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$10 Billion Chinese Retail Market Battle Puts Alibaba And Tencent Head To Head

Two of China’s largest tech giants - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd, are at loggerheads to win over market share and customers and is investing heavily in infrastructure. The combined market value of the two companies is $1 trillion.   The reach of the companies – both...

European Doctors Are Losing Interest and Hope on the U.K.

In 2017, there has been drop of 9 per cent in the number of doctors deciding to migrate to the U.K. from other European countries. This was an eight-year low. This was revealed in a news report based on new figures from the U.K.’s General Medical Council.   Compared to the peak of 4,644...

Hospitals And Clinics Primary Targets For The Planned Healthcare Venture By Amazon: Reports

The healthcare supply market is now being eyed by Amazon.com and according to a recent report published in the Washington Post, the largest online retailer of the world is all set to expand its footprint in that industry segment.    The healthcare offerings are being planned to be...

By 2022, U.S. To Become Net Export Of Oil And Natural Gas: EIA

The United States is set to become a net exporter of natural gas by the year 2020 according to a forecast made in the Annual Energy Outlook of 2018 by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The agency said that the transformation would be driven by growth in natural gas, oil, and oil product...

Worst Week For Global Stocks In Years Apparently Shrugged As Week Sees Strong Start

The worst week in year for the global stock markets was shrugged off by them following a late rally on Friday which was also followed up on Monday.     There were gains made in the Asian markets on Monday in addition to a higher trading of 0.7 per cent at the S&P 500 futures  ...

Challenging GM And Enhancing Margins Aim Of Ford To Boost Production Target Of Suvs

In a direct challenge to the dominating position of General Motors with respect to sport utility vehicles, production targets for the same would by enhanced by Ford Motor Co to increase the profit margins of the company, the company announced on Monday.    “We can sell every single...

UnionPay Issues Approximately 90 Cards Outside Of Mainland China

The total number of UnionPay cards that have been issued by the company outside of mainland China has reached to about 90 million, said UnionPay International, driven by issuance of about 20 million more UnionPay cards in the region in 2017.   It has been a number of years at...

FedEx And UPS Can Have Nightmares Because Of The Delivery Ambitions Of Amazon

The ambition that Amazon has been brewing has been obvious for years now. The largest online retailer in the world has set up its own networks of merchandise warehouses and sorting centers for packaging. Transportation of cargo is also done by airplanes and truck trailers that are owned by the...

A $848 Billion Wipeout In The Chinese Market Started A Selling Spree

The most bullish trades are coming down in China and the investors there are being remined how fats bets placed by them can change for the worse.   A rout in the currency of the country, one of the favored best of investors, has left them high and dry and has impacted markets globally this...

One-Pilot Plane Cockpits Could Happen Sooner Than Later As Proposed By Boeing

After initially starting off with three crew members on the flight deck, the number was reduced to two with the advent of the Being 757 which also permanently altered the design of the cockpits during the 1980s. The planemakers are now contemplating ways to reduce the number of flight deck crew to...

Cheaper Or Even Free Training By Airlines And Flight Schools The Way To Address Pilot Shortage

Danny Perna, the founder of Epic Flight Academy in Florida felt a severe shortage of pilots in 2015 when sirliners from China to the United States were impacted by it. This was, according to him, a first time in 15 years that trained pilots as flight instructors at his school were not being found....

Trends That Would Drive IoT In 2018 And Later Identified By IHS Markit

There would be over 31 billion connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices in 2018 globally according to an estimate by business information provider HIS Markit. The analysis says that the driver for this growth would be the demand for intelligent connected devices within commercial and...
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