To Save $48 Billion Deal, Anthem, Cigna Face Off Against U.S.

Very different views of the impact their proposed $48 billion combination will have on health-insurance markets were presented by Anthem Inc., Cigna Corp. and the U.S. government to a federal judge. Since the deal will increase the companies’ dominance and cut consumer choice, the biggest merger in the history of the American health-insurance industry should…

World’s Fastest-Growing Smartphone Market Could Become a Manufacturing Hub

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has now has an alluring incentive for technology companies to build more plants in his country: the fastest-growing smartphone market in the world after having struggled in his campaign to bring more manufacturing jobs to India. According to a joint study by Counterpoint Research and India’s leading management school, the…

As Alibaba Cloud Steps up Challenge to Amazon, Microsoft, it Expands Data Centers

As Alibaba steps up its competition against Amazon and Microsoft in the rapidly-growing cloud computing market, the Chinese e-commerce giant is planning to launch four new data centers across the world. Dubai, Tokyo in Japan, Germany and Sydney, Australia are the places where the data centers will be located. With the Chinese technology giant now on nearly every…

Most Suppliers Aren’t Ready Yet Even as Apple Wants OLED in IPhones

Seeking to entice consumers with new technology that’s already been embraced by other high-end smartphone makers, Apple Inc. has big plans to outfit its next iPhone with vibrant, energy-sipping organic LED displays. But with constraints continuing into 2018, people familiar with the matter said, presenting a potential challenge for the Cupertino, California-based company, the trouble…