Swiss Govt. Will Destroy 9 Million Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines That Have Expired

Switzerland will destroy 9 million Moderna doses. COVID-19 vaccines have reached their expiry date, with another 5.1 million vaccines due to expire in February, according to the government. The waste reflects Switzerland’s strategy of ordering more vaccines than it needed to ensure that its 8.7 million-strong population would have adequate supplies even if supply bottlenecks…

Quarterly Operating Profit Of Nokia Falls Short Of Expectations As Margins Contract

Nokia disclosed a quarterly operating profit that fell short of market expectations on Thursday, despite the fact that the Finnish telecom equipment maker continues to gain from strong demand from phone companies as they roll out 5G networks. Third-quarter comparable operating profit increased to 658 million euros ($643.3 million) from 633 million last year, falling…

Earnings At Ericsson Fall Short Of Expectations As Costs Eat Into Margins

Ericsson, the Swedish telecom equipment maker, reported third-quarter core earnings that fell short of expectations for the second quarter in a row, as margins were dragged down by higher component and logistics costs. According to Refinitiv data, the company’s quarterly adjusted operating earnings fell to 7.1 billion Swedish crowns ($633.05 million) from 8.8 billion crowns…

Tesla Battery-Electric Vehicles Registered The Highest In Germany, Beats Volkswagen

According to federal data, Tesla topped registrations of battery-electric vehicles in Germany in the first nine months of this year, with nearly 38,500 vehicles, beating the Volkswagen brand by around 6,000 vehicles. Tesla’s battery-electric registrations increased nearly 50% from January to September of last year, while Volkswagen’s dropped 40% to just over 32,300, in line…

Oracle Cloud Is Introducing Tens Of Thousands Of Nvidia Chips For Artificial Intelligence

On Tuesday, Oracle Corp and Nvidia Corp announced an expansion of their partnership and the addition of tens of thousands of Nvidia chips to boost artificial intelligence-related computational work in Oracle’s cloud. The expanded partnership comes as more companies use AI and AI models become more complex, necessitating increased investments in data center infrastructure. While…

Netflix’s Forecast Is In The Spotlight As The Streaming Founder Prepares To Launch An Ad-Supported Tier

When Netflix Inc reports third-quarter results on Tuesday, the streaming pioneer is expected to launch an ad-supported plan in order to compete with rivals such as Disney+ and HBO Max. Netflix announced last week that it would launch the plan in November for $6.99 per month, much sooner than its previous estimate of early 2023…

Hyundai Motor Is Contemplating Divesting Its Russia Plant; Reports

Auto giant Hyundai Motor of South Korea is considering options for its suspended Russia operations, which could include selling its manufacturing plant there, according to South Korean media on Tuesday. Since Moscow sent armed forces into Ukraine on February 24, many Russian factories have suspended production and furloughed workers due to a lack of high-tech…

Bank Of America Outperforms Profit Forecasts As Interest Rates Rise

Bank of America Corp reported a smaller-than-expected 9% drop in quarterly profit on Monday, as rising interest rates helped offset a slump in investment banking. The aggressive tightening of monetary policy by the United States Federal Reserve this year to combat inflation has increased the amount that banks can earn from charging interest on loans…

Hundreds Of Google Competitors Want EU Tech Law To Be Used In An Antitrust Case.

On Monday, more than 40 European competitors to Google’s shopping service urged EU antitrust regulators to use newly adopted tech rules to ensure Alphabet unit complies with a 2017 EU order to allow more competition on its search page. Google was fined 2.4 billion euros ($2.33 billion) by the European Commission five years ago and…

Singapore Averts A Recession As The Economy Expands In The Third Quarter

According to preliminary estimates released by the government on Friday, Singapore’s economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter compared to the same period last year. Separately, the country’s central bank tightened monetary policy for the fifth time in a year, as predicted. The July-September quarter GDP was 4.4%, much higher than the 3.4%…