On Tuesday, Huawei Technologies stated, it will disburse $286 million (2 billion yuan) in cash as rewards to staff who are working to help it weather a U.S. trade blacklisting. Huawei is trying in full earnest to find alternatives to U.S. hardware after the U.S. Commerce Department nearly banned it in May from doing business…
The vast number of risks the business faces has been detailed by Saudi Aramco, the state owned oil giant of Saudi Arabia that is set to launch its long-awaited initial public offering this year. The details of the risks being faced by the largest oil company of the world were mentioned in its prospectus that…
On Monday, an official from China biggest auto industry association stated, fewer new energy vehicles (NEV) are likely to be sold in China in 2019, compared to the previous year, following a cut in subsidies by the government. The comments made by Chen Shihua, assistant secretary general at China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), after…
On Monday, Alibaba Group Holding Inc stated, sales from its annual Singles’ Day shopping event touched $22.63 billion (158.31 billion yuan ) in the first nine hours, up by 25% from 126.72 billion yuan a year earlier. China celebrates Singles’ Day as a shopping festival much like Black Friday or Cyber Monday. It has grown…
Following a tweet from David Heinemeier Hansson, a tech entrepreneur, which alleged a discrimination in Apple Inc’s new credit card algorithms that are used to determine credit limits, a probe has been initiated into Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s credit card practices. According to Hansson’s tweet, Apple Card has given him a credit limit that is…
The world famous Disneyland in Hong Kong is being hit hard because of the political unrest and sometimes violent protests ongoing for almost five months now demanding more democratic rights from China. Despite reporting strong earnings for the latest quarter, Disney also pointed out to the increasing losses that the company is making for its…
Rings and shrink wrap used in its millions of multipack cans that are primarily made up of single use plastic will be replaced by Heineken with alternative cardboard materials that are much more eco-friendly in nature. This change will be implemented by the Dutch company starting April of 2020 in a phased manner across its…
In February 2019, Trump had urged U.S. companies to increase their research spending on 6G or be left behind. In a news bulletin that was published by China’s Ministry of Science and Technology, China officially announced that it has started researching sixth-generation telecoms technology. Officials from government ministries and research institutes met this week to…
This is not the first time that activist investor Carl Icahn has tried to orchestrate a deal by having a relatively smaller company buy a bigger one. According to three sources familiar with the matter at hand, U.S. printer maker Xerox Holdings Corp has made a $33 billion cash-and-stock offer to acquire personal computer maker…
Qualcomm’s chips will be required to fully utilize the increase in speed promised by 5G networks. In a development that potentially hints at Apple Inc’s impending launch of 5G models in 2020, Qualcomm Inc disclosed, it expects 200 million 5G smartphones to be sold in 2020. Next-generation 5G smartphones, set to debut next year in…
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