On Friday, two sources familiar with the matter at hand have disclosed, EssilorLuxottica’s $8 billion (7.2 billion euro) bid to acquire Dutch GrandVision will face a full-scale EU antitrust investigation, following the latter declining to offer concessions during an initial… Read More ›
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US Court Orders $1.1bn Fine On Over Patent Infringement
In what is believed to be one of the largest patent verdicts ever, a fine of $1.1 billion to a California university has been ordered to be paid by Apple and Broadcomin relation to charges of infringing wifi technology patents…. Read More ›
Fears Of Coronavirus Pushes Oil Market To ‘Tough And Uncertain’ Times: Royal Dutch CEO
While the global financial markets have been spooked by the rate of spread of the novel coronavirus, which originated in China, the energy companies and markets are still trying to assess the economic impact this outbreak could have. Since its… Read More ›
Virus Fears Force Global Airlines To Suspend Or Scale Back China Flights
An increase in travel warnings by various governments and a drop in demand for tickets from passengers bound for China because of the fast spread of the coronavirus outbreak, decisions to suspend or scale back more direct flights to China’s… Read More ›
Tesla extends profit run backed on record deliveries
Tesla has posted its second quarterly profit in a row following a record number of vehicle deliveries; it said it expects to deliver more than 500,000 units in 2020. With the news reaching the market on Wednesday, the electric carmaker’s… Read More ›
Jaguar Land Rover’s CEO Ralf Speth to step down in September 2020
In a report, the Financial Times said citing sources, Ralf Speth, Jaguar Land Rover’s Chief Executive Officer is scheduled to step down later this year in September when his contract ends; he will continue to remain in the company at… Read More ›
Impact Of Coronavirus On Chinese Economy Could Be Worse Than SARS
The very fast spreading of the coronavirus in China has forced the Chinese government take the unprecedented measure of extending the Lunar New Year holiday by as much as a week in some cases as well as the step of… Read More ›
New Report Claims Gig Economy Workers Fall In A Trap Of Existence
According to the claims of a new report, the workers who are participating in the gig economy are being forced to devote ever-more time on the platforms of companies such as Uber and Deliveroo to maintain financial stability even though… Read More ›
JPMorgan Chase & Co plans on cutting 1% of workforce from its consumer division
Bloomberg has reported citing sources briefed on the matter as saying, JPMorgan Chase & Co plans on cutting hundreds of jobs across its consumer division. Bloomberg’s report did not mention the exact number of jobs JPMorgan plans on cutting but… Read More ›
Chinese tourists visiting Thailand to fall by 2M in 2020
On Tuesday, Thailand’s Tourism Authority stated, it expects tourists from China to fall in the range 2 million to 9 million due to the coronavirus outbreak in that country. Around 11 million Chinese tourists, Thailand’s biggest source of visitors, visited… Read More ›