Companies & CEOs

Online healthcare firms Teladoc and Livongo sign $18.5B merger

The American company Teladoc Health, which specializes in telemedicine and online medical services, bought its competitor Livongo Health. The deal amounted to $ 18.5 billion.
Published on August 6, 2020
By Iris Barker

US authorities will check Kodak after $ 765 loan is approved

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched an investigation into the situation of Eastman Kodak Co. and its loan worth $ 765 million, The Wall Street Journal reported,…
Published on August 5, 2020
By Iris Barker

Apple asks UK retail landlords to cut rent in half

Apple has asked property owners renting out space for stores in the UK to cut their rent by 50%, The Sunday Times reported. Profitability of the company's stores makes landlords…
Published on August 4, 2020
By Iris Barker

DI, French leader of asbestos removal and decontamination

As environmental and anti-pollution standards tightened, in all countries across Europe and America, finding specialists who are able to address all projects has become more important than ever. If industrial…
Published on August 3, 2020
By A A

Microsoft confirms intention to buy stake in TikTok

Microsoft is considering acquiring a stake in the Chinese TikTok app. Earlier, the media reported about the company's interest with reference to sources.
Published on August 3, 2020
By Iris Barker

NBC reports sharp decline in ad revenue during COVID-19 pandemic

Cancellation of the sporting event and the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, which was due to open in late July have had an extremely negative impact on the performance of…
Published on August 3, 2020
By Iris Barker

US Congress sharply criticizes high-tech giants

On Wednesday night, executives from Google, Amazon, Facebook (FB) and Apple spoke to the US Congress via video link. Congressmen criticized the top managers for the dominant position of their…
Published on July 31, 2020
By Iris Barker

Weapons manufacturer Remington files for bankruptcy

American weapons manufacturer Remington Arms Co. filed for bankruptcy, unable to cope with the debt burden, despite the fact that demand for weapons in the United States has grown significantly…
Published on July 30, 2020
By Iris Barker

VW owners in US receive $9.8B as Dieselgate compensation

US owners of Volkswagen cars have received more than $ 9.8 billion in compensations for damages for the manipulation of data on the content of harmful substances in the exhaust…
Published on July 29, 2020
By Iris Barker

AstraZeneca pays up to $6B to jointly develop cancer drug with Daiichi Sankyo

British AstraZeneca Plc and Japanese Daiichi Sankyo Co. agreed to jointly develop the drug DS-1062. The medicine is considered very promising for the fight against a number of oncological diseases.
Published on July 28, 2020
By Iris Barker

Alibaba founder summoned to Indian court over fired employee’s lawsuit

A court in India has summoned Alibaba founder Jack Ma to a hearing. The lawsuit was filed by a former employee of the UC Web subsidiary Pushpendra Singh Parmar. He…
Published on July 27, 2020
By Iris Barker

Facebook offers $650M to settle facial recognition lawsuit in USA

Facebook has increased the court deal to $ 650 million to settle a class action lawsuit against Illinois residents over the use of facial recognition technology, Bloomberg reported.
Published on July 24, 2020
By Iris Barker

Twitter ends second quarter with $ 1.23B loss

Despite the quarantine and a 12% increase in daily users, Twitter's top financials were negative in the last quarter.
Published on July 24, 2020
By Iris Barker

FCA and CNH Industrial offices searched in connection with Dieselgate

At the request of the German prosecutor's office, searches were conducted in the offices of Fiat Chrysler and CNH Industrial in Germany, Italy and Switzerland in connection with an investigation…
Published on July 23, 2020
By Iris Barker

Coca-Cola reports worst drop in sales in a decade

Sales of Coca-Cola Company fell by 28% in the second quarter of this year compared to last year, follows from the manufacturer's financial report. This is the largest quarterly drop…
Published on July 22, 2020
By Iris Barker

Novartis net profit grows by 2% in the first half of 2020

Net profit of the pharmaceutical company Novartis in January-June 2020 increased by 1.6% in annual terms and amounted to $ 4.04 billion, the company said.
Published on July 21, 2020
By Iris Barker

Chinese TikTok refuses to move headquarters to London

Chinese company ByteDance, which owns the TikTok app, is considering London as the site for the global headquarters of the social network, writes The Sunday Times, citing a source.
Published on July 20, 2020
By Iris Barker

American Airlines teams up with JetBlue to deal with sales slump

American Airlines announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with the American low-cost airline JetBlue. In fact, the companies are forming an alliance that will allow them to sell…
Published on July 17, 2020
By Iris Barker

Apple to pay up to $500 to owners of slow iPhones

Owners of some versions of the iPhone in the United States have received an opportunity to claim compensation from Apple. Due to a dispute in which the company was accused…
Published on July 16, 2020
By Iris Barker

Google to invest $10B in India’s IT sector

Google announced a $ 10 billion investment in India’s IT industry. This decision was published after negotiations between CEO of Google and its holding company Alphabet, Sundar Pichai, with Indian…
Published on July 14, 2020
By Iris Barker

Nvidia becomes US largest chipmaker by capitalization overtaking Intel

Nvidia Corp for the first time became the largest US chip maker by market value, overtaking Intel Corp on Wednesday.
Published on July 10, 2020
By Iris Barker

Mexican Pemex will develop Zama field with privately owned Talos Energy

The Mexican Ministry of Energy greenlighted creation of the first public-private partnership in the history of the country to develop an oil field, the right to which was initially claimed…
Published on July 9, 2020
By Iris Barker

Microsoft sets to buy Warner Bros. Interactive for $4B

The American corporation Microsoft is interested in buying the gaming division of Warner Bros. for $ 4 billion, reports The Information, citing sources inside the company. The company intends to…
Published on July 9, 2020
By Iris Barker

Deutsche Bank fined $150M for connections with Epstein and money laundering banks

The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced an agreement with Deutsche Bank, under which the bank will pay a fine of $ 150 million. A fine is…
Published on July 8, 2020
By Iris Barker

Uber to buy Postmates food delivery service for $ 2.65B

Uber Technologies, a taxi and food delivery service, announced purchase of a $ 2.65 billion-worth Postmates food delivery service. It will issue 84 million new shares that will be exchanged…
Published on July 7, 2020
By Iris Barker

Zynga completes purchase of Turkish Peak Games for $ 1.85B

American Zynga Inc., a developer of popular social networks games, said it had closed a deal to buy all outstanding shares of Turkish Peak Games. It estimated the deal at…
Published on July 6, 2020
By Iris Barker

US Dominion Energy sells assets for $10B to Buffett after refusing ACP gas pipeline

U.S. electricity supplier Dominion Energy announced on Sunday that it is selling its gas business to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway.
Published on July 6, 2020
By Iris Barker

Nearly 3M companies in Latin America will cease to exist due to COVID-19

Nearly three million companies in Latin America and the Caribbean will cease to exist due to measures taken amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by the United…
Published on July 3, 2020
By Iris Barker

Wealth of the world’s richest man hits a new record

The wealth of the richest man in the world - Head of Amazon Jeff Bezos - jumped to a new historical record of $ 171.6 billion, according to the Bloomberg…
Published on July 2, 2020
By Iris Barker

Shell to write off $ 15–22B of its assets

The British-Dutch company Royal Dutch Shell said that in the second quarter it could write off the value of its assets in the amount of $ 15 billion to $…
Published on July 1, 2020
By Iris Barker

Chinese oil giants set to create the world’s largest oil buyer

Chinese oil giants are in talks to create a group that could become the largest oil buyer in the world. At first, they intend to jointly acquire Russian and African…
Published on June 30, 2020
By Iris Barker

US Department of Justice prepares antitrust lawsuit against Google

The US Department of Justice is expected to sue Google in the next few months and accuse the company of monopolizing the advertising technology market, Politico reports citing sources familiar…
Published on June 29, 2020
By Iris Barker

US Chesapeake Energy files for bankruptcy

Chesapeake Energy, a US-based shale oil producer, filed for bankruptcy, the company’s website reads. The company requested protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Act, which allows for…
Published on June 29, 2020
By Iris Barker

US court orders Telegram to return $1.2B to investors

Telegram and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) entered into a settlement agreement under which the court ordered Telegram to return $ 1.22 billion to investors (minus funds that…
Published on June 26, 2020
By Iris Barker

Iberdrola stops $1.2B investment project in Mexico

The Spanish corporation Iberdrola, which is one of the world's largest renewable energy operators, halted the project for a combined cycle power plant in the state of Veracruz after failing…
Published on June 25, 2020
By Iris Barker

German prosecutors arrest former Wirecard CEO

On Monday, German prosecutors arrested Markus Braun, the former CEO of Wirecard fintech company. Mr. Braun’s arrest followed a scandal surrounding Wirecard that erupted after the company discovered a shortage…
Published on June 24, 2020
By Iris Barker

Chevron Corp. to resume oil exports from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait

In July, one of the world's largest energy companies, the American Chevron Corp., intends to resume oil exports from its joint ventures with the governments of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait,…
Published on June 23, 2020
By Iris Barker

T-Mobile and AT&T began massive layoffs

US telecom operator T-Mobile US began to cut jobs faster than planned after closing a merger with rival Sprint Corp.
Published on June 22, 2020
By Iris Barker

Fiat Chrysler to receive € 6.3B assistance from Italian government

According to Reuters, the Italian-American automaker Fiat Chrysler has reached an agreement with the government on a loan in the amount of € 6.3 billion. This will be the largest…
Published on June 22, 2020
By Iris Barker

Apple to transfer iPhone SE assembly to India

The American company Apple plans to assemble the second generation of iPhone SE smartphones in India, Apple Insider said. iPhone SE is the most budget model in the current line…
Published on June 19, 2020
By Iris Barker

Google increases assistance to public organizations to $1B

Google has offered additional $ 200 million in grants for nonprofits. Thus, the company is increasing its obligation to pay up to $ 1 billion, reports CNBC. Google supports organizations…
Published on June 18, 2020
By Iris Barker

IKEA sets to return state aid received during the pandemic

The Swedish IKEA hypermarket chain has begun negotiations with several governments to return state aid allocated to the company as a support measure in the context of the COVID-19 coronavirus…
Published on June 15, 2020
By Iris Barker

Lufthansa to downsize up to 26,000 employees

German aircraft company Deutsche Lufthansa plans to downsize up to 26,000 jobs due to a sharp decline in air traffic amid a pandemic.
Published on June 12, 2020
By Iris Barker

UK Mulberry to cut 25% of staff worldwide due to COVID-19

Mulberry, a British manufacturer of luxury handbags, accessories and clothing, plans to cut about 25% of its employees worldwide because of the negative impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the…
Published on June 9, 2020
By Iris Barker

Lufthansa leaves top 30 of German stock exchange for the first time in 30 years

For the first time in several decades, the German airline Lufthansa left the main index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange DAX, follows from the data of Deutsche Boerse AG. The…
Published on June 5, 2020
By Iris Barker

Warner Music holds the largest IPO in USA since beginning of 2020

Warner Music record company raised nearly $ 2 billion during the IPO. The initial offering has become the largest in the US market since the beginning of the year.
Published on June 4, 2020
By Iris Barker

Moody’s keeps negative ratings for Volkswagen, Daimler, BMW

The international rating agency Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) has retained ratings of German concerns Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (VW), Daimler AG and Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (BMW), the agency said.
Published on June 3, 2020
By Iris Barker

Zoom market cap jumps over $50B for the first time

The market capitalization of Zoom, the video conferencing service, exceeded $ 50 billion for the first time during Friday trades, according to the exchange.
Published on June 1, 2020
By Iris Barker

Credit Suisse to change approach to lending to billionaires

Credit Suisse plans to revise its approach to lending to billionaires after the crisis, Bloomberg reports. In particular, the management of the second largest bank in Switzerland will re-evaluate risks…
Published on May 29, 2020
By Iris Barker

Twitter’s head donates $10M to support crisis-affected families

Twitter’s Head Jack Dorsey donated $ 10 million to a charity that will give out the money to 10,000 families affected by the crisis. Dorsey turned out to be the…
Published on May 28, 2020
By Iris Barker
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