With the British drug maker AstraZeneca close to deploying its vaccine for the Covid-19 virus, hacking attempts had been made into the systems of the British drug maker by suspected North Korean hackers, according to a report  by the news agency Reuters quoting information from sources with...

The fortune of the United States based electric car maker Tesla has been particularly hood this year. So far this year, the stocks of Tesla have grown by almost 524 per cent.   Tesla notched up another milestone last week after it was accepted to become a part of the S&P 500 index...

Female drivers of the Chinese ride-sharing company Didi will now be able to select only other women as their passengers under a new service that the Chinese firm has rolled out in Mexico this week.   This new service is a measure by the company aimed to enhance and ensure the safety of its...

The holding company FWM Holdings, which owns the Forbes Family Trust and the American foundation Stanhope Capital Group, as well as foundations Optima Fund Management and LGL Partners, have announced a merger. The deal will result in one of the world's largest independent private equity funds with...

A sizeable amount of cheap cocoa from futures exchange ICE will be bought by the United States based chocolate maker Hershey Co. This development also underscores the issues being faced by cocoa producers in Africa to sell their products at a premium which was recently agreed to with buyers, said...

In what is being considered to be a major step toward providing protection against the novel coronavirus, an application for emergency use authorization (EUA) of its Covid-19 vaccine was filed with the United States health regulators on Friday by Pfizer Inc.   It was just day that final...

Has the winning year for ‘corporate stay-at-homes’ come to an end? The promise of a possible vaccine for the COVID-19 may offer a “possible way out” of the pandemic, but it certainly halted the surge in the shares of “stay-at-home corporate winners” such as Zoom, Netflix among others.  ...

In what is a partial concession by iPhone maker Apple Inc in its battle with those criticising the company’s policy of how it exerts power in its digital ecosystem, the company announced that it will reduce the commission it charges from smaller selling software through its App Store by 50 per...

For the first time in several years Warren Buffett's company has made a major stake in the pharmaceutical industry. It has invested almost $6 billion in four companies, including two developers of COVID-19 vaccines. Warren Buffett's investment company Berkshire Hathaway invested $5.7 billion in...