Three people with firsthand knowledge of the investigation told Reuters that EU antitrust authorities who raided Kering’s Gucci and other fashion companies in April are looking into how they set prices of handbags and leather items for distributors. After Reuters reported the morning raid by the European Union on Gucci’s Milan manufacturing facility, Kering at…
According to two sources with direct knowledge of the negotiations, Zurich Insurance Group is in talks to acquire up to 51% of India’s Kotak General Insurance. If the talks proceed, it will be the company’s first significant investment in the rapidly expanding South Asian insurance industry. The Indian startup, backed by Asia’s richest banker Uday…
Alphabet’s Google announced the debut of two new capabilities for advertisers on Wednesday that will use artificial intelligence to locate the most effective ad placements for businesses across all of the tech giant’s services. Since Google and other businesses created innovative chatbots that can engage people in open-ended discussions, AI has taken over the digital…
Bunge, a U.S. grains trader, and Viterra, a Glencore-backed company, announced their merger on Tuesday. The combined company will be in the agricultural trading business and will be worth roughly $34 billion, including debt. With Bunge and Viterra valued at roughly $17 billion apiece, the merger puts the combined business on par with its two…
With used-car reseller Carvana Co forecasting second-quarter adjusted earnings above Wall Street estimates as a result of cost-cutting initiatives, shares of the firm closed up 56.0% on Thursday, with some assistance from traders covering their bearish bets. Carvana shares reached a more than eight-month high during the session, rising as much as 68% to $26.09.…
Ad buyers told Reuters that Alphabet’s Google and Microsoft are injecting advertising into AI tests without giving users the chance to opt out of participation, a move that has already infuriated several brands and runs the danger of drawing further criticism from the industry. The two digital behemoths are competing to upgrade their search engines…
ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, has been charged with enabling members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) access to the information of Hong Kong human rights activists and demonstrators. Former ByteDance executive Yintao Yu claims in a US court filing that users who submitted “protest-related content” were also recognised and monitored. According to Yu,…
Due to debts owed by their parent firm, The Daily and Sunday Telegraph newspapers, as well as The Spectator magazine, will soon be placed up for sale. The Barclay family, who formerly owned the company, have been replaced by receivers Alix Partners. The receiver stated that it does not anticipate the modifications to have an…
Inditex, the company that owns Zara, reported on Wednesday that sales of the spring/summer collection accelerated to increase 16% in May as the retailer offsets increasing labour expenses and retains customers amid a crisis in the cost of living. The largest fast-fashion retailer in the world announced a better-than-anticipated 54% increase in net profit of…
One day after the creator of the software reported that a security issue had been detected, U.S. security researchers claimed that hackers had stolen data from the systems of a number of users of the well-known file transfer tool MOVEit Transfer. After revealing the flaw on Wednesday, software developer Progress Software Corp warned that it…
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