The plan of United States tech giant Google to launch a search engine limited by censorship in China has been cancelled by the company, said an official of the company. The project faced criticism from various corners including in the US and had collected some controversy. While there were reports that had suggested that the…
Johnson & Johnson has been facing a tough time after allegations that its talc-based baby powder was cause of ovarian cancer and mesothelioma leading to multiple court cases. The company has also been facing charges that it was behind the opiod crisis in the United States. The company however has pledged to create a solid…
The Swedish furniture company Ikea is on a cost cutting spree and would be shutting down its only factory in the United States in December this year. The factory is situated in Danville, Virginia and all production work in the factory would be shifted to Europe. The company says that the logic behind the decision…
The French government is all set to impose a revolutionary “eco tax” on all each and every flight that leaves any of the airports in the country, the government has said. The French Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne said that starting 2020, €180m ($202m; £162m) is expected to be generated annually from the tax. The government…
Following a massive 20 years of negotiations, a huge trade deal has been struck between the European Union and the South American economic bloc Mercosur. This was the largest trade deal ever for the EU, said the block’s Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker and added that the two parties have shown that “we stand for rules-based…
In a world first, France is set to emerge as a clear frontrunner in the quest to regulate online hate speech and fake news. In a significant development that marks changes in Facebook’s behavior, the social media giant has agreed to hand over the identification data of French users suspected of hate speech on its…
According to media reports quoting various airlines, a ni8mber of them are avoiding airspace controlled by the Iranians over the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman and are rerouting flights since the issuing of the ban on Friday by the US regulator on US airlines flying over the airspace for an unscheduled period of…
The new wave of tariffs which could go into effect from August 1, is likely to cover consumer electronics, including smartphones and tablets. With U.S. President Donald Trump deliberating whether to make good on his threat to impose tariffs on the remaining un-tariffed Chinese exports to the United States, Trump met Apple’s CEO Tim Cook…
While downplaying the recent volatility in its stock prices, the trade tension that the United States currently has with China and other countries was blamed to be the primary reason for the lackluster performance of the stick of Uber since it launched its IPO in May, said its Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi on Tuesday. The…
The latest visit of the United States president Donald Trump to the United Kingdom swathe White House renting a fleet of Mercedes E-Class limousines form JP Ward & Sons which is an Irish funeral services home, according ot a report published in The Guardian newspaper. The rent for the vehicles for the two day visit…
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