An investment of about 500 million USD (Rs 3,250 crore) is reportedly being contemplated to be made by French luxury group LVMH Moet Hennessy – Louis Vuitton, in the Indian company Patanjali Ayurveda. “Acharya Balkrishna has said that just as… Read More ›
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Profits Warning Issued By Only Listed Funeral U.K. Company, Dignity, Due To Rice War
There is an intensifying price war in the funeral services and this has driven Dignity, the UK’s only publicly listed funeral services company, to announce that its profits for 2018 would decline. This announcement resulted in a the wiping off… Read More ›
Amidst Prices Rally In Oil Market, ‘Explosive’ Growth Anticipated In U.S. Oil Production By IEA
The fear of OPEC that gains made by its production cuts could be neutralized by another surge of shale oil could be coming true. The International Energy Agency said on Friday that there would be “explosive” growth in the U.S…. Read More ›
All HNA acquisitions in the U.S. put on hold until ownership structure is clear
Failure to get CFIUS approval will put all of HNA investments in the U.S. in limbo. As per a source familiar with the matter at hand, the U.S. government is unlikely to approve any investment by China’s HNA Group until… Read More ›
Berkshire appoints Ajit Jain as as its vice chairman
Ajit Jain, 66 along with Gregory Abel, 55 are the top contenders to replace Buffet, 87. As per a regulatory filing, Ajit Jain, who has recently been appointed as vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, has reported his ownership of… Read More ›
John McCormick becomes president and CEO of Blackstone
J. Tomilson Hill, billionaire art collector, the firm’s esrtwhile Chief executive, has passed the baton to John McCormick; Hill will remain as its chairman. Having being at the helm of the world’s biggest hedge fund, with around $74 billion in… Read More ›
Australia, Japan, Canada working together to replace TPP with CPTPP
Chief negotiators from the respective countries in the Asia Pacific region are set to meet next week to hammer out an agreement for signing the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). On Thursday, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull… Read More ›
The transfer of Toshiba’s nuclear business to the Baupost Group would help lift its balance sheet by $3.68 billion
The 410 billion transfer includes a post-tax profit of 170 billion yen as well as 240 billion yen tax benefits. On Thursday, Toshiba Corp stated once it sells its claims in Westinghouse Electric Co, its bankrupt nuclear unit, to a… Read More ›
Yet another Chinese city admits to providing fake economic data
China’s Xinhua news agency and the People’s Daily have reported that officials tend to inflate economic data in order to boost their performance based on which they are assessed by China’s central government. Baotou, a northern industrial city in China’s… Read More ›
Judith McKenna to assume Wal-Mart Stores chief executive of its international unit
The move is a potentially a stepping stone towards doning the role of the CEO of the world’s biggest brick and mortar retailer. As per a source with knowledge of the matter, Judith McKenna, Wal-Mart Stores’ Chief Operating Officer is… Read More ›