Growing demand from online shopping as well as reliable cash flows from the plastic packaging sector has since long been a point of interest for private equity. As per a report from the Wall Street Journal, private equity firm Apollo… Read More ›
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Britain’s competition authority likely to rule on Sainsbury’s-Asda $66 billion merger in early March
With Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority taking on a more active interventional approach in its latest ruling, the Sainsbury’s-Asda deal, which could create Britain’s biggest retailer, faces headwinds from multiple angles. Although Mike Coupe, Asda’s CEO was taped on camera… Read More ›
Philip Hamptonwill retires as GlaxoSmithKline Plc‘s chairman
The drugmaker has begun the process of searching for Philip Hamptonwill’s successor. On Monday, drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline plc stated, Philip Hamptonwill, its chairman will be stepping down from his role. Hamptonwill has been GlaxoSmithKline’s chairman for more than three and a… Read More ›
French supermarket retailer Casino to divest assets worth $567 million
The move is part of Casino’s debt-financing strategy. On Monday, Casino, a French supermarket retailer, stated it is in the process of divesting assets so as to slash its debts. It aims to sell 26 of its brick-and-mortar stores in… Read More ›
Japan has begun importing Iranian crude
Japan forms part of a list of countries that have been exempted from U.S. economic sanctions on Iran. Countries on this exemption list are allowed to import Iranian oil for another 180 days. On Monday, the governor of Iran’s central… Read More ›
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co denies Financial Times report on lithium extraction
The Financial Time’s report had cited sources and a fund raising document, and stated, Berkshire Hathaway’s geothermal wells could produce up to 90,000 tonnes of lithium a year worth $1.5 billion at current prices. Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co, a unit… Read More ›
Crude oil prices rise touch 2019 peak
OPEC led prices cut along with the release of Chinese refinerery processing data in 2018, led to the peaking of crude oil. On Monday, oil prices recorded the highest peak following the release of data that showed China’s refinery processing… Read More ›
Investor Resolution Urging Amazon To Stop Selling Facial-Recognition Tech To The Government
Amazon is being urged by its investors to stop selling its facial-recognition software to government agencies because of concerns among them that such technology can be used to trample rights of people. A group of Amazon shareholders brought together a… Read More ›
Banning Huawei From 5G Network Construction Being Considered In Germany
If media reports are to be believes, Huawei could soon be banned from another Western market of significance – Germany. Recent reports state that the government in Germany is considering methods that it can use to prevent the Chinese tech… Read More ›
Report Claims Darknet Markets Saw Double Daily Bitcoin Transactions In 2018
According to a study conducted by data firm Chainalysis, during 2018, bitcoin was used as a mode of payment on the darknet market sites in double the amount that it was used a year earlier. The darknet is a place… Read More ›