The Trump tariffs would negatively impact the solar industry, says SunPower CEO. A trade dispute with China is being attempted to be negotiated by the U.S. solar industry with China that includes an estimated $1.5 billion held by Washington even as U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration is al set to make an announcement…
Facebook is embarking on a multibillion dollar effort to obtain streaming rights for its top-flight live sport and is slated to recruit a senior broadcasting executive to lead the effort. Facebook had become frustrated after it could not secure its $600 million bid for the steaming rights for the Indian Premier League cricket matches and…
It is very commonplace to lease a car or an apartment but it is not quite an everyday affair to lease out daily household products such as a washing machine or a lightbulb. And this is just the aim of the circular economy. This system is so designed that materials and resources are made to…
Coca-Cola intends to make plastic waste “a thing of the past” and for this purpose the company would ensure that by 2030, its bottle will be composed of an average of 50 percent recycled plastic only. The soft drink giant has pledged to its expected responsibility to “help solve” the problem of global packaging waste…
While suffering from 22 straight quarters of declining revenue, IT giant IBM has set its foot strongly in the global could computing business as it reported its first revenue growth in five and half years. The cloud revenues of the company saw a rise of 24 per cent to $17 billion in 2017 and noted…
In 2018, the hottest emerging industries for startups and entrepreneurs would be cryptocurrency, cannabis, VR and “alternative travel”. This was revealed in a research report prepared by online graphic design marketplace 99designs and was released this week. The conclusion by 99designs was arrived at through a thorough comparison and analysis of the design projects that…
In the next five years, investments of over $11 billion would be made by Ford in electric vehicles. This would be more than double of the investment that the company had announced earlier, Ford said. By 2022, there would be 40 hybrid and fully electric vehicles in its repertoire of electric vehicles, said Chairman Bill…
Plastic packaging for all of the own brands of retailer Iceland would be eliminated in what is the first of its kind commitment by a major retailer. With the aim to help end the “scourge” of plastic pollution, it would be just five years that the retailer would go completely plastic free. This supermarket chain…
Time is running out for Saudi Arabia’s richest man. It was more than two months that the Saudi government arrested Prince Alwaleed bin Talal as part of its campaign to reduce corruption. According to London based Arabic news site Al-Arabv Al-Jadeed, Alwaleed was more to a prison – removing him from his restricted quarters at the…
As social media giant Facebook attempts to address to the growing concerns of the role of news feed on lives of people and the society, it is planning to significantly alter the formula which helps to identify what appears at the top of news feeds. “Recently we’ve gotten feedback from our community that public content…
