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Chinese authorities block Ant's IPO after investigating its possible beneficiaries

China has blocked the IPO of billionaire Jack Ma's Ant Group after an investigation revealed the likely beneficiaries of the company's flotation. Among them were so-called Chinese "princes", descendants of top Communist Party of China (CPC) leaders linked to former head of state Jiang Zemin and...

Adidas announces intention to sell Reebok

Adidas has announced that it is beginning the process of selling its Reebok brand. The company bought the brand in 2006, but has now decided that the manufacturers "can better realise their potential independently". It was previously reported that the owner of Timberland and North Face was...

Google’s Long Privacy Battle With Apple Strains Its Own Apps

The own apps of Google are now complaining of the long time that the search engine’s privacy battle with Apple Inc. is going on .     Apple has made it mandatory for any iOS app to include a privacy “nutrition label” since early December last year which requires all apps to list the...

Universal Music to hold IPO in 2021

Shares in French media conglomerate Vivendi rose 24% on Monday, a reaction by markets to the company's announcement of an earlier-than-planned IPO of one of the world's largest record labels, Universal Music Group (UMG). Vivendi said that it is considering a public offering for UMG as early as the...

Microsoft President Brad Smith Says SolarWinds Hack Largest And Most Sophisticated Ever

According to Brad Smith, the President of Microsoft Corp, the hacking campaign that made use of a United States based tech firm as a means to hack into the data bases of a number of government agencies of the country is "the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen".  ...

US Court Rules Vast Overpayment By Facebook In Data Privacy Settlement To Protect Zuckerberg

A court ruling earlier this week indicated that the social media company Facebook Inc might have been forced to pay about may $4.9 billion more than it would have required under a maximum penalty for which it had come to a settlement with regulators over charges of the company’s social media...

Mastercard to allow transactions with cryptocurrencies

One of the world's largest credit card companies, U.S.-based Mastercard, will allow transactions with certain cryptocurrencies, according to a statement from Raj Dhamodharan, the company's vice president. "Right now we are preparing for the future of cryptocurrency and payments by announcing that...

With Customers Shifting To Larger Devices, Slow Sale For Apple iPhone 12 Mini Indicated

Industry data provider Counterpoint said on Tuesday that during the first half of January, the sale of new iPhone 12 mini from Apple accounted for just 5 per cent of the total sales of the company in the United States/. This data further indicated muted demand of the the new smaller version of the...

Amazon-backed rival of Tesla plans $50bn-worth IPO

Electric van developer Rivian is about to launch one of its biggest IPOs this year. The company expects investors to value it at least $50 billion, almost double its current value. Ford and Amazon have already invested in the company, described as one of Tesla's most prominent potential...

General Motors loses 4.5% of net profit

US auto giant General Motors (GM)'s net profit attributable to shareholders fell 4.5 per cent year-on-year to $6.427 billion in 2020, the company says. Diluted earnings per share were $4.33 compared to $4.57 a year earlier. The car giant's total revenue fell 10.7% to $122.485 billion. The company...
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