Shares of chipmakers rise in European bourses on expectation of a Phase One U.S.-China trade deal

On Tuesday, shares of chipmakers in European bourses rose in anticipation for a potential U.S.-China trade deal. Investors will be looking for clues in a key speech from U.S. President Donald Trump. The pan-European STOXX 600 index edged slightly higher by 0840 GMT, with technology stocks rising by 0.3%. Investors are keenly awaiting a speech…

Huawei incentivizing employees to help shift its supply chain away from the United States

On Tuesday, Huawei Technologies stated, it will disburse $286 million (2 billion yuan) in cash as rewards to staff who are working to help it weather a U.S. trade blacklisting. Huawei is trying in full earnest to find alternatives to U.S. hardware after the U.S. Commerce Department nearly banned it in May from doing business…

Ahead Of Its IPO, Saudi Aramco Lists Terrorism, Climate Change And Dependence On Asia As Risks

The vast number of risks the business faces has been detailed by Saudi Aramco, the state owned oil giant of Saudi Arabia that is set to launch its long-awaited initial public offering this year. The details of the risks being faced by the largest oil company of the world were mentioned in its prospectus that…

Alibaba’s Singles’ Day shopping festival hits $1 billion with 1.08 minutes

On Monday, Alibaba Group Holding Inc stated, sales from its annual Singles’ Day shopping event touched $22.63 billion (158.31 billion yuan ) in the first nine hours, up by 25% from 126.72 billion yuan a year earlier. China celebrates Singles’ Day as a shopping festival much like Black Friday or Cyber Monday. It has grown…

Goldman Sachs faces probe on credit limits set by Apple Card algorithms

Following a tweet from David Heinemeier Hansson, a tech entrepreneur, which alleged a discrimination in Apple Inc’s new credit card algorithms that are used to determine credit limits, a probe has been initiated into Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s credit card practices. According to Hansson’s tweet, Apple Card has given him a credit limit that is…

EU Ministers Say Europe Should Stop Funding Of Oil, Gas And Coal Projects

The finance ministers of the European Union have called on the economic block to completely stop al funding to oil, gas and coal projects. Experts estimate that if this measures is followed up, it would potentially lead to cancellation of annual investments worth €2bn. The EU finance ministers pointed out their concerns directly at the…

Heineken To Replace Plastic Rings And Shrink With Eco Friendly Material

Rings and shrink wrap used in its millions of multipack cans that are primarily made up of single use plastic will be replaced by Heineken with alternative cardboard materials that are much more eco-friendly in nature. This change will be implemented by the Dutch company starting April of 2020 in a phased manner across its…

Charges Of Spying For Saudi Arabia Brought Against Ex-Twitter Employees In US

Charges of spying for Saudi Arabia have been brought against two former employees of Twitter in the United States. Personal information about Twitter users including some of the established and known critics of the Saudi government were sought by the Saudi agents according ot the charges that were unsealed on Wednesday in San Francisco. Ali…