The strategic divestiture is aimed at increasing its focus on its consumer business. On Tuesday, Whirlpool Corp, a U.S. home appliance maker, disclosed it has agreed to divest its Embraco compressor business to Japan’s Nidec Corp for $1.08 billion. The… Read More ›
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ZTE’s valuation tumbles following U.S. sanctions
The United States sanctioned Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE after it was caught illegally shipping U.S. goods to Iran. With the United States banning ZTE Corp from selling its components to U.S. telecom equipment makers for seven years, Chinese funds… Read More ›
Bayer gets Russia’s nod for its $66 billion acquisition of Monsanto
Bayer has already received approval from the EU, Australia, Brazil, China; Russia now adds to this list. In a development that aids Bayer’s $66 billion acquisition of Monsanto, it has now got approval from FAS, Russia’s antitrust regulator, for its… Read More ›
U.S. Commerce Department sets countervailing duties of up to 113% on Chinese common aluminum sheets
These are only the results of the preliminary enquiry, a final determination in the countervailing duty is to be announced on August 30 2018. In a significant development that adds to the growing numbers of reasons behind the Trump Administration’s… Read More ›
Elliott Advisors reveals its 6% stake in Whitbread Plc
Elliott Advisors is a unit of U.S. activist investor Elliot Management. In the second such incident in recent months, a unit of Elliott Management, a U.S. activist hedge fund, stated it now holds the largest stake in British hotel and… Read More ›
15 U.S. companies have reduced their tax liabilities to negative tax rates in 2017
Here is a very interesting report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy that is an eye opener on the ways Fortune 500 companies in the U.S. are routinely taking advantage of the U.S. tax code to boost their… Read More ›
Bayer gets antitrust approval from U.S. Justice Department for its $62.5 billion acquisition of Monsanto
The combined company will control more than a quarter of the world’s seed and pesticide market. With the U.S. Justice Department giving the green signal to Bayer AG’s bid to acquire Monsanto Co for $62.5 billion deal, with both companies… Read More ›
USD rises against the yen midst increase in risk appetite following Xi’s speech
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech wherein he has promised to open up China’s economy and cut import tariffs have eased investor concerns surrounding the growing trade conflict between the two of the world’s biggest economies. On Tuesday, with Chinese President… Read More ›
Hong Kong-based Modern Dental Group sees business opportunity in U.S. China trade conflict
With the United States slapping tariffs on Chinese imports, there is a growing market opportunity for rivals to Chinese companies to increase their market share in their respective segments and expand their foothold in the U.S. Modern Dental Group Ltd,… Read More ›
The United States threatens to impose tariffs on Chinese imports worth at least $100 billion
The U.S. tariffs are aimed at forcing China to modify and suitably change its coercive trade policy of forcible transfers of U.S. intellectual property to its domestic companies and gain technological advantage. U.S. President Donald Trump has directed official to… Read More ›