China Evergrande Group has allocated $239.53 million for 6 hi-tech projects undertaken by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which includes areas such as surgical robotics, graphene, artificial intelligence, unpiloted aircraft, and health engineering. On Thursday, China Evergrande Group, a property developer, stated it plans on investing $239.53 million into six high-tech projects by the Chinese…
South Korea’s transportation ministry has stressed that the ban is more in the nature of safety checks rather than punitive action. Following its own internal investigation into the root cause of the engine fires, it said it could take legal action. On Tuesday, South Korea’s transport ministry stated, it will ban nearly 20,000 BMW vehicles…
What many thought to be a joke is turning out to be anything but. While analysts are concerned about Tesla’s ability to pull off what is slated to be the largest buyout in in history, many backers, including mutual fund Fidelity believe in Musk’s ability and vision of the future. Following Tesla Inc’s CEO Elon…
While Musk’s last Tuesday’s tweets must have given a series of palpitations to those who were betting against Tesla’s stock, while many investors believed it to be a prank which is in line with the Tesla brand, SEC lawyers aren’t amused since these could potentially trigger non-compliance of disclosures. Elon Musk’s proposal to take Tesla…
Goldman Sachs says that Intel is facing a big problem with the issues in technology for manufacturing chips. The repeated delays in graduating itself to the manufacture of next generation chip process technologies resulted in the lowering of the rating for Intel by Goldman to sell from neutral. “We see Intel’s struggles with 10nm process…
In the first ever claims ruling about the Roundup weedkiller of the chemical giant Monsanto causes cancer, the US firm has bene ordered to $289 million in damages to a terminally ill school groundskeeper. The ruling came in favor of Lee Johnson by a San Francisco state court where the jurors discussed the case for…
Backed by financial firms and wealthy individuals, venture capital funds have already partially replaced the role played by retail investors, thus cementing the role played by blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies in the coming future. On Friday, Singapore-based Golden Gate Ventures, a venture capital firm, stated it will launch a $10 million fund, called LuneX Ventures,…
This development essentially cements blockchain’s future in the coming years. Its adoption will slash costs, boost transparency and will revolutionize the finance industry from what we know it today. In what is likely to be a milestone for blockchain technology, Commonwealth Bank of Australia has won a mandate from the World Bank to organize a…
Despite incurring an impairment charge on its Reebok brand, better than expected second quarter results was reported by German sportswear company Adidas. The company said that it is confident of achieving its full year targets while reporting strong net profit on Thursday. There was a 20 per cent increase in the net profit for the…
There is a fierce price war going on in the United States retail market between the players. However, the German-owned discount supermarket Aldi Inc is taking on the market rivals in a significant push by the company to gain market share in the US market by roiling out dozens of new products, the company announced…
