October, 2017

• 21 October

  Foxconn, IDG seek $1.5bn to fund auto-tech startups

  

  Bloomberg Foxconn Technology Group and venture firm IDG Capital are seeking to raise a 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) fund to seed startups in automotive technologies from self-driving AI to battery development, according to a presentation for investors. Foxconn and IDG initiated talks with government-backed funds, financial institutions and financiers several months back, according to a document presented to potential …

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• 21 October

  Sidewalk, Waterfront Toronto to build digital city in Canada

  

  Bloomberg Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous vehicle technology will be a big part of its Toronto project to make urban life more Googley. Sidewalk Labs LLC, a unit of Google parent Alphabet, and Waterfront Toronto unveiled plans to build a digital district in Canada’s largest city. Sidewalk’s official plans filed with the city and released include visions of all sorts of robotic …

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• 21 October

  Shares of Apple, suppliers fall after lower iPhone 8 orders

  

  Bloomberg Shares of Apple Inc. and some of its suppliers fell on signs that demand for the new iPhone 8 models isn’t as strong as anticipated while buyers await the release of the higher-end iPhone X. The Taipei-based Economic Daily News reported that Apple cut orders for its latest model, which went on sale last month, by more than 50 …

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• 21 October

  Samsung to open London store to rival Apple

  Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co. has agreed to a deal to open a new space in London’s King’s Cross district which will serve as a showcase for its products and technology, two people with knowledge of the plan said. The technology giant is finalising details to lease the 20,000 square feet top floor of the under construction Coal Drops Yard mall, …

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• 21 October

  Canada, a leader in AI, now takes aim at driverless cars

  

  Bloomberg Having built an impressive lead in artificial intelligence, Canada is keen to do the same in driverless cars—specifically the lidar (laser radar) technology that lets these vehicles see where they’re going. The nation’s main contender is LeddarTech Inc. The Quebec City-based company makes solid-state technology it says is better and cheaper than earlier versions of lidar and sells it …

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• 21 October

  Credit Suisse activist seeks $1bn to back breakup plan

  

  Bloomberg Rudolf Bohli, the activist hedge-fund manager pushing for a breakup of Credit Suisse Group AG, said he’s in talks with more than 150 potential investors with the goal of raising 1 billion francs ($1.02 billion) for his campaign. Bohli, whose firm RBR Capital Advisors AG currently manages about 250 million francs, said most of the potential backers he pitched …

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• 21 October

  Postbank investors may get windfall after Deutsche bank loss

  

  Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG was ordered to pay 14 Postbank shareholders a total of 48 million euros ($57 million) in a ruling that could lead to billions more in compensation for investors who argue the lender short-changed them in a 2010 takeover. The court in Cologne, Germany, backed the argument of shareholders who accepted the original offer, but dismissed suits …

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• 21 October

  Lloyds ‘mugged’ investors in 2009 HBOS deal, says lawyer

  

  Bloomberg Lloyds Banking Group Plc mugged shareholders when it got them to agree to the “catastrophic” HBOS deal at the height of the global financial crisis, a lawyer representing thousands of investors suing the bank said on the first day of a London trial. Senior executives “pursued a dangerous and value-destroying strategy” to push the deal through, Richard Hill, the …

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• 21 October

  Bitcoin breaches $6,000

  

  Bloomberg Bitcoin soared to another milestone, as the digital currency breached $6,000 for the first time to put its gain in 2017 to more than 500 percent. As bitcoin continues climbing, Twitter users are speculating that the rise could be driven by everything from a cash shortage in Zimbabwe to an increase in margin trading. If one thing is for …

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• 21 October

  Riyad Bank third-quarter profit up 47.7 percent

  Reuters Riyad Bank, Saudi Arabia’s fourth-largest bank by assets, reported a 47.7 percent rise in third-quarter net profit, beating analysts’ forecasts as income from investments and fees and commission rose. The bank, which had reported flat or lower profits in nine of the last ten quarters, made $288 million in the three months to September 30, up from 729 million …

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