Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Business & Finance
Higher Tax Margin Rate Disappoints Pfizer’s Investors
‘New tax rate’ of Pfizer exceeds investors’ expectations and pulls down its shares.
Published on January 30, 2018
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Science & Technology
Malicious ads on YouTube were used to mine cryptocurrency with viewers’ CPU
Using ads to mine crypto-currencies “is a relatively new form of abuse” violating Google’s policy.
Published on January 27, 2018
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
International Watchdogs Are Preparing To Address The Risks Stemming From Bitcoin At G20 Meet
A ECB board member reports about the international regulators stance towards bitcoin generated risks.
Published on January 27, 2018
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Business & Finance
Pfizer & Merck’s Joint Venture In Diabetes Drug Gets EMA Committee’s Recommendation
Steglatro will be treating type II diabetes orally.
Published on January 27, 2018
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Business & Finance
Shell Goes On A Renewable Acquisition Spree Gaining Momentum In The Clean Energy Race
Shell and its peers are eyeing the renewable energy sectors on a “greater scale” to “effectively operate and leverage their trading skills” in the market.
Published on January 27, 2018
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
Investing In Britain’s Housing Sector In 2018 Could Be Profitable, Indicates Economists’ Poll
2018 comes with a positive outlook for Britain’s construction sector even though the designated hour of Brexit draws closer.
Published on January 26, 2018
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
The Absence Of A New German Government Couldn’t Shake The Country’s Economic Confidence
Economists find, the German economy “faring well” even at the backdrop of the current affairs.
Published on January 25, 2018
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
World & Politics
Both The Korean Countries Will Come Together In Olympic Talks
Fears have eased, while the news of both the Korean countries collaborating for the winter Olympics could result in a common women’s ice-hockey team.
Published on January 15, 2018
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Business & Finance
Shares At Gem Diamond Leaps Up Over 10% With Its Recent Find Of ‘910 Carat’ Of ‘Colourless Diamond’
Gem Diamond, the diamond miner, finds a rare diamond that represents only one percent of global diamonds ever found.
Published on January 15, 2018
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Business & Finance
The Collapse Of Carillion Leaves The U.K. Government With No Choice But To Intervene
After a life span of two hundred years, Carillion dissolved through forced liquidation giving way under “ballooning debt pile” as the U.K. government came to the rescue to “ensure” a…
Published on January 15, 2018
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
Bitcoin Miners At China Sees Canada As A ‘Place For ‘Green Bitcoin’
Growing interests of Chinese bitcoin traders’ in energy rich Quebec show a shifting trend of bitcoin mining sources.
Published on January 12, 2018
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Management
Stockmann Puts Up Its ‘Helsinki Book Store’ For Sale As A ‘Collateral For A New Refinancing Package’
The company starts “investigating a possible divestment” as Helsinki’s values reach record high.
Published on January 2, 2018
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
Economists See No Threat In The Declining Graph Of Britain Manufacturers For December 2017
Some economists think that the current slag in the performance of British factories would not give way to further decline, while others see the “vitality” of the sector’s recovery pace…
Published on January 2, 2018
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Business & Finance
All The States In The U.S. Will Be Using The ‘Public Safety Network’ of AT&T
FirstNet adds to the portfolio of AT&T’s “wireless airwaves”.
Published on January 1, 2018
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
Economic Frustration Deepens To A ‘Crisis Of Expectations’ In Iran
The government of Iran may have to change their conservative policy to pacify the dissatisfied, protesting crowd.
Published on January 1, 2018
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
The Governor of BoE Points Out ‘Fundamental Problem’ With Central Banks Issuing Cryptocurrencies For General Public
Carney thinks that pushing crypto-currency for the public use by central banks could risk “financial stability”.
Published on December 22, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
The EU Strikes An Investigation Chord Heightening The Trade Tension Between Beijing & Brussels
Excessive subsidiaries received by the Chinese e-bike manufacturers push the EBMA to lodge complaint, whereby adding yet another investigation in the list of investigations carried out by the EU towards…
Published on December 21, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Management
Balfour To ‘Pay Down Borrowing’ By The Sale Proceeds Of Its 12.5% Stake In M25 Motorway
Dalmore Capital Limited to acquire Connect Plus’ 12.5% stakes for “103 million pounds”.
Published on December 21, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
‘Big Institutional Investors’ Could Be Drawn To The Debut Of The 2nd ‘Bitcoin Futures’
The trading volumes in the crypto-currency market seem to be on the rise, yet the analysts continue to draw our attention to its volatile nature and the underlying “unregulated” cash…
Published on December 17, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Management
Deutsche Bank’s Aim Is ‘Not To Maximize Earnings For One Or Two Quarters’
Arriving from the brink of collapse, and aiming for a “broader restructuring” would require two to three more year for Deutsche Bank.
Published on November 29, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
Bundesbank Urges Not To Take German Economic Race Lightly
Low interest rates and positive economic environment in German could be taking attention of the “market participants” away from “rising risk”.
Published on November 29, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
World & Politics
Ireland Cancels The Need Of A Veto For Brexit Summit With Its Solidarity
Ireland will not move onto “phase two” of Brexit without seeing any progress on the “Irish border” project.
Published on November 27, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
Coinome: The First ‘Crypto-Currency’ Exchange In India Dealing In 20 ‘Mainstream Crypto-Currencies’
BillDesk has launched the first exchange for crypto-currencies in Indian market.
Published on November 27, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Business & Finance
Data Breach Cover-Up By Uber Attracts Britain Regulators’ Concerns
The fate of Uber on the compromise of customer privacy policies, as the company failed to notify its customers as well as regulators, remains to be decided while the regulatory…
Published on November 22, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Management
In A ‘Strategic Collaboration’ – GTS & BNP Paribas
In a brief announcement both the companies informed about their joint venture to improve and influence GTS’ technology and trading.
Published on November 21, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
ECB should continue its economic stimulus policy: ECB’s vice president
The reasons he has cited for his view is the prevalence of falling unemployment and loitering inflation at around 2% despite strong economic growth within the Eurozone.
Published on November 13, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Business & Finance
Facial recognition technology is getting massive funding in China
Global investors, including U.S. hedge funds, are increasingly cashing-in on China’s demand for increased state surveillance through smart CCTV cameras that can track and monitor suspects, including dissidents and activists,…
Published on November 13, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
Commerzbank Come Under The Radar of German Prosecution For A Case Related To ‘$47 million’ Tax Evasion
Ex-employees as well as some current managers of Commerzbank are being held as suspects for a case of tax evasion which is estimated of being as much as “$47 million”.…
Published on November 10, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
Germany scouring for funds to upgrade its broadband services
While many proposals have called for the government to sell its stake in Deutsche Telekom and utilise the proceeds thereof for upgrading its broadband infrastructure, Merkel’s party is confident that…
Published on November 10, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
Doubts in Libor rate changes setting off alarming trend: Franklin Templeton
While regulators plan on changing the scandal-plagued Libor by the end of 2021, given its strategic nature and the fact that it is deeply embedded into global finance, measures taken…
Published on November 9, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Business & Finance
Deutsche Telekom raises 2017 outlook
Unperturbed by the collapse of the mega deal between T-Mobile US and Sprint Corp, Deutsche Telekom’s third quarter earnings have beaten analysts’ expectations.
Published on November 9, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
World & Politics
Bernard Arnault clarifies on Le Monde’s “Paradise Paper” report
The french billionaire clarified that the disclosures made in the leaked papers regarding his assets, were known to French and British tax authorities.
Published on November 8, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Business & Finance
Goldman Sachs led in a $10 million funding round of fintech Crux Informatics Inc
The development marks a growing trend of large financial institutions being dependent on fintech startups to provide them large diversified normalised data sets from which they can gain business intelligence.
Published on November 8, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
World & Politics
South Korea and the U.S. present a united front against the North Korean leadership
Despite their difference in approach towards emerging threats from North Korea, both leaders have opted to present a united front. The visit is likely to be closely scrutinised by China,…
Published on November 7, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Business & Finance
GE looking to divest / spin-off GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS)
GE is also exploring to either spin-off or divest its transportation and healthcare information technology businesses. These strategic sales are aimed at meeting the company’s goal of identifying assets worth…
Published on November 7, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Management
Patrick Vallance, GSK’s head of research, set to become UK’s scientific advisor
The move comes in the wake of GSK’s new Chief Executive Emma Walmsley undertaking a major overhaul of the company’s pharmaceuticals division with a focus on boosting productivity at the…
Published on November 3, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
Bank of England interest rate hike signal is a target not a promise: BoE’s Deputy Governor
The comments come in the wake of the central bank having to manage the consequences of Brexit, including stoking inflation, whose widespread ramifications weren't mapped out during the historic referendum.
Published on November 3, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Business & Finance
China-backed Canyon Bridge manages to buy British tech company in its bid to gain advanced chip design knowhow
U.S. antitrust authorities had barred China-backed Canyon Bridge from acquiring U.S.-based Lattice Semiconductor Corp citing national concerns.
Published on November 1, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
The price of Bitcoin touches a historic high of $6,450
The appreciation of the cryptocurrency can largely be attributed to speculations that it is set to enter the financial mainstream.
Published on November 1, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
U.S. trade panel to vote on domestic price of U.S. solar panels
Interestingly, the U.S. petitioner’s filing of Chapter 11 bankruptcy under the rarely used section 201, is being opposed by the U.S. industry’s primary trade organization – the Solar Energy Industries…
Published on October 31, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Business & Finance
Nickle mining companies to ride room in electric vehicle
Although EVs are driving up the growth of nikle miners, analysts say only half of them are likely to benefit from the increased demand.
Published on October 31, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
World & Politics
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russian probe could see its first arrest today
The first set of charges of Russia’s potential meddling into U.S. Presidential elections of 2016 could be unsealed on Monday.
Published on October 30, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Management
Activist investor White Tale set demands board chairs, independent review of Clariant’s business
Turns out White Tale’s increase of its stake in Clariant was not just to thwart its merger plans with Huntsman, it has a larger game plan.
Published on October 30, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
U.S. SEC to form committee to look into reforming the bond market
The Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee (FIMSAC) is likely to look into issues, including minimizing complexities of the municipal bond market and pre-trade transparency.
Published on October 28, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
Blackstone & BlackRock to open offices in Saudi Arabia eyeing its lucrative market
Saudi Arabia is making rapid strides to diversify its economy and wean itself off its oil-dependent export economy.
Published on October 28, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
Declaration of independence by Catalina changes nothing for EU: Donald Tusk
The president of the European Council has made it clear that the EU will not deal with Spain and will not entertain any breakaway group.
Published on October 27, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
World & Politics
Catalania’s Parliament declares independence from Spain
While the declaration is largely symbolic it is likely to lead to civil unrest; similarly how Madrid will implement its direct rule also has to be worked out.
Published on October 27, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Economics
British parliament will have to decide on Brexit deal by January 2019: Davis
David Davis is Britain’s Brexit Minister. Here is his timeline for Britain’s final call on its historic decision to leave the European Union.
Published on October 26, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
Business & Finance
Pfizer to sell its healthcare business in November: Sources
As per Pfizer’s Chief Executive, the core reason for this divestiture is to provide a better return for shareholder’s money: its consumer healthcare is worth more outside the group than…
Published on October 26, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
World & Politics
Kaspersky Labs admits that it obtained NSA hacking tool through its Anti Virus software
Here’s the low down on the U.S. Government’s distrust on Kaspersky Lab’s anti virus software.
Published on October 25, 2017
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee
