General Motor’s decision to sell its Opel brand signifies its CEO’s vision to focus on the company’s Return on Investment rather than sales volume as a measure of GM’s success. For General Motors, putting its European operations up for sale… Read More ›
Strategy
Any of Wal-Mart’s offering can now be bought online or at its brick-and-mortar-store
This strategic move will help minimise redundancies in its purchasing strategy, streamline it operations, and help it capitalise on its expertise of being able to provide offerings in its product basket for the lowest possible price. In what is likely… Read More ›
20% import tax likely to ruin the retail industry in the U.S.
In a cunning move, Trump’s proposal has exempted revenues generated from exports while proposing to impose a 20% tax in imports. This essentially pits exporters against importers and unless this entire line of reasoning is revisited, in the long run… Read More ›
Mercedes-Benz USA will only sell Smart cars in North America
Although the move has been portrayed as the latest sign of struggles for small cars in the United States, this positive could go a long way in weaning off our dependency on dirty polluting fossil fuels. In a significant development… Read More ›
Amid Populist Rise, Elections Across Europe has the IMF Chief Worried
Set against a backdrop of rising support for populist parties, the flurry of upcoming elections in Europe are causes of concerns for International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde. There is growing uncertainty about the future state of the European Union… Read More ›
Stada receives 3.6 billion euro takeover offer from Cinven
German generic drug manufacturer Stada has been caught in the eye of the storm from activist shareholders since July 2016. This latest takeover bid is the result of a year-long pressure to improve its profitability in areas including transparency, hierarchies,… Read More ›
Hyundai Motors increases its pace in the race to develop self-driving cars
The company has hired Lee Jin-woo, 47, former researcher at General Motors to oversee its research into the field of autonomous automated transportation technology. The Hyundai Motor Group has jumped in the fray of developing next generation vehicles. The company… Read More ›
Abbott Laboratories’ shares gets the buy signal from Barron’s
In 2016 Abbott Laboratories shares have traded in the range of $37 to $45. As per the Barron’s report the shares make a good buy since Abbott’s Laboratories acquisition of St Jude have skewed its global profile to the U.S…. Read More ›
Burden of OPEC Oil Cuts Being Taken by Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is overcompensating for some of its fellow oil producers even as OPEC members appear to be complying with agreed production cuts. 10 member states are required to reduce their collective output by 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd)… Read More ›
Snap Inc’s forecasts $1 billion for Amazon’s cloud services
Snap already has a $2 billion contract for Google’s cloud services. The $1 billion it plans on spending on Amazon’s cloud services is in addition to its Google cloud service commitments. Eventually, Snap plans on investing in its own data… Read More ›