On Tuesday, in a statement, online platform for buying, selling and servicing of refurbished tech gadgets Back Market said, it has raised $335 million in its latest funding round which valued the company at $3.2 billion. Back Market started in 2014 in France with “the aims to make it easier for customers to buy refurbished…
According to two sources familiar with direct knowledge of the matter at hand, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is in early-stage talks to sell its premium smartphone brands P and Mate, in a move that could potentially see the Chinese company exit from the high-end smartphone-making business. Negotiations between Huawei and a consortium led by Shanghai…
According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, the U.S. government is weighing options which include stopping General Electric Co from continuing to supply engines for China’s passenger jet. The development will cast a shadow of uncertainty over China’s efforts to enter the civil aviation market. The potential restriction on the sale of plane…
On Tuesday, a senior executive from Airbus SE stated, the airplane maker is confident of selling more than 1,000 A321XLR aircraft over the next 10 years. The Airbus A321XLR aircraft has a longer range than the single-aisle A321neo. Francois Caudron, Head of Marketing at Airbus said, the forecast includes a mix of new orders and…
Chinese telecom company ZTE Corp had been subject to U.S. sanctions. Its controlling state-owned controlling shareholder Zhongxingxin Telecom plan on selling as much as 2% of its shares once the stock has doubled its value. According to regulatory filing, the controlling stakeholders of China’s ZTE Corp’s plan to slash their stake, by as much as…
The joint venture, BAIC-Xiaoju New Energy Auto Technology Co. Ltd, will see the two collaborate on new energy vehicles as well as artificial intelligence projects. On Monday, as per a statement released by China’s Didi Chuxing, it had set up a joint venture with BAIC’s Beijing Electric Vehicle Co., in order to work on new…
Activist hedge fund Third Point, led by investor Daniel Loeb, has been pressurizing Nestle to sell its stake in L’Oreal. On Monday, in a report published by the Financial Times which triggered fresh rounds of speculation, Paul Bulcke, Nestle’s Chairman, stated the company’s stake in French cosmetics firm L’Oreal was “something active on the board’s…
Naspers said the sale was for strengthening its balance sheet and to boost growth in its e-commerce business. On Friday, Naspers, a South Africa-based multinational internet and media group, stated it has raised $9.8 billion by selling 2% of its holdings in China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd. A move, it described as being aimed at strengthening…
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