Investors worries include SoftBank Corp’s exposure to Huawei. SoftBank has stated it plans on replacing its Huawei-provided 4G network equipment with those of other suppliers – an expensive and time-consuming affair. In a rare development, shares of Japan’s SoftBank Corp fell by more than 10% on debut as investor appetite for what has been Japan’s…
Following Blythe Masters’ stepping down as Digital Asset’s CEO, AG Gangadhar, the startup’s chairman will serve as its acting CEO while it locates a new chief executive. Digital Asset, a blockchain startup stated, Blythe Masters, its chief executive officer who is one of the most prominent backers of the distributed ledger technology on Wall Street…
Huawei is facing strong headwinds from perceived national security threats from nations around the world due to its close proximity to China’s ruling Communist Party. Nations around the world have concerns that these close ties could enable China to easily snoop around and gather intelligence using Huawei and ZTE hardware and/or software. In a significant…
The merger has promise since it could create a Franco-German rail company that will be in a better position to compete with China. According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, Alstom and Siemens have offered to divest one of their high-speed train technology in order to address EU antitrust concerns about their merger…
Huawei equipment has a price advantage: sourcing from non-Chinese sources is likely to drive up costs. Security comes at a price. In a significant development, China’s Huawei is facing fresh headwinds in Europe following an announcement by Deutsche Telekom that it would review its vendor strategy; Orange has also stated it would not use its…
According to the U.S. National Security Agency, Chinese cyber activity in the United States has risen in recent months with the bulk of these attacks aimed at disrupting critical infrastructure. The Wall Street Journal has reported, Chinese hackers have been able to breach and steal a slew of documents,including missile plans, from U.S. Navy contractors…
Virgin Group founder and billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has warned that in the event of a no deal or hard Brexit, the UK will be left “near bankrupt”. In an interview with the BBC he said that he was “absolutely certain” that if the United Kingdom left the European Union (EU) without striking any…
U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm had disclosed, a Chinese court had ordered a ban on the sales of selected older iPhone models for violating two of its patents. With Apple Inc facing a court ban in China over some of its iPhone models over alleged intellectual property infringements of Qualcomm Inc patents, Cupertino said on Friday, it…
GE will however retain a 10% equity stake in ServiceMax, a business that it acquired in 2016 for $915 million. General Electric Co stated, its digital unit will be selling its majority stake in cloud-based service provider ServiceMax. GE will sell its stake to private equity firm Silver Lake. However, GE will retain a 10%…
With this move, Apple will create 20,000 jobs in the U.S. and will plough in more than $10 billion, apart from the $1 billion for its new campus, over the next 5 years. Apple Inc stated, it would sink in $1 billion for its second campus in North Austin, Texas; it would also invest a…
