China’s Didi Chuxing Technology Co Ltd likely to spin-off ride hailing services worth around $1 billion-$1.5 billion

Didi Chuxing, which gained prominence in China after it bought Uber’s operation in China, is also diversifying in the food delivery services. According to several sources with direct knowledge of the matter at hand, China’s Didi Chuxing Technology Co Ltd, a ride hailing firm, aims to spin off its car services unit ahead of its…

Boeing Expresses ‘Concerns’ About Escalating Trade Row Between US-China

The escalating US-China trade row could lead to potential damage of business, warned the head of US aerospace and defence giant Boeing. “Aerospace thrives on free and open trade,” said the company’s chief executive Dennis Muilenburg. Concerns that costs for aircraft manufacturers could be pushed up were expressed by him. “The aerospace sector drives economic…

Financial Stability Board unveils monitoring framework for crypto-assets

Their framework focuses on ways risks from crypto-asset markets could potentially spread to other parts of the global financial system. On Monday, global regulators published a framework for “vigilantly” monitoring risks from crypto-assets including ether and bitcoins. This is despite the fact that crypto-assets don’t pose any significant risk to financial stability, for now. The…

Israel’s Mantis Vision raises $55 million in latest funding round

China-based Luenmei Quantum Co and Samsung Catalyst Fund led investors in Mantis Vision’s latest funding round. On Monday, Mantis Vision, a high-tech Israeli firm which is in the business of providing 3D content and sharing technologies, stated it had raised $55 million in a funding round led by Samsung Catalyst Fund and China-based Luenmei Quantum…

Apple may have breached antitrust rules in Japan

Following a multi-year investigation, Japan’s regulator has found Apple’s contracts with mobile service providers to be in possible violation of the country’s antitrust rules. On Wednesday, Japanese regulators disclosed Apple Inc may have broken the country’s antitrust rules given the fact that it forces the country’s mobile service providers to sell its iPhones at cheap…

Apple drags former employee, Xiaolang Zhang, to court over theft of trade secrets

The criminal complaint sheds light on Apple’s secretive self-driving car project, many of which are detailed here. A criminal complaint filed by Apple against a former employee, Xiaolang Zhang, for allegedly stealing self-driving car trade secrets so as to work for a Chinese electric vehicle startup provides a window into Cupertino’s work on the technology,…

China’s Didi Chuxing signs strategic cooperation agreement with German automotive supplier Continental AG

The collaboration is aimed at building next-gen purpose-built electric-vehicles for Didi’s services. On Tuesday, China’s Didi Chuxing, a ride-sharing company, disclosed it has signed an agreement with German automotive supplier Continental AG to co-develop connected vehicles and design purpose-built electric vehicles (EVs) for Didi’s services. “Based on DiDi’s practical experience on mobility as well as…