The prosecutor's office of Stuttgart obliged Bosch, a supplier of components for automobiles, to pay a fine of 90 million euros. It is believed that the dosage sensor software of the German company “contained partially unauthorized strategies.” ...
The Mexican economy in the first quarter, according to official data, slowed growth to 1.25% in annual terms, compared with an increase of 1.7% in the fourth quarter of 2018. Relative to the last quarter of last year, Mexican GDP fell by 0.17% ...
Brazilian company Natura Cosmeticos buys American company Avon, specializing in the production and direct sales of cosmetics. According to The Wall Street Journal, several months of negotiations between the companies ended in approval of the ...
Marks & Spencer Group, the British network of department stores, reported the results of the fiscal year ended March 30. According to its reports, profit before tax was 84.6 million pounds, an increase of 27% over the year. In the reports ...
In April, annual inflation in the UK accelerated to 2.1% from the March value of 1.9%. As reported by ONS, the indicator exceeded the Bank of England's target value of 2% for the first time since the beginning of the year, which was caused ...
The report of the British postal service Royal Mail for the fiscal year ended in March showed a decrease in its adjusted operating profit by 26% to 509 million pounds. During the earnings period, the company spent 133 million pounds on reorganization. ...
In April, goods and services worth 6.65 trillion yen were exported from Japan. Compared with April last year, exports fell by 2.4%, just as a month earlier, the country's finance ministry reported. The drop in Japanese exports has been observed ...
Goldman Sachs calculated how much American Apple profits would decline if China bans the sale of its products after the American authorities have added Chinese Huawei to the list of companies that can buy goods and services in the US only after ...
Lowe’s, which owns the second largest chain of household goods stores in the United States, reported the results of the first fiscal quarter ended May 3. For the year, the net profit of the American company grew by 5.9% to 1.046 billion ...
Official statistics from Canada showed that in March, retail sales in the country increased by 1.1% compared to February, when their rise was also noted. Growth was shown by 7 out of 11 sub-sectors. Gas stations increased sales by 6%. The index ...
British steelmaker British Steel has declared bankruptcy. Its report says that the management of the company, despite the efforts made over the course of 3 years, could not restore the unprofitable business. A lot of work that was done in the ...
The head of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, James Ballard, in an interview with Bloomberg, expressed the opinion that perhaps in December it was not necessary to raise the rate on federal credit funds. After raising the base interest ...
Singapore's economy in the first quarter grew at the slowest pace in almost 10 years, having increased by 1.2% compared to the same period last year. In the previous quarter, GDP growth was at 1.7%. The Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore ...
The growth of the Thai economy slowed in the first quarter, noting the slowest rates since the fourth quarter of 2014 due to the negative impact on exports of the US trade war with China. According to the Office of the National Economic and ...
Data of the US IRS tax administration on tax revenues to the state treasury in 2018 showed a decline in the share of the American corporate sector to a minimum of 70 years, i.e. since 1960. Of the approximately $3.5 trillion business revenue, ...
Orders of industrial enterprises in the UK fell sharply in May. According to the Confederation of British Industrialists, the monthly balance of orders fell to minus 10 points from minus 5 points a month earlier. The indicator was the lowest ...
Eastern China became the first Chinese company to demand compensation over 737 MAX grounding from the American Aircraft Building Corporation Boeing. According to thepaper.cn, the airline from China is demanding compensation for the grounding ...
Home Depot, the largest home improvement store chain in the United States, reported that its comparable sales increased 2.5% in the first fiscal quarter to May 5 from the same period a year earlier. The indicator disappointed economists who ...
According to Citigroup analysts, the price of Brent crude oil in the short term will increase by 3.6% to $75 per barrel and then continue to rise to $78. The main reason for the increase in its value is investors' concerns regarding the reduction ...
At the end of the fiscal year ended March 31, the Japanese car manufacturer Mitsubishi Motors reported an increase in sales of 5% to 1 million 244 thousand cars. At the end of the earnings period, its net profit reached 132 billion 871 million ...