Self-Driving Car JV Worth $4 Billion Set Up By Hyundai Group And Aptiv

With a focus on catching up with rival companies in the area of self driving vehicle technologies, its largest overseas investment will be made by the South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor Group. The company said that it would invest $1.6 billion in a joint venture with Aptiv for development of technology for self driving vehicles.…

Trade Decline And Brexit Jitters Slow Down Eurozone Economy

The highest and fastest drop in manufacturing output in nearly seven years was experienced by the eurozone economy in September because of the slowdown in global trade and threat of the no-deal Brexit which brought the economy of the zone to a near standstill. The bad performance of the eurozone economy was led by negative…

3Bn Euro Investments in Euros In European Data Centers To Be Made By Google

Over the next two years, United States based search engine giant Google will make investments of 3 billion euros (3.3 billion U.S. dollars) toward expansion of its data centers in Europe, said the company’s CEO Sundar Pichai on Friday at Helsinki. About 15 billion euros has been invested in Europe by Google since 2007, Pichai…

Despite Regulatory Cold Shoulder, Facebook To Push Ahead With Libra Launch Next Year

Even though a number of financial regulators across the world have given a cold shoulder to the social media company Facebook’s planned launch of a cryptocurrency, it said that it would push ahead with the planned launch next year.  This was confirmed by an executive incharge of overseeing the project to the Swiss newspaper NZZ.…

Plant Meat Products Of Impossible Foods Will Now Be Available In Grocery Store In US

The now well known alternative meat products company, United States based Impossible Foods is set to venture into the area of selling its products through physical stores, with the first store of the company set to be launched in California, US, later this week. The store will deliver Impossible Burgers to customers for cooking at…

US Cannabis Industry Wants Legalization And Regulation To Ward Of Illegal Vaping

A crisis for the legal cannabis industry could occur because of the reliance of the industry on vaping for an estimated quarter of its business in some states of the United States after the recent spate of vaping-related illnesses and deaths. Some experts of the industry however are of the opinion that the issue of…