The traditional toy industry is facing a struggle for surival. Facing fierce competition from online stores and with children’s preference moving to electronic toys over traditional ones, the toy industry will have to diversify and expand if it has to… Read More ›
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British Airlines Monarch files for Administration leaving behind 110,000 customers overseas
The airlines has canceled all future bookings. The British government is making efforts at bring back all of Monarch’s stranded passengers back to the UK. On Monday, in a development that has prompted what is slated to be Britain’s biggest… Read More ›
Second largest U.S. Toy Store files for Chapter 11
The fierce competition between Amazon.com and Wal-Mart are driving retailers out of business. More than a dozen significant retail chains, including Perfumania Inc, rue21 Inc, BCBG Max Azria Global Holdings LLC, Gymboree Corp, and Payless Holdings LLC have filed for… Read More ›
BlackRock in preliminary talks with Hyundai Merchant Marine for a $880 million investment
The move is aimed at boosting Hyundai Merchant Marine’s ranking in the shipping industry. On Monday, Hyundai Merchant Marine’s spokesman disclosed that BlackRock Inc is in talks for a potential investment, the details of which are yet to be ironed… Read More ›
Elliott Management starts a bidding war with Berkshire for the Oncor Electric Delivery
Elliott Management, Oncor’s largest creditor, has unveiled its bid of $18.5 billion topping Berkshire’s bid of $18.1 billion. The hedge fund has let it be known that it would support Berkshire’s or any third party’s bid, if they were to… Read More ›
Takata Corp files for bankruptcy in Japan and in the U.S.
The company has got itself a sponsor from U.S.-based Key Safety Systems which is owned by China’s Ningbo Joyson Electronic Corp. Japanese airbag manufacturer, Takata Corp which found itself in the centre of one of the auto industry’s biggest ever… Read More ›
A ruling on Western Digital’s court injunction is expected by mid-July
The sale of Toshiba’s chip business is strategic & pivotal to its survival as a company. This court injunction request, was expected, and adds to the complexity surrounding the troubled company. As per a source familiar with the situation at… Read More ›
Sinclair Broadcast acquires Tribune Media for $3.9 billion
This hugely strategic deal for Sinclar has not only broadened its horizons but has also provided it stakes in WGN America and the Food Network. Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc disclosed on Monday that it would acquire one of the largest… Read More ›
Toshiba files quarterly earning without PwC’s endorsement
The move has put immense pressure on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. With the U.S. and Japan huddling together to block a common foe, China, it is to be seen how Foxconn’s offer, which is $10 billion more than Toshiba’s internal… Read More ›
Peabody’s bankruptcy plan will largely benefit select few
Oddly Peabody’s bankruptcy comes at a time when the Donald Trump Administration is giving the fossil fuel industry the go ahead. The world’s largest private sector coal producer, Peabody Energy Corp, has disclosed that it expects to file bankruptcy under… Read More ›