The continuous spread of the deadly coronavirus in china has forced United States based global fast food chain McDonalds to close restaurants in five Chinese cities while also implementing new health protocols at its outlets in the region. Stores of the company were closed down in the cities of Wuhan, Ezhou, Huanggang, Qianjiang and Xiantao…
In a respite from the crisis surrounding the Boeing 737 MAX, the airplane maker has successfully tested the first flight test of the 777x – the world’s largest twin-engined jetliner. The 777X, a larger version of the 777 mini-jumbo jet, touched down at the historic Boeing Field outside Seattle at 2 pm (2200 GMT) on…
One year back, while speaking at a conference hosted by the Massachusetts Medical Society, Bill Gates had “predicted” that a super-virus pandemic breaking out in China could potentially kill 33 million people around the globe in a span of just 6 months. Gates had warned that the world was at risk from super-pathogens spreading quickly…
Growing concerns and fears over the spread of the new virus in China known now as coronavirus is forcing the closure of Disney’s mega theme park in China during the Lunar New Year holidays. Saying that the closure was “in response to the prevention and control of the disease outbreak”, this announcement was made by…
The launching of an initial antitrust investigation into the proposed acquisition of food delivery firm Just Eat by rival firm Takeaway.com’s in a deal worth £6.2 billion or $8.1 billion has put a temporary halt to the merger. A review into the merger of the two companies had s been initiated by the Competition and…
Chipmaker Broadcom Inc stated, it has entered into two multi-year agreements with Apple Inc for supplying wireless components used in its products. The agreements, “2020 SOWs”, are in addition to existing ones for supplying radio frequency components and modules to Apple. Together the agreements are likely to generate around $15 billion in revenues for Broadcom.…
The Trump administration is set to unveil, on Friday, its efforts to crack down on pirated and counterfeit goods that are sold on major e-commerce sites. Chad Wolf, the acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary along with White House adviser Peter Navarro, will be among the officials to discuss the effort at the National Intellectual…
Talks with the Turkish conglomerate Cengiz Holdings is being held by the British government to convince the firm to purchase British Steel is the planned acquisition of the steel company by Chinese industrial firm Jingye does not go through. However reports suggested that the government is confident that the acquisition of British Steel, including the…
Contributions that it has had to make towards its employee pension plans and retirement benefits will force United States based car maker Ford Motor to potentially take a pretax hit of about $2.2 billion for the fourth-quarter, the company has said. The total amount that it would have to forgo for the fourth quarter includes…
Following a dramatic rise in its share price that pushed the market value of the United States based electric car maker Tesla past the $100bn mark, the company became the second most valued car maker of the world by surpassing the German auto giant Volkswagen. This record valuation also pushes Tesla’s chief Elon Musk to…
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