On Monday, Tesla Inc. said that it intends to raise about $ 1.5 billion by issuing bonds. The American automaker is seeking to increase production of its latest sedan model - Model 3, Reuters reports. The offer of debt is explained by the fact that Tesla has been receiving thousands of pre-orders for Model 3 in the amount of about 1.8 thousand per day from the moment the model was launched in...

Automobile brands Opel and Vauxhall now belong to the French auto concern PSA Peugeot-Citroen. The transaction is considered closed; the issue price was 2.2 billion euros. Handelsblatt notes that the new owner plans to upgrade Opel’s factories. Now the company is working out a new development plan for the French alliance. The strategy will be aimed at restoring financial stability. It should be...

Chairman of the Board of Foxconn Terry Gou is considering a possibility of increasing investment in the US to $ 30 billion, said US President Donald Trump. Foxconn Technology Group, the main supplier of hardware to Apple, said last week that it plans to build a $ 10 billion liquid crystal display factory in Wisconsin. The company intends to hire 13,000 people for this project. Trump regards this...

Now, among rumors about the death of retailers in the US and in other countries, it's time to think about how to make money on it. Attention of investors and analysts is focused on the two largest online players in online retail, Amazon and Alibaba. Some believe that it is worth investing in the firm of Jeff Bezos, others are struck by the sales volume of the Chinese retailer. It may seem that...

HSBC Holdings Plc, Europe's largest bank, posted financial results in the first half of 2017, which exceeded analysts' expectations. The bank announced plans to buy back its own shares for $ 2 billion in the second half of the year. HSBC's pre-tax profit for the first half-year was $ 10.2 billion, which is 5% more than in the same period a year earlier, the bank said. Analysts polled by the bank,...

Last year, Air carrier Etihad Airways suffered a loss of $ 1.87 billion due to depreciation of assets. The financial results of the company fully showed difficulties faced by aviation companies of the Persian Gulf. The air carrier's management associates part of the losses with the costs of fighting terrorism, as well as with low oil prices. However, the total revenue of Etihad Airways for 2016...

American Facebook, which owns the world's largest social network, increased its net profit in the second quarter of 2017 by 71% due to the rapid growth in advertising revenue. "We had a good second quarter and a good first half of 2009. Our community has reached 2 billion people, and we are trying to bring together the world's inhabitants," said the founder and head of the company Mark...

American clothing retailer, Michael Kors, agreed to buy luxury footwear manufacturer Jimmy Choo for $ 1.2 billion, picking up the British brand launched in East London. The brand gained popularity thanks to celebrities such as Princess Diana. Founded in the 1990s, the company of Malaysian designer Jimmy Choo (Zhou Yangjie) became famous for its luxury footwear, which is sold in in London, Paris,...

Defense News published a rating of the world's largest defense enterprises. The edition makes an annual rating of the world defense enterprises on the basis of information from open sources, annual reports of companies, and also using data provided by the companies themselves. 10. Thales Country: France Revenue from the military-industrial complex in 2016: $ 8,362 bln Total revenue in...