Meta, the company that owns Facebook, has started a virtual reality (VR) subscription service in an effort to turn that area of its operations profitable. According to Meta, subscribers will have access to two new games each month. The VR division of Instagram’s parent firm lost $4 billion (£3.1 billion) in the first three months…
After initial intentions for a stock market listing were postponed earlier in the year, Swiss skincare company Galderma raised nearly $1 billion through a private placement of shares. The freshly issued shares have been partially absorbed by management and shareholders, with the remaining shares going to unidentified external investors, according to a statement from the…
As PwC hired a Singaporean leader to steer its local firm through the consequences from a major scandal, PwC Australia on Sunday entered into an exclusivity deal with private equity firm Allegro Funds to sell its government practise for A$1. The issue, which first surfaced in January, centres on a former tax partner at PwC who…
Following a meeting between CEO Andy Jassy and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the United States, Amazon.com Inc. said on Friday that it will increase its investments in India to $26 billion by 2030. This statement included $6.5 billion in new planned investments. Jassy did not provide a breakdown, but the statement comes after Amazon…
The biggest action the nation has taken to far against such content came from Malaysia, which announced on Friday that it would sue Facebook parent company Meta Platforms for failing to remove “undesirable” posts. Since taking office in November following a highly contested election in the Southeast Asian country that contributed to an increase in…
Carnival is anticipated to report strong revenue growth in the second quarter as new and younger clients spend on fresh experiences like cruising, unaffected by high inflation. While Americans have reduced their spending on expensive, non-essential items due to rising prices, the prolonged confinement to their houses during the pandemic has piqued their interest in…
In light of the excitement surrounding developments in artificial intelligence, SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son announced on Wednesday that his tech investing conglomerate intends to change its posture and go into “offence mode.” The group had taken a defensive position and was reducing investment activities as its investing arm, the Vision Fund, recorded significant investment…
The payments major Mastercard launched a global initiative on Wednesday to recycle credit and debit cards as part of a strategy to keep the billions of cards now in use across the sector out of landfills. Mastercard announced that banks from around the world, some of which have started local projects, will be eligible to…
According to a copy of the case seen by Reuters, former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn has filed a lawsuit against the corporation with Lebanon’s public prosecutor seeking more than $1 billion in damages. Nissan, two other businesses, and 12 named individuals are accused of offences such as defamation, slander, libel, and the falsification of significant…
Lenders must be more cautious when dealing with such companies since shadow banks are expanding swiftly throughout the euro zone and pose a growing risk to the entire financial system, according to supervisor Andrea Enria of the European Central Bank. With assets of 31 trillion euros ($33.9 trillion), or 80% of the supervised bank sector,…
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