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After The Engine Troubles, Rolls-Royce Resilience Will Be Tested By The Pandemic

The 114 year old British engine-maker Rolls-Royce is facing one of the biggest challenges in its history because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.   In order to ride through the global grounding of planes, 5 billion pounds ($6.8 billion) was raised by the Airbus and Boeing supplier of...

With Eye On China, Luxury Giant Gucci Joins Alibaba’s Luxury E-Commerce Platform

The importance of the Chinese market for high-end brands that are seeking a way out of the novel coronavirus induced slump was underscored by the decision of the global fashion label Gucci to open up two flagship stores on Alibaba’s online luxury shopping platform.   Owned by the French...

Google Accused Of Colluding With Facebook In Violating Antitrust Law In A Case Filed By Texas And Nine US States

A lawsuit was filed against the United States based tech giant Google by Texas and nine other states over charges that the company was working in partnership with the social media giant Facebook Inc in an illegal manner and violated antitrust law to further expand its online advertising business...

Safety Issues Prompt Honda To Recall 1.79 Million Vehicles Globally

Japanese auto manufacturer Honda Motor Co is set to launch four separate campaigns, including some that are linked to reported fires of its vehicles, in order to implement a global recall of more than 1.79 million vehicles of the company.   About 1.4 million of those vehicles that are slated...

SolarWinds' Market Dominance Used By Hackers For A Sprawling Spy Campaign

The extent to which SolarWinds had gone during his 11 years at the helm was touted by the company’s Chief Executive Kevin Thompson at an earnings call two months ago. Talking to analysts on the October 27 call, he had said that the Austin, Texas-based company was providing some level of monitoring...

Strategic Options For Reebok, Including Sale, Being Considered By Adidas

Various strategic options, including a potential sale for its Reebok brand is being considered by it, said German sportswear maker Adidas AG on Monday.   The United States based Reebok was acquired by Adidas 15 years ago as a tactic to rival Nike Inc in its home market.   Adidas said...

30% Increase In iPhone Production Planned For First Half Of 2021 By Apple, Says Nikkei Report

According to a report published in Nikkei on Tuesday, manufacturing of up to 96 million iPhones for the first half of 2021 has been planned by Apple Inc which will be an almost 30 per cent year on year increase in production.    The report in Nikkei Asia cited information from multiple...

Challenge For Biontech-Pfizer Is To Scale Up Vaccovid-19 Vaccine Production

Scaling up manufacturing facilities to cater to the huge demand for their Covid-19 vaccine is the biggest challenge for Germany's BioNTech SE and its partner in the vaccine development, Pfizer now that the vaccine has been approved by the United States for emergency usage, said the chief executive...

Rolls-Royce Downgrades Its Own 2020 Outlook Due To Pandemic

The continued slump in air travel because of the novel coronavirus pandemic and related travel restrictions has forced the British engineering company Rolls-Royce to downgrade its forecast for cash flow for the current year while also warning of a challenging outlook for the next year.  ...

Fines Slapped On Google And Amazon For Violation Of Cookies Rules By French Watchdog

Its biggest ever fine of 100 million euros ($121 million) was handed over by France's data privacy watchdog to Alphabet's Google over charges of the tech giant violating the regulations on online advertising trackers (cookies) of the country.   A fine of 35 million euros was also slapped on...

New Fuel Cell Car Based On Hydrogen Technology Unveiled By Toyota

With the aim of cashing in on the growing demand for electric vehicles, including its own, Japanese auto making giant Toyota Motor Corp launched for sale its revamped Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car that has a 30 per cent greater travel range on a single charge as the company initiated a fresh push...

US Food Delivery Firm Raises $3.4 Bln In U.S. Listing And Doubles Valuation

The United States based food delivery firm DoorDash Inc managed to raise $3.37 billion through the sale of its shares in its initial public offering at $102 apiece which was higher than the upwardly revised target range that was announced by the company, the company said on Tuesday. This IPO mega...
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