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Mexico will be rich in renewable energy as private energy companies flock to the state to provide them with electricity generated from clean energy to be sold to Comisión Federal de Electricidad. Italy’s Enel Green Energy won 3 projects and will build solar plants while others will provide energy from wind farm.
Tata Steel put its British business up for sale on Tuesday as the company faces continuous loss in its British operation. Thousands of jobs is at risk.
PepsiCo reorganize its North American operation. The company appointed Albert Carey CEO to oversee beverages, Frito-Lay and Quaker Foods divisions in North America, and two other executives.
Knesset has passed a bill that fixes maximum ceiling of executives in the financial institutions with no opposition. The bill turned law aims to reduce wage gap. However, a similar attempt in the US has backfired since the revised law allows exemptions for extraordinary performances.
Hoist Finance Publ AB has confirmed that negotiations are going on for strategic partnership with Bank of Greece. If fruitful, the strategic partnership may generate more opportunities in Greece economy through Hoist Finance.
Scotland commercial property recorded 33 percent growth rate in investments during the first quarter of 2016. Office buildings are adding value to Scottish property market. Over 40 percent of investments came from overseas investors.
The aggressive buying binge of SunEdison Inc has resulted in a total debt of $12 billion. The US-based clean-energy company may seek bankruptcy protection.
Actress and comedienne Whoopi Goldberg launches her new business venture with partner Maya Elisabeth, called ‘Whoopi & Maya’. The business is a product line of marijuana-infused products along with other medicinal plants that help alleviate symptoms of PMS. Product prices are not yet disclosed.
GE will sell its U.S. hotel franchise for $1.4 billion and its other business that finances Canadian hospitality and restaurant industries, separately. The completion of the transaction is expected to close by the second quarter of this year.
Employees in India will earn interest on inoperative accounts from new financial year beginning from April 2016. Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has taken a decision to offer benefit of accrual of interest on inoperative accounts.
Music streaming company Spotify raises $ 1 billion deal through financing in the form of convertible debt. TPG rounded the funds together with Dragoneer along with other institutional investors. The deal placed by Goldman Sachs is expected to close on April 2.
Boeing will reduce its workforce as part of the company’s cost-cutting and reorganization effort. Although it surpassed order forecast for last year, it was offset by a huge drop in new orders. Clients would not want to wait for several years before their orders get delivered.
National Football League (NFL) will hold boot camp on April 4 to 7, 2016. A total of 28 current and former players with their family members participated in the finance camp in Florida.
The report released by Needham & Company, an investment bank and asset management company, showed that bitcoin has been undervalued by more than $200, nearly 58% based on the current price.
Economic activity in Mexico increased 2.9% during January 2016 from the corresponding period in 2015. The rise in economic activity was due to a robust performance by three sectors in the country.
In the annual Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) last Thursday, Premier Li Keqiang deliver keynote speech. He pledged the government will refrain to intervene in economic and market.
The Financial Policy Committee (FPC) of Bank of England (BoE) has warned on Tuesday about possible financial outlook after Brexit. To tackle the possible lending market debacle, the committee has raised bank’s capital buffer requirement. However, the move has been criticized by the Brexit supporters whenever the referendum poll gets nearer.
As China has increased its influence in Southeast Asia, U.S. stepped in. United States plan to match China in rebalancing Asia by increasing partnership with ASEAN.
Rosneft, the Russia-based oil firm, has promised to make investments of roughly EUR 13 billion annually through 2018, which is an increase of 30% for the year 2016.
Wall Street hits the record high in 2016. The market reacted positively after the Fed chairwoman's speech in the Economic Club Of New York on Tuesday.
Indian finance ministry has issued a new set of guidelines for regulating the online market places. The guidelines also include definition of ‘ecommerce’, ‘inventory based model’ and ‘market place model’ to bring clarity in this sector. However, clarity in segmentation of ecommerce business has been applauded by the analysts.
Firms in United States are looking into Israeli cannabis research and development. Israel, the pioneer in high tech agriculture is now leading the medical marijuana R&D.
New Zealand home buyers have the new option for home loan. On Tuesday Crown Finance Limited launched its Freedom Home Loans.
On Monday, Andrew Caspersen, a previous partner of PJT Partners, was arrested for committing a Wall Street fraud. The US prosecutors accused Caspersen of defrauding $95 million from investors.
Arun Jaitley, India's Finance Minister, has voiced for a possible interest rate cut ahead of Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) review meeting next week, while focusing on controlling fiscal deficit. The Centre has already slashed interest rate on small savings making more conducive weather for lending rate cut.
US-based Western Alliance Bank has decided to buy GE Capital assets from General Electric Co. The deal is expected to be completed by end of 2016. General Electric will focus on its core industrial operations.
Yahoo potential buyers only have until April 11 to submit their bid. Along with the proposed amount are details on how the purchase would be financed, conditions or approvals to be met and what important foundation to make by deciding to push through with a deal. Verizon and Time Inc. already shown interest to acquire Yahoo’s core business the past few months.
The £21-billion merger of London Stock Exchange (LSE) with Deutsche Börse is facing an increasing resistance from Germany. Politicians and senior industry leaders are concerned about losing the financial hub status of Frankfurt.
KG Subramanian has been promoted as the Managing Director for the Finance and Operations unit of Nexus Venture Partners. The chartered accountant has been serving NVP for the last fourteen years. The promotion appears to be recognition of his contribution which has been echoed from Naren Gupta, co-founder and managing director of Nexus Venture Partners.
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