If China goes ahead with the move, it would help foreign automakers to export more cars into China and help reduce price gaps. On Thursday, Bloomberg has filed a report citing sources familiar with the matter at hand as saying,… Read More ›
United States
More flexibility and stricter reporting rules needed for U.S. derivatives market: chairman of CFTC
Strongly in favor of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, through this new blueprint Christopher Giancarlo aims to improve optimize it the implementation of the rules in the act. On Thursday, Christopher Giancarlo, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC),… Read More ›
U.S.-Israeli startup GameEffective raises $11 million in new funding round
The startup aims to enhance employee performance and learning by using real time feedback through digital motivations, psychology and gamification. On Wednesday, GameEffective, a U.S.-Israeli startup stated which has created a digital platform to boost workforce performance, stated it has… Read More ›
South Korea and GM weighing $2.8 billion investment plan
In a nerve-wrecking moment, literally at the very last hour, GM signs a preliminary deal with the union. Investment plan of $2.8 billion looks promising now. On Wednesday, a senior government source with direct knowledge of the matter stated, South… Read More ›
China moving back on economic reforms: U.S. Consul general of Hong Kong & Macau
While China has been loquacious about economic reforms and opening up its domestic sector to foreign players, its actions on the ground reflect broken contracts and non-compliance of WTO rules. On Tuesday, the U.S. consul general of Macau and Hong… Read More ›
Whirlpool divests its Embraco compressor business to Japan’s Nidec Corp for $1.08 billion
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 ›
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. Department of Treasury aiming to plug and strengthen CFIUS law
The strategic move by the Trump Administration is aimed at rationalizing the treatment of business investment in the United States. As per a senior Treasury official, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is weighing options to restrict investments by Chinese… 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 ›
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