Coronavirus Impact: Amazon Workers To Get Unlimited Sick Days This Month

United States based global retailer Amazon.com has announced that all of its employees will be allowed to take unlimited sick days this month. However sick pay will be given to those employees who have been confirmed to be infected with the virus that causes the disease called Covid19. Employees in many of the company’s warehouses…

New AI Tool By IBM To Make Computers Fluent In Human Speech

A new technology that evidently helps computers to better understand human communication will be commercialized by IBM. With the improvement of artificial intelligence systems in their abilities to process and learn from large quantities of data, they have become more important for businesses. However artificial intelligence systems have not been able to completely understand the…

Sharp drags Vizio Inc, Xianyang CaiHong Optoelectronics Technology and TPV Technology to court over patent infringements

Japan’s Sharp Corp has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against U.S. TV brand Vizio Inc and two others in an attempt to seek an injunction to ban one of Vizio’s TV products in the United States. In a statement, Sharp, a unit of Taiwan’s Foxconn, said Vizio’s 70-inch TV product uses liquid crystal display (LCD)…

India’s Tata Steel To Cull 1,250 Jobs In Its Europe Business To Seek Profitability

Indian steel major Tata Steel’s European business – Tata Steel Europe, has said that it could cull as many as 1,250 jobs primarily to cut costs in the face of “challenging circumstances” and the “needs to urgently improve profitability”. According to a report published by the news agency Reuters, this was revealed in an internal…

Tesco To Sell Its Sells Businesses In Thailand And Malaysia For $10.6 Billion

Britain’s largest retailer Tesco has agreed on a deal with Thailand’s CP Group to sell off its businesses in Thailand and Malaysia for a value of $10.6 billion. The company said in a statement in Monday that entire shareholding in Tesco Stores (Thailand) Ltd, Tesco Stores (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd will be transferred to the CP…

Washington extends Huawei’s trading licenses up to May 15, 2020

The Trump administration has once again allowed U.S. companies to continue to do business with China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd by extending the trade license until May 15, 2020. The U.S. Commerce Department had previously extended it until April 1. Separately, the U.S. Commerce Department has sought public comments on whether it should issue future…

Large U.S. airlines revise 2020 forecasts, slash costs and flights

On Tuesday, leading U.S. airlines including Delta and American announced the suspension of their 2020 financial forecasts and took strong measures to further boost their capabilities to fight the economic impact of China’s coronavirus United announced a capital raising event and reported a first-quarter loss. The coronavirus pandemic has deeply impacted the tourism sector and…