As part of a plan to stimulate an economy squeezed by low oil prices and spending cuts, Saudi Arabia Finance Minister, Mohammed Al-Jadaan said, that the country may offer “almost interest-free” loans to companies in labor-intensive industries. Al-Jadaan said in an interview on Thursday in Washington, where he’s attending International Monetary Fund and World Bank…
Elements attributed to Russia are trying to weaponise information through a campaign of disinformation and misinformation while trying to influence national policies through the globe. As per the results of a study conducted by researchers from Oxford University, French voters are increasingly being flooded with false stories on social media ahead of the country’s presidential…
Drivers will need a flying license to operate the vehicle in flight mode. Customers can expect deliveries starting from 2020. In what could be a significant breakthrough, a Slovakia-based company has unveiled a commercial design for a flying car with a price tag of more than $1 million, saying it was ready for pre-orders with…
Bose, with an annual turnover of $3.5 billion, is once again facing a privacy violation issue. As per a complaint filed by Kyle Zak in a federal court in Chicago, Bose Corp has been charged with spying on its customers by using an app that tracks the music, podcasts and other audio they listen to.…
Unlike BlackRock, very few companies in the world have been able to build a successful index fund franchise like its iShares. The world’s biggest asset manager, BlackRock, has reported a double digit profit in its first quarter report of this year with investors ploughing in their money into its index funds. Despite the good news,…
A large number of companies across the globe are in the process of stripping down their data centers and taking advantage of emerging cloud technologies and it is such companies that have helped Amazon Web Services to win business worldwide. However, there is a very different reason for some companies to change from a server based…
Verizon is shoring up its resources and is strategically placing itself to launch 5G services in the next year. Verizon Communications Inc has agreed to buy optic fibre from Corning Inc for at least $1.05 billion over the next three years. The purchase is aimed at improving its network infrastructure, said the No. 1 wireless…
With China’s communist party’s leadership not bringing forth bold policies vis-à-vis electric vehicles has forced Ford to take a more cautious approach to the electric and hybrid-plugin car market in China. Despite a headlong plunge into the plugin-hybrid and electric vehicle markets by carmakers, Ford Motor Co has stated it prefers a more tepid approach…
The development underscores increased competition in the U.S. aircraft manufacturing market. As per source familiar with the matter at hand, Boeing Co has notified its employees that it has planned for another round of involuntary layoffs which will see hundreds of engineers at its commercial airplanes unit leave their jobs. This latest job cut by…
The timing of pushing the House of Cards to the next quarter has played a major rule in its profit outlook for this quarter. Riding on positive signs of its surge to expand its digital footprint, Netflix Inc has made a bullish forecast for subscriber additions by mid-year which has sent its shares shooting to…
