On Thursday, Estonia-based ride-hailing service provider Bolt stated, it has decided to invest $118 million in 2021 and has set a goal to become the biggest e-scooter rental company in Europe. The development comes at a time when cab services have been severely affected by the coronavirus-induced COVID19 pandemic. As part of this strategy Bolt…
On Thursday, Japan’s Kioxia Holdings Corp stated, it would build a new production line for NAND memory chips in central Japan in order to meet surging demand for data storage across industry sectors ranging from smartphones to self-driving cars. The new line, the seventh for Kioxia, will be built at its existing plant in Yokkaichi,…
On Thursday, in a report, India’s Mint newspaper stated, the world’s biggest e-commerce retailer Amazon.com Inc and U.S. wireless carrier Verizon Communications Inc are likely to invest more than $4 billion to buy a stake in Indian telecom firm Vodafone Idea Ltd, citing two sources aware of the negotiations.
On Wednesday, Amazon’s founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said, the world’s largest online retailer will invest $1 billion in digitizing small and medium sized businesses in India and expects to export $10 billion worth of India-made goods by 2025. Speaking at a company event in New Delhi, Bezos opined the 21st century is “going to…
In a statement, South Korea’s LG Chem and General Motors Co disclosed, they plan on investing $2.3 billion to build an electric vehicle battery cell joint venture plant in Ohio, in what is stated to be one of the biggest battery facilities in the world. The plant, which will be built near GM’s closed assembly…
This is SoftBank’s second investment in Mexico after it invested $20 million in Clip, a payments firm. In a development that sees an expansion in SoftBank’s growing portfolio in Latin America, the Japanese conglomerate said, it will be investing in Kavak, a Mexican used car platform. “We are proud to join with and invest in…
Aiming to ride the crest of the e-commerce wave, Deutsche Post DHL intends to invest heavily into areas such as warehouse automation and analytics. Aiming to ride the e-commerce boom, Deutsche Post DHL set a new target of $5.77 billion (5.3 billion euros) for its operating profit saying it would invest heavily in areas such…
It aims to funnel the proceeds into AR, media content as well as acquisitions. In a significant development, Snap Inc disclosed it will raise $1 billion in short-term debt. It plans to invest the proceeds in augmented reality features, media content or could also channel it for making acquisitions. Following a rough 2018, Snap, the…
SoftBank’s second fund has already secured funding from Standard Chartered Plc and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp will invest $40 billion in its second Vision Fund. SoftBank’s board will meet on Thursday to approve the commitment. SoftBank’s first, $100 billion Vision Fund was…
The development comes at a time when there is a weak demand in the smartphone market. LG is probably aiming to keep its lead in the OLED TV market. On Tuesday, LG Display stated it would be investing $2.6 billion (3 trillion won) in its organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels production line in South Korea.…
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