With the U.S. Senate’s passing the amended annual National Defense Authorization Act, ZTE Corp has once again been drawn into the center of a trade skirmish that is gradually snowballing into a trade war. For ZTE, this is a time… Read More ›
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Solidarity measures key metrics in Telecom Italia’s cost restructuring strategy
Why cut jobs when solidarity measures can garner equivalent results? On Tuesday, as per a source familiar with the matter at hand, as part of the ‘solidarity’ measures Telecom Italia has signed with trade unions, it will achieve savings that… Read More ›
ZTE has signed documents to lift U.S. 7-year ban: sources
The preliminary agreement which ZTE has purportedly signed is likely to face significant headwinds in the U.S. Congress since the Chinese firm has been labeled as a threat to U.S. national security. Overcoming that is likely to be a Himalayan… Read More ›
Germany will assist its companies to do business with Iran: German Economic Minister Peter Altmaier
European powers, including France, Germany and Britain are willing to maintain the landmark 2015 Iran nuclear accord while pushing for talks encompassing a wider format which includes Iran’s ballistic missile program and its activities in Yemen and Syria. On Friday,… Read More ›
Western Digital Corp to settle legal dispute surrounding its $18 billion sale of its flash memory unit to a Bain Capital led consortium
While this will bring much needed closure to the case, Toshiba can now allocate more resources to its other disputes including the potential delisting of its stock from the Tokyo Exchange. According to a Bloomberg report, Western Digital Corp and… Read More ›
Not much progress expected during fifth round of NAFTA talks
Despite the general lack of progress, the 2018 Mexican election promises to instill some fire into the negotiations. On Tuesday, negotiators from Canada, Mexico and the U.S., completed their fifth round of negotiations aimed at reworking the North American Free… Read More ›
Goldman Sachs and China Investment Corp sign agreement for industrial collaboration
The agreement, signed on the sidelines of Trump’s visit to Beijing, covers a whole range of industries which can have or can develop business connections with China. On Thursday, The U.S. State Department released a statement saying Goldman Sachs and… Read More ›
Britain to enter into a bilateral trade agreement with Japan following Brexit
With reduced access to the EU’s single bloc economy, British Prime Minister Theresa May wants to assure her peers and British businesses that she can live up to their aspirations, deliver Brexit, and still manage the economy. As per a… Read More ›
The British agricultural sector likely to bear the brunt of Brexit
Here is the likely scenario of the British farmer in a post-Brexit world. It is interesting to see how one referendum has such widespread impact. Following Brexit Britain will be radically overhauling its agricultural policy since it will no longer… Read More ›
Apple and Amazon scrap their exclusive agreement for the sale and distro of audio books
The deal had earlier prompted lodging of a complaint by the German Publishers and Booksellers Association to the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office thus triggering an investigation by the German Enforcer. Both regulators have now welcomed the… Read More ›