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Coronavirus attacks Volkswagen; January sales plummet 11% in China

The German carmaker has nearly two dozen facilities in China, which produce 4 million vehicles annually

Feb 15, 2020

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AirAsia alerts public on online scam claiming to give free flight tickets

AirAsia CEO and Chairman relinquish posts as probe into Airbus bribery allegations begin

Airbus allegedly paid a bribe of $50 million to secure aircraft contract from Air Asia and AirAsia X

Feb 4, 2020

Oracle adds five cloud computing data centers; plans more to stay alive in the race

Oracle didn't have a great start to its cloud business, with the likes of Amazon and Microsoft taking the game away from it

Feb 4, 2020

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Coronavirus starts hurting companies; likely to impact economy

A large number of companies have started saying that the temporary shutdown of operations is likely to impact earnings for March quarter

Feb 2, 2020

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American Airlines' pilots refuse to fly to China, file lawsuit; others continue to cancel flights

The union representing the pilots have filed a lawsuit against the company to to halt flight services to China

Feb 1, 2020

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IBM CEO Virginia Rometty to step down; to be replaced by cloud business head Arvind Krishna

Rometty has been with IBM since 1981 and will remain the company's executive till the end of this year when she finally retires

Feb 1, 2020

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NBCUniversal fined $15.9 million by EU regulators for restricting sales of film merchandise

The company's contract with its licensees banned them from selling products in some countries and in cases put limits on how they could sell online

Jan 31, 2020

Boeing registers first annual loss since 1997; 737 Max costs to surpass $18 billion

After halting production of 737 Max this month, the aircraft maker will now slash production of its 787 Dreamliner

Jan 30, 2020

Adidas to use recycled ocean plastic, polyester in millions of its products

Adidas aims to use recycled polyester in 50 percent of its products and also make 15-20 million shoes with marine plastic waste this year

Jan 30, 2020

McDonald's adds two new chicken sandwiches to its breakfast menu, as competition intensifies

The two new variants, Chicken McGriddles and McChicken Biscuit, will be available across all its restaurants in the US for a limited period

Jan 29, 2020

Coronavirus hits global carmakers, as companies start evacuating employees

A number of foreign carmakers like Toyota, Honda and PSA Group have started withdrawing employees from China, while many are contemplating halting production

Jan 29, 2020

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Companies advise employees to work from home, as coronavirus starts taking its toll on businesses

While the Chinese government extended the Lunar New Year break by three days, many companies are asking employees to work from home till February 10

Jan 28, 2020

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General Motors to pump in $3 billion in Detroit plant to build all-electric trucks, SUVs

Production of the all-electric pickup is expected to begin by end 2021 and once fully operational, the plant will create more than 2,000 jobs

Jan 28, 2020

McDonald's, Starbucks close stores in Hubei province as China fights coronavirus outbreak

While McDonald's has closed its restaurants in five cities in Hubei province, Starbucks has closed its cafes and has also suspended deliveries

Jan 26, 2020

Boeing 737 Max could get recertified before midyear, says FAA

The US aircraft maker had earlier said that the troubled 737 Max's return could get delayed till June

Jan 26, 2020

Facebook may be fined another $5.5 million, says Italy's watchdog

In 2018, Facebook was fined 5 million euros by Italy's watchdog and was asked to publish an amending statement on its homepage, which it didn't

Jan 25, 2020

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Singapore confirms no fake food products imported from China

Nestle partners with Canada-based Burcon and Merit for plant-based proteins

The Swiss food giant will now be able to use Burcon and Merit's plant-based proteins in its own food and beverage products

Jan 25, 2020

Tesla zooms past Volkswagen; becomes second-most valuable carmaker in the world

Tesla, which has a market capital more than that of Ford and General Motors combined, now only lags behind Toyota

Jan 24, 2020

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We Work continues to divest non-core ventures; sells off Teem, stake in The Wing

The company also said that it plans to sell off more of its non-core businesses like Meetup and Managed by Q in the near term

Jan 23, 2020

Disney+ to now make its UK and Western Europe debut a week earlier on March 24

Disney's decision to make an early launch in the UK and other West European countries may be is in a bid to tackle piracy

Jan 22, 2020

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