The latest auto maker to issue profit warnings for the current year was Volvo as the Swedish auto company announced its plans of cost cutting of its fixed expenses by as much as 2 billion Swedish crowns or $214 million. The company said that its profitability was being dented by pricing pressure and the tariffs…
The World Health Organization has declared the most recent and fatal Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a global emergency. It was just days ago that researchers were able to confirm a case of an individual being affected by the virus in the Congo city of Goma that is close…
General Motors Co, the largest auto maker of the United States, is all set to take on the high-performance European cars as it announced the launch of its newly designed mid-engine 2020 Corvette, even as the company faces headwinds of a slowdown in global vehicles demand and an uncertain trading environment. The new vehicle, being…
Korean workers who were once forced to work for the Japanese company Mitsubishi during the colonial-era now want a court to pass a verdict which would allow compensation of their ordeals for forced labor back then from the sale of assets of their former Japanese employer. It has been years that the issue has been…
The rising trend of a large section of health conscious consumers who want to stay away from sugar is forcing many companies to adapt. The global soft drinks industry is one such example which is striving to offer new products that have much less sugar compared to earlier products. And now this trend is being…
After France decided to impose a tax on tech giants for revenues made in the country – which would impact American tech companies such as Google and Facebook, and Britain introducing a very similar bill in its parliament, a formal investigation into some activities of the American e-commerce giant Amazon has been now launched by…
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…
Media reports in the United States claim that a record fine of $5 billion on Facebook was approved by the regulators of the country in pursuit of settlement of an investigation that was being conducted against the social media platform over alleged violation of data privacy. The case relate to the data of up to…
Airlines of Latin America and the Caribbean would be sold more than 1000 new passenger crafts by the European planemaker Airbus SE over the next 15 years which would account for about half of the aircrafts that would be needed to fulfill the expected demand in that time, claimed news reports. About 60 per cent…
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