U.S. President Donald Trump is set to announce additional tariffs on China following an investigation into its trade policy and violation of U.S. intellectual property rights. On Thursday, the office of French President Emmanuel Macron told his Chinese counterpart Xi… Read More ›
Sustainability
Hefty Tax Bills Being Faced By Investors In Crypto Currencies
Experts are of the opinion that very soon taxes could be levied on the gains that traders and investors make from the trading of cryptocurrencies and with the highs that some of the digital currencies reach. Starting with less tan… Read More ›
EU firms scaling back their presence in UK
Lack of clarity on the UK’s long term relationship with EU is clouding supply chain decision-making beyond March 2019, the date the UK will formally break relationships with the EU. As per a survey, 1 in 7 business from EU… Read More ›
U.S. government drops demand for U.S. auto content in NAFTA negotiations
With this bone of contention being amicably resolved, NAFTA negotiations can continue. Two leading newspapers, The Mail and The Globe, have reported citing sources, that the U.S. government has dropped its demand all vehicles manufactured in Canada and Mexico for… Read More ›
Uber Self Driving Car Accident Kills A Woman In Arizona, Casts Shadow Over Other Such Test
A woman was struck and killed on Sunday night by an autonomous car of Uber – which also had an emergency driver at the wheels, on a street in Tempe, Arizona. Uber has cancelled all of its testing of autonomous… Read More ›
Rihanna’s Outburst Against Offensive Ad Sees $800 Million Wiped Away From Snapchat’s Market Value
Snapchat’s shares have been sent sliding this time by a celebrity – Rihanna. Opposing an offensive ad that was allowed to appear in the social media chat site, Snapchat was taken apart by the singer last week. approximately $800 million… Read More ›
Australia and ASEAN to establish regional infrastructure pipeline
The development is aimed at boosting high quality infrastructure projects in the region. In a strategic development aimed at countering China’s growing influence in the region, Julie Bishop, Australia’s Foreign Minister stated the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and… Read More ›
5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals strikes down fiduciary rule
This is the second instance wherein systemic changes brought in by former President Barrack Obama in the wake of the 2007-2009 financial crisis is being dismantled. In a landmark judgment, a federal appeals court has struck down the U.S. Department… Read More ›
Spring Travel Season In U.S. To See Record Number Of Flyers At 151 Million: Airlines For America
There will be an expected 4 per cent increase in the number of to fly globally on U.S. airlines between March 1 and April 30 this year compared to the same period last year and that number would be an… Read More ›
Capacity Cuts Results In Robust Profits For Listed Chinese Steel Companies
Steel prices saw a rise as there was reduction of outdated supply because of cuts in production capacity of China’s listed iron and steel producers resulting in most reporting strong profits for 2017. There was surge of net profits by… Read More ›