A Confident Disney To Reopen Its Park In Florida Amidst Rising Cvoid-19 Cases

Even with a growing number of Covid-19 cases in the state, Walt Disney World will be reopening in Orlando, Florida. The Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, pandemic has hit Disney very hard. Theme parks of the company across the world have been forced to shut down, operate its sports channel ESPN…

Honda Motor buys 1% stake in China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology, to jointly develop EV batteries

On Friday, Japanese automaker Honda stated, it has decided to purchase a 1% stake in China’s electric vehicle (EV) battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) for an undisclosed amount. Both companies will jointly develop EV batteries. The development comes as EV battery makers and automakers pursue an electric vehicle future. In 2019, CATL had said…

SAP’s revenues grows despite coronavirus-induced global lockdowns

In a statement SAP said, its business activity gradually improved during the second quarter despite the impact of the coronavirus-induced global lockdown; it saw its revenues and operating profit edge up during the quarter. The German software maker has confirmed its full-year profit outlook. During the second quarter, SAP’s total revenues increased by 2% to…

U.S. tech companies face huge downsides if they comply to Hong Kong’s new security law on handing over user data

With China imposing its draconian security law and effectively annexing Hong Kong, U.S. technology companies which have a presence in the erstwhile semi-autonomous Chinese territory, are being forced for rethink and reshape their businesses following their suspension of processing government requests for user data, which is at best a stop-gap measure, as they weigh their…

Alphabet Inc’s Google shuts down “Isolated Regions” cloud platform project in China

In a statement Alphabet Inc’s Google said, it has closed down its “Isolated Region” cloud platform project and does not plan on offering its cloud platform services in that country. On Wednesday, Bloomberg News had reported citing two employees, that Google had shelved the project in China as well as in other politically sensitive countries…