A Second Executive Of Credit Suisse Was Trailed By Private Detectives, The Bank Admits

The Swiss bank Credit Suisse has admitted that it had authorized private detectives to track the movements of a second executive of the company which revealed the extent of the extraordinary corporate espionage scandal at the bank. In February this year, private detectives hired on behalf of the bank had followed the former head of…

$1.4 Billion Loan To Be Taken By Tesla For From Chinese Banks For Shanghai Factory: Reuters

A new 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion), five-year loan facility will be given to the united States based electric car maker Tesla by a group of China banks as funds for developing the car maker’s Shanghai car plant, reported the news agency Reuters citing information from three sources familiar with the matter. The report, a…

Roche increase gene therapy footprint with $1.5 billion licensing deal with Sarepta Therapeutics

On Monday, in a statement Roche said, it has entered into a $1.15 billion licensing deal with Sarepta Therapeutics to obtain the right to launch and commercialize Sarepta’s investigational gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) outside the United States. Roche will be making an upfront payment of $750 million in cash and $400 million…

Huawei should be allowed to bid in building Italy’s 5G network infrastructure: Stefano Patuanelli

Following an influential parliamentary committee calling on Rome to block China’s Huawei to build Italy’s 5G telecom infrastructure, the country’s industry minister stated, Huawei should be allowed to bid for Italy’s 5G spectrum. “We have passed legislation that guarantees national security. With the right defenses, the possibility of (Huawei’s) access is not up for debate,”…

French competition authority levies $167M fine on Google

France’s competition watchdog has levied a fine of $167 million on Google citing Google’s non-transparent advertising rules and the fact that it changes them at will. Google is facing a growing number of investigations into its advertisement business practices, on both sides of the Atlantic. The ruling is the first penalty by the French authorities…

Colombia orders Uber to cease ride-hailing services citing violation of competition rules

Following a ruling by a judge that Uber’s ride hailing services in Colombia is in violation of competition rules, Colombia has ordered Uber to cease its ride-hailing operations in the country. The court order came in the wake of a lawsuit filed by COTECH SA against against Uber alleging that the U.S. company had the…