A draft agreement is being circulated among foreign ministers on the area of cybersecurity, the details of which is likely to be published this coming Saturday. Following high-profile hacking attacks in Southeast Asia, nations in the region are hoping to enter into joint agreements on cybersecurity with Russia. The draft agreement, which aims to formalize…
Apple is likely to go on appeal. The federal jury found Apple guilty of patent infringement. As per a court filing by WiLan, a unit of Quarterhill Inc, a federal jury in California has awarded WiLan Inc, a Canadian patent licensing company, $145.1 million in damages against Apple Inc, for patent infringement. The jury in…
Uber technologies’ peer Grab is set to raise $2 billion in its latest funding round, with $1 billion coming from Toyota Motor Corp. On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported citing sources familiar with the matter at hand as saying, ride hailing firm Grab Inc is likely to raise around $2 billion in its latest…
A portion of the investment will be raised in China. On Wednesday, Bloomberg reported citing a source, Tesla Inc plans on investing $5 billion for its new plant in China. Tesla plans on raising funds in China for a portion of the investment, said Bloomberg.
Flipkart is the vehicle through which Wal-Mart is fighting back its prime competitor – Amazon.com. On Wednesday, in a move aimed at retaining customer loyalty, Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart stated, it will be launching its second loyalty program later in August 2018, as it move to better fight Amazon.com Inc’s Prime plan. Bengaluru-headquartered Flipkart stated,…
A news report initially published in the Wall Street Journal has claimed that a major portion of its digital assets is being planned to be sold by General Electric Co. as a part of its restructuring program. Citing people with knowledge of the matter, the Journal report stated that for the purpose of auctioning off…
Hackers were able to go through the personal records of 10 million customers of British electricals and mobile phone retailer Dixons Carphone, in 2017. On Tuesday, British electricals and mobile phone retailer Dixons Carphone disclosed, hackers have been able to access 10 million personal data of customers in 2017. “While there is now evidence that…
Plans of initiating an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong or in some of the other overseas markets where the denominated shares would be valued in U.S. dollar was recently shared with the media by the co-CEO of Bitmain Technologies which is the biggest cryptocurrency mining in the world. This IPO would be a…
Naspers – a South African media, tech and investment firm, had made an investment of $32 million in 2001 for a significant share in a Chinese tech start up and it is deriving rich benefits of that single bet. Tencent was that Chinese startup – the owner of the largest messaging app in China –…
The practice was confined to only small to mid-size businesses. As per a report from the Wall Street Journal citing sources familiar with the matter at hand, American Express Co raised currency conversion rates for business clients without notifying its customers in advance; AmEx’s move was aimed at boosting its employee commission and revenues. The…
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