The deal comes ahead of the crucial upcoming American football season. On Monday, GVC Holdings Plc has agreed to enter into a joint venture with MGM Resorts International, a U.S. hotel and casino operator, to set up an online betting platform in the U.S. ahead of the upcoming American football season. Initially, GVC Holdings Plc…
SK Hynix, the world’s second biggest memory chip producer, will boost NAND memory chip production by more than 30% in the second half of this year. NAND memory chips are easier to assemble than DRAM chips. On Thursday, South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc posted a record second quarter profit which underpins a continuation in…
According to officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Russian state-sponsored group known as Energetic Bear which also goes by the name of Dragonfly, have claimed “hundreds of victims” in 2017, which include U.S. electric utilities. As per a report from the Wall Street Journal, in 2017 Russian hackers had been able to…
Although its share prices surged by 3.8% on Monday, they are still down by 40% from their April 2018 levels. On Monday, following the removal of measures from a defense bill by U.S. lawmakers that would have reinstalled sanction on China’s ZTE Corp, shares of the telecommunications equipment maker surged by 3.8% in Hong Kong.…
Once the Trump Administration’s $200 billion tariff list, which currently is in the public comment period, comes into play, U.S. consumers are likely to see a price hike in consumer goods that are assembled in China. According to U.S. government’s rulings on tariffs, the latest round of trade tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports…
With China’s Didi Chuxing Technology Co, launching its operations in Mexico in April 2018, Uber is under pressure to consolidate and expand its footprint in the remaining 11 Mexican states where regulations are not exactly friendly to ride-hailing services. In a move that marks Uber Technologies’ commitments to Mexico, the ride services firm disclosed it…
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…
ZTE’s U.S. ban has resulted in the Chinese firm losing $11 billion in market valuation. However, from Jefferies had placed a buy rating on its stocks on the Hong Kong stock exchange. In a significant development, ZTE Corp has received a temporary reprieve from the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Services government. The…
Beijing-based, Cayman-domiciled Xiaomi priced its IPO at $2.17 – the bottom end of its indicative range. On Friday, sources close to Xiaomi Corp’s Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) disclosed, the Chinese firm priced the IPO at the bottom of an indicative range, of HK$17 to HK$22, and raised $4.72 billion. Xiaomi is selling around…
Much of the U.S. government’s stance can be traced back to a report prepared by the U.S. Department of Defense, which warns of Chinese venture investors accessing “the crown jewels of U.S. innovation.” Although the U.S. Administration is pushing to protects national security interests by blocking Chinese investments in the field of artificial intelligence, machine…
business-gurus.com 