Despite the global grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max planes, the United States plane maker bagged big orders for the planes as various airlines announced plans to order up to 50 of the jets worth $6bn at the Dubai airshow. A letter of intent to order 30 Boeing 737 Max 8 planes for its FlyArystan subsidiary…
An official memo and a video message from the head of the United States Federal Aviation Administration to his team sent on November 14 said that the safety certification team should “take whatever time is needed” for reviewing the flight safety status of Boeing Co’s 737 MAX, claimed a report published by Reuters on the…
Fearing that a fault in its cars could result in fires has resulted in a recall of hundreds of thousands of its cars in the United States by the Japanese car maker Nissan. According to the documents that were sent by the Nissan Group of North America to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the…
The fact that the large German car makers are finding it difficult to make large investments in electric car technology became evident as Mercedes-Benz said that it plans to save €1.65bn through retrenchment of more than a thousand jobs in its various locations. All of the major global auto companies are under pressure because of…
A partnership with the Chinese tech firm Tencent has been struck by British luxury brand Burberry with the aim of initiating a new and aggressive digital marketing and sales strategy for attracting customers in Chinese market who is characterized as being very tech and social media savvy, Burberry said on Thursday. China is a critical…
The uncertainty over Brexit has affected economic growth in the United Kingdom and has slowed down investment from businesses. Now the UK was recently dealt another blow because of the Brexit uncertainty, even as the country prepares for the third general elections in four years, with the United States based electric car maker Tesla choosing…
The server of an industry group in the United States that represents manufacturers of the country and one that has helped shape President Donald Trump’s trade policies was hacked by suspected Chinese hackers earlier this year even as the negotiations on trade between the US and China had intensified. According a report published by the…
A charity auction hosted by Christie’s in Switzerland saw a record 31m Swiss francs being given for a Patek Philippe watch. This is the highest price ever that has been paid for a wrist watch. The money collected from the sale will be donated for research into muscular dystrophy. Just a five-minute auction at the…
The vaping company Juul announced on Tuesday that it will cut more jobs that it had earlier announced – 650 jobs instead of the previously announced 500, in its efforts to reduce its expenditure by almost $1 billion by next year, said a company official. The number of jobs to planned to be cut accounts…
The latest financial results from the United States based ride hailing company Uber shows that Latin America turned out to be its biggest weak spot as the company noted just 2 per cent growth in the region, its worst for any region, and even as the company continued to lose money. Latin America has traditionally…
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