leaves office
Takata’s inflator for airbags affect 42 million vehicles in the U.S. alone. This will make it the largest ever recall in U.S. history. Japanese airbag manufacturer Takata whose defective air bags have been linked to 11 deaths in the United… Read More ›
Kate Spade’s looking for a deal: WSJ
Increased competition and its focus on brick-and-mortar stores instead of online shopping models could be some of the reasons for its lackluster performance. Its underpriced shares have attracted sharks, with hedge funds stating that it could make a good acquisition…. Read More ›
Boehringer Ingelheim and Sanofi agrees to divesture proposals to streamline their deal
Without this divesture, there is likely to be reduced competition among vaccine manufacturers in the U.S. and EU. The divesture is key to their $13.5 billion deal. So as to streamline Boehringer Ingelheim acquisition of Sanofi, the German pharmaceutical maker… Read More ›