US electric car maker Tesla is bailing out the Italian automaker Fiat Chrysler for the possibility of facing significantly large European Union fines for not being able to meet the tough new pollution standards by selling some of the emissions credits that the US car marker had amassed. According to documents published by the European…
A recent study published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine claims that promising outcome was seen in a small clinical trial of patients with lymphoma with the use of an experimental cancer “vaccine”. The treatment in 11 patients with lymphoma was tested by researchers at New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital. Following some very good outcome…
Those Mexican based food companies who supply grocery to Amazon have been penalised by the Mexican unit of Walmart. The extent of the pressure form Walmart has been such that some of the companies have been forced to withdraw their products from the largest e-commerce platform of the world, claimed a news report published by…
United States based global auto maker Ford is setting strategies to regain market share that it had lost in the Chinese market, the largest auto market in the world – even before the US. More than 30 new Ford and Lincoln vehicles would be launched by it for the Chinese market exclusively, announced the American…
The European Union has pulled up car manufacturers from Germany allegedly for engaging in collusion for not allowing technology that helps in reduction of harmful emissions from vehicles dissipate for broader use by the auto industry. Three giants of the German auto industry – Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler, have been identified for this charge by…
The EU’s competition enforcer has charged Volkswagen, BMW, and Daimler with hindering competition on emission cleaning technology between 2006-2014. On Friday, EU antitrust regulators have charged Volkswagen, BMW, and Daimler for hindering competition on emission cleaning technology for the period of 2006 to 2014. The European Commission said it had sent statements of objections setting…
A preliminary report of the crash of a Boeing 737 Max plane of the Ethiopian Airlines last month claims that before the craft crashed to the ground killing all on board, it had nosedived a number of times. According to the first official report into the disaster, the pilots “repeatedly” followed procedures as stated by…
The first quarter saw a bigger-than-expected drop in its deliveries, dominated by fall in demand for its luxury Model S and X vehicles of Tesla which raised questions about the finances of the company. The investors also reacted resulting in a 11 per cent drop in its shares on Thursday. Following the company reporting drop…
In February, Germany’s cybersecurity agency had stated, the country had experienced a big increase in the number of security incidents hitting critical infrastructure, including power grids and water suppliers. German broadcasters BR and NDR had reported on these incidents. In a significant development, Germany’s largest drugmaker, Bayer stated it had mitigated a cyber attack on…
At IPO prices, Icahn’s 2.7% stake would be $550 million. The price paid by Soros is not clear. According to a report from the Wall Street, billionaire investor Carl Icahn sold his nearly 2.7% of his stake in Lyft Inc to George Soros ahead of its initial public offering. According to the report, Jonathan Christodoro,…
