Recent Posts

Japan-Korea spat threatens to upend global tech chain

Bloomberg Resurgent tensions between Japan and South Korea threaten to wallop chipmakers from Samsung Electronics Co to SK Hynix Inc, upsetting a carefully choreographed global supply chain by smothering the production of memory chips and other components vital to widely used devices. As the world fixates on Donald Trump’s campaign to contain Huawei Technologies Co and China’s ambitions, a concurrent ...

Read More »

Tata settles $7.3bn of dues to complete sale of mobile unit

Bloomberg India’s Tata Group paid lenders and the government about $7.3 billion to help complete the sale of its mobile-phone services business to Bharti Airtel Ltd, a deal that was announced almost two years ago. Tata Sons Pvt, the group holding company, paid the Department of Telecommunications 100 billion rupees late last month, days after settling all pending loans worth ...

Read More »

Facing economic crisis, Irish business stands firm on Brexit

Bloomberg A no-deal Brexit would be an economic catastrophe for Ireland that would crush exporters, business leaders say. Yet they remain prepared to jump off the cliff with Prime Minister Leo Varadkar if he asks them. Brexit supporters in the UK have long argued that economic self-interest will eventually force Varadkar to blink on the issue that’s holding up Brexit ...

Read More »
Send this to a friend