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Mortgage Securities Suit To Be Settled By Barclays By Civil Fine Of $2 Billion

The charges against Barclays Plc of irregularities in the marketing of residential mortgage-backed securities in the U.S. between 2005 and 2007 – being investigated in the US., would be settled against a payment of $2 billion in civil penalties.   The investigations and the rare lawsuit was...

The Potential Buyers For India’s National Carrier That Is Up For Sale – Air India

A controlling stake in the loss making national carrier of India- Air India had earlier been announced to be sold off by the Indian government.   This sale – which would see about 76 per cent of the stake in the airline being put up for sale, would be amongst the most high-profile asset...

Amazon Strikes Deal With Monoprix In Its Effort To Enter French Market

Amazon has managed to sing up the first trader in France for its grocery business as the U.S. online retailing giant took another step in the grocery market in the country. Casino’s upmarket Monoprix chain will now sell its grocery products on Amazon.    The two companies together may...

Facebook Data Scandal As Social Media Management To Meet German Justice Minister

The German government said that stricter regulations would be faced by the U.S. social media giant Facebook, announced the German Justice Minister Katarina Barley following a meeting with the representative of the largest social media company in the world.   Barley said that Facebook has...

Bankruptcy Protection Filed By Oldest U.S. Gun Manufacturer Remington

Continuous declining sale of its arms has forced Remington Outdoor – the oldest gun manufacturer in the United States to file for bankruptcy.   With thee intention to come to a settlement with its creditors, the company set up more than 200 years ago had to file for protection from...

Price War Forces Tissot To Slash Minimum Price Of Its Automatic Watches

The global market segment of lower end watches has got very competitive. Even established brands like Tissot has bene forced to drastically slash its prices in this segment as the watch maker announced 500 francs ($528) to be the starting price for an automatic chronograph for that it plans to...

Facebook Pledges New Regulations To Prevent Protect User Data, Zuckerberg Apologizes For Mistakes

Facebook admitted to it making misstates in relation to the misuse of personal data of 50 million U.S. users of the social media platform and pledged to take stricter measures to prevent access to personal information by developers.   These were announced by the company Chief Executive Mark...

74 Per Cent Y-O-Y Increase In Net Profits For Tencent In 2017

Chinese tech giant Tencent has increased its profits for 2017 by 74 per cent compared to the profits it made the year earlier. According to the company statement released on Wednesday, the tech giant attributed the significant increase in profits to "solid growth" throughout all of its components...

Vendors Of Toys 'R' Us Loose Assurance Of Payment As The Retailer Shuts Down

Toy makers felt assured about them getting paid as Toys ‘R’ Us attempted to emerge from Chapter 11 and when it managed to get hold of a $3.1 billion bankruptcy loan in September.   But now as the toy retailer is moving towards liquidation, that assurance is fading away fast.   There...

Iconic Toys 'R' Us To Shut All Stores As It Goes Out Of Business And Endangers 30,000 Jobs

About 30,000 jobs at legendary toy retailer Toys ‘R’ Us Inc will put to risk as the company decides to either close down or sell off all of its stores in the United States as it has been unable to locate a buyer or get into an agreement with debtors to restructure its debt worth billions.  ...

Cryptocurrency Crackdown Policy Sees Google Banning All Form Of Cryptocurrency And ICO Ads

Google has been attempting to tackle all forms of emerging threats on its platforms and as a part of that strategy, the online search engine company has announced that starting June, it will stop all forms of advertisements that seek to promote cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings. ...

Melrose’s Hostile Bid Fended Off By GKN With A $6.2 Billion Auto Business Deal With Dana

A hostile takeover bid by the investment group Melrose Industries Plc was thwarted by U.K. engineering form GKN Plc by agreeing to sell off its automotive unit to U.S.-based Dana Inc ini a deal that is worth $6.1 billion.   In addition to 1.6 billion in cash, stocks valued at 3.5...
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