The strategic move will see the new Guangzhou plant doubling the production rates of OLED display plates from their current 60,000 to 130,000. With LG Display being the top OLED displaymaker in the world, the facility at Guangzhou, China will control and cater to the OLED TV segment across markets in the world. On Tuesday,…
The collaboration is aimed at building next-gen purpose-built electric-vehicles for Didi’s services. On Tuesday, China’s Didi Chuxing, a ride-sharing company, disclosed it has signed an agreement with German automotive supplier Continental AG to co-develop connected vehicles and design purpose-built electric vehicles (EVs) for Didi’s services. “Based on DiDi’s practical experience on mobility as well as…
The 3-way deal, ahead of SoftBank’s planned listing of its domestic telecoms unit – likely to be the largest Japanese IPO in nearly two decades, could boost demand for online shopping and mobile payments among Japan’s tech-savvy shoppers. In a move that sees Japan’s SoftBank Group tightening its grip over Yahoo Japan, the conglomerate disclosed…
The likelihood of the class-action lawsuit will depend on the findings of the Australian Information Commissioner which is probing Facebook’s improper handling of 311,000 Australian users’ data. On Tuesday, IMF Bentham Ltd, a litigation funding provider, disclosed it was funding a representative who has complained against Facebook Inc’s alleged breaches of Australia’s Privacy Principles. IMF…
Through this strategic move, Grab is expanding from its core ride-hailing services into other areas including electronic money transfers, loans, payment services and food delivery. Through GrabFresh, it now serves on-demand grocery deliveries. It is targetting revenues of $1 billion by the end of 2018. On Tuesday, in a strategic move that banks on its…
Citi’s digital gamble will have to be weighed against customer preferences of wanting to walk into a brick-and-mortar branch and interact with an actual human being regarding their investments. The bank is short on deposits and is betting on its tech know-how to bridge the deposit gap with its peers. Citigroup Inc, part of the…
Investor appetite in Hong Kong for Xiaomi’s stock is low due to a range of reasons which include overall market sentiments, Xiaomi’s valuation of the stock in comparison to its peers, and the fact that investors see it as a hardware firm as opposed to a hardware and internet services firm. Shares of Chinese smartphone…
In what is likely to be a part of Beijing’s strategic “Made in China 2025” policy, China is pushing automakers to focus on improving the technology in next generation cars rather than rely on its subsidies to meet sales targets. On Friday, as per a report by Bloomberg citing anonymous sources, Beijing is considering a…
According to Jalopnik, an auto news website, the latest investigation was prompted by a complaint from one of the automaker’s employees at the plant. Following a complaint, California’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal-OSHA) stated, it has opened a third investigation into Tesla Inc’s factory in Fremont, California. This latest case was opened on June…
Singapore’s antitrust regulator, the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) has threatened Uber Technologies and Grab that it could potentially unwind their deal unless its proposed remedies, or any further remedies, have sufficiently been able to address competition concerns and are practically implementable. On Thursday, in a blow to the Grab-Uber deal, Singapore’s antitrust…
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