The biggest oil discovery that has been made in Bahrain since 1932 was announced by the country recently. Bahrain is a small country that lies between the two energy giants Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Forecast to be full of “highly… Read More ›
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Russia Being Denied From Hosting World Cup By West: Russian Official
Attempts are being made by the U.S. and the U.K to prevent Russia from hosting the Football World Coup this summer, alleged Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Their “main aim” was to “take the World Cup out of Russia”… Read More ›
Landmark Transfer Pricing tax suit – Coca-Cola vs the U.S. IRS
The lawsuit is drawing loads of eyeballs since it could set a precedent for MNCs over their transfer pricing mechanism. In a lawsuit, closely watched by tax experts, that marks a growing signs of tension between the U.S. Internal Revenue… Read More ›
Beijing imposes additional tariffs on U.S. exports
Beijing move will impact $3 billion U.S. exports to China. China’s finance ministry stated, Beijing has imposed additional tariffs of up to 25% on 128 U.S. products including including certain nuts, wine and frozen pork, in response to U.S. duties… Read More ›
Christian Strenger, founding member of Germany’s Corporate Governance Commission calls investors to vote against Wolfgang Porsche’s re-election to VW’s board at its AGM
Although Christian Strenger has a a small stake in VW, as the ex-CEO of DWS, Deutsche Bank’s asset management arm, and being the founding member of Germany’s Corporate Governance Commission, he has a prominent voice. German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung… Read More ›
Trump’s attack on Amazon.com leads to $24 billion loss in market capitalization
As per news reporting service Axios, Trump is considering ways to rein in Amazon’s power. In the second instance of its kind, U.S. President Donald Trump came down heavily on Amazon.com Inc accusing it of benefiting unfairly from cheap rates… Read More ›
Seoul Authorities To Shut Light And Worker’s Computers To Prevent Working Late Hours
The authorities of South Korea’s capital city are demanding that workers there work less and not more – unlike some employers. And to prevent workers from working too much, the authorities are even planning to switch off lights and are… Read More ›
A Trash Now Has Been Embedded With Self Driving Car Technology To Empty Itself
After autonomous cars, now it is the turn of refuse to turn robotic. The design of an autonomous refuse robot has been released by Canada’s pioneering robotics and artificial intelligence research company – AI Incorporated. The autonomous robotic refuse is able… Read More ›
Walmart Inc takes the fight to Amazon.com Inc: explores close ties with health insurer, Humana Inc
If a deal was to materialize, Walmart will have to navigate the complex U.S. healthcare industry while meeting the challenges of a rapidly changing retail market. As per sources familiar with the matter at hand, Walmart Inc, the world’s… Read More ›
U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni dismisses Exxon Mobil Corp’s lawsuit against NY and Massachusetts
In an interesting turn of events U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni dismissed Exxon Mobil Corp’s lawsuit against the Attorney General of NY and Massachusetts on the grounds of Exxon’s arguments being “implausible”. In a setback to U.S oil giant Exxon… Read More ›