After the emergence of the news that the United States based alternative meat company Beyond Meat would be launching a secondary offering of 3.25 million shares just three months after it had launched its IPO in May, shares of the company which had risen by more than 750 per cent since its launch, fell sharply.…
The increased beer sale in the first half of the year was offset by higher than normal packaging costs which potentially resulted in Heineken NV announcing missing market estimates in the period. However the profit growth forecast for the entire year of 2019 was not altered by the second-largest brewer of the world. In 2019,…
The agreement potentially also includes tweaking game titles for U.S. laptops powered by Qualcomm’s processors which will connect to the internet vide 5G rather than use Wi-Fi. Qualcomm Inc, the largest supplier of mobile phone chips stated, it will collaborate with China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd on projects that could include making Tencent’s video games run…
It would appear that Paige Thompson wanted to get caught: she posted extract of the data that she hacked on GitHub, a publicly available coding platform. In a significant development, Capital One Financial Corp disclosed that a hacker, who has been arrested, had managed to obtain the personal information, including names and addresses, of around…
One of the largest food delivery companies in the world would be created following the merger of Just Eat and its Dutch rival Takeaway.com. the former has agreed in principle to of the combination according to the companies. After the merger, the total value of the two companies together would be about £8.2 billion and…
A potential could be announced as early as next week. According to a report from Bloomberg, Exact Sciences Corp, a cancer diagnostics company, is in advanced negotiations to acquire Genomic Health Inc for around $2.8 billion in order to strengthen its cancer testing unit. The potential deal could be announced as early as next week;…
Complicating the negotiations is the fact that a July 19 deadline that was set by CFIUS has lapsed. Further, the U.S. government has also joined in as a trustee to oversee the sale. In a significant development, according to sources familiar with the matter at hand, following a U.S. national security panel asking Pamplona Capital…
Nubank was valued at more than $10 billion in its latest funding round. In a statement Brazilian fintech startup Nubank stated, it has raised $400 million in a new funding round led by TCV, a U.S. investment firm. Its existing investors include China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd, Ribbit Capital, DST Global, Dragoneer, and Sequoia Capital. Thrive…
First half profit at the French auto maker Renault saw a drop because of subdued demand for cars globally and a 95 per cent drop in the profits of its alliance partner Nissan following the Carlos Ghosn episode. That prompted Renault to issue a warning of a drop in revenue for the complete year. In…
Revenue for Nokia is increasing because of increasing demand for construction of 5G networks. And the sanctions against the market leader and Chinese tech giant Huawei is also reportedly benefitting Nokia In the second quarter, there was a 7 per cent increase in the sale revenue of Nokia at €5.7 billion euros or $6.3 billion,…
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