Netflix, Hulu, Apple and Amazon have been highlighted as being among competitors for Google in the annual report of Alphabet, Google’s parent company. The company’s broad expansion beyond its original Google search business was highlighted as Alphabet Inc. warned investors about… Read More ›
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Tackling Social Taboos in China is a Skin Care Ad
A young Chinese woman weeps as her parents discuss her single status, shown in the four-minute advertorial. “She’s just average-looking, not too pretty,” her mother says. “That’s why she’s a leftover.” Referring to those in their late 20s who are… Read More ›
Cardinal Health wins $2.25 billion surgical supplies deal: Pentagon
The deal is for the worldwide supply and distribution of surgical supplies. A unit of Cardinal Health Inc, Cardinal Health 200 LLC, has won a $2.25 billion deal from the Pentagon to provide the worldwide ordering and distribution of surgical… Read More ›
Donald Trump’s clever strategy of divide and rule
Donald Trump’s proposal voiced through House Republican to levy a 20% tax on goods imported to the United States while totalling eliminating tax on U.S. imports and revising tax rates of corporates have divided Corporate America like never before. Companies… Read More ›
UK based Reckitt Benkiser in advanced talks with Mead Johnson for a potential takeover
Analysts have said the potentially 16.7 billion will see the “health and hygiene” company move into “infant nutrition” which isn’t such a big leap considering the grey area between healthcare and food. The Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc, best known for… Read More ›
Samsung launches Samsung Pay Mini
While Samsung Pay allows its users to make offline credit or debit card transactions through its Android powered devices, Samsung Pay Mini allows its South Korean users, to transact online, using its devices. In a significant development, South Korean electronics… Read More ›
Samsung considering building a home appliances manufacturing plant in the U.S.
Although the Trump Administration has not specifically targeted any South Korean company, many have preemptively announced potential investment plans to ward-off criticism. Potential investments plans could however sour stemming from risks from the Trump administration’s trade policies. According to a… Read More ›
Theresa May clears first legislative hurdle with her Brexit plans intact
With a clear majority, this first step was expected to be smooth sailing. In the next, she will have to move more deftly so as to not expose her Brexit strategy before negotiations begin. In a significant first step that… Read More ›
SAP’s former CEO to be Siemen’s next chairman
By 2018 Jim Hagemann Snabe is likely to reduce his supervisory board positions and be Siemens chairman. Germany’s top engineering group, Siemens has proposed that Jim Hagemann Snabe, the former Co-CEO of SAP be its next chairman, ahead of its… Read More ›
Trump’s protectionism is an opportunity for Germany
In an increasingly connected world closing borders and trade routes is essentially self-defeating. German officials have suggested to their government that this is a classic watershed moment to invest in deepening the country’s trade ties with Asia and South America…. Read More ›