Worry about the long term effects of the political crisis in the Chinese city of Hong Kong has got private bankers in the city busy with many inquiries from investors there according to a report published by Bloomberg. According to… Read More ›
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Issue Of Taxing Large Tech Firms Could Take US And UK On A Collision Course
The issue of taxing internet giants could take the United States and Britain on a collision course. Starting from 2020, all large search companies, social media platforms and online marketplaces operating in the United Kingdom would be levied a tax… Read More ›
Indian government reins in auditing firms KPMG & Deloitte to global accounting standards
The Indian government has banned Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP from doing business in the country following allegations of shoddy work and non-compliance to global accounting standards. In a significant development, Indian authorities have told a tribunal, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s… Read More ›
Jonathan Symonds likely to be GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s chairman
Jonathan Symonds is HSBC’s deputy chairman. His appointment to the post, still under negotiations, will be subject to approval from banking regulators. Bloomberg has reported citing a source familiar with the matter at hand as saying, GlaxoSmithKline Plc is in… Read More ›
Amazon’s new warehouse in Germany will create 2800 new jobs
Amazon plans on opening a new warehouse in Germany’s western city Moenchengladbach, by the end of this year. Amazon.com Inc, the world’s biggest online retailer stated, it plans on opening a new warehouse in Germany later this year. The move… Read More ›
HIV Vaccine To Be Tested In US And Europe By J&J
An experimental vaccine to combat HIV is to be tested in the United States and Europe by the pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson. According to a report published by CNBC, the company has confirmed that the tests are to be… Read More ›
Indonesia’s GO-Jek expands into financial services and food delivery in Thailand
Its expansion into providing financial services comes in the wake of a collaboration with Thailand’s biggest lender, Siam Commercial Bank Pcl. As per an executive from Indonesian ride-hailing app Go-Jek, the company will start offering more financial services and expand… Read More ›
China State Engineering Corp eyeing reconstruction market in Iraq and Syria
China State Engineering Corp is eyeing all kinds of contracts including, civil construction, road building, groundworks, oilfields pipeline work. An executive from China State Engineering Corp stated, it is eyeing more opportunities for oil projects in Iraq, Saudi Arabia and… Read More ›
Despite US Threats, New Tax On Tech Giants Passed By France
Despite retaliatory threats from the United States, a digital services tax has been approved by the French government. The US has been opposing the plan because it claims that the tax would unfairly target US tech companies. US based largest… Read More ›
Mexico Exports Record Vehicles Into US In H1 Of 2019
Most of the major auto companies of the world had got very concerned after the threat in early June of this year from United States president Donald Trump about imposing high tariffs on all products imported from Mexico over what… Read More ›