Its Own Internet Successfully Tested By Russia

The Russian government has announced the successful testing of an alternative to the global internet throughout the country. According to the Russian Ministry of Communications, no changes were visibly noticed by the ordinary users of new internet even though it did not offer much more clarity on the details of te test. Russian President Vladimir…

U.S. consumers prefer shopping online reveals shopping data from Mastercard

As per a report by Mastercard Inc, e-commerce sales saw record highs this shopping season in the United States, with U.S. shoppers preferring online sales to their brick-and-mortar counterpart. For retailers, the holiday shopping season is a crucial period for which can account for up to 40% of annual sales. This year, Thanksgiving, which traditionally…

SEC Probing BMW Over Inflated Sales Reporting, Confirms German Firm

The German luxury car maker confirmed on Monday that it was being investigated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The company however did not provide nay details about the cause or the focus of the investigation. According to reports quoting sources who had knowledge of the purpose of the investigation, the manner in…

$1.4 Billion Loan To Be Taken By Tesla For From Chinese Banks For Shanghai Factory: Reuters

A new 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion), five-year loan facility will be given to the united States based electric car maker Tesla by a group of China banks as funds for developing the car maker’s Shanghai car plant, reported the news agency Reuters citing information from three sources familiar with the matter. The report, a…

Roche increase gene therapy footprint with $1.5 billion licensing deal with Sarepta Therapeutics

On Monday, in a statement Roche said, it has entered into a $1.15 billion licensing deal with Sarepta Therapeutics to obtain the right to launch and commercialize Sarepta’s investigational gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) outside the United States. Roche will be making an upfront payment of $750 million in cash and $400 million…

Huawei should be allowed to bid in building Italy’s 5G network infrastructure: Stefano Patuanelli

Following an influential parliamentary committee calling on Rome to block China’s Huawei to build Italy’s 5G telecom infrastructure, the country’s industry minister stated, Huawei should be allowed to bid for Italy’s 5G spectrum. “We have passed legislation that guarantees national security. With the right defenses, the possibility of (Huawei’s) access is not up for debate,”…