TOM Online Inc, China's leading wireless Internet company, announced on Friday that it would buy an 80.6 per cent stake in Indiagames for $17.73 million in cash.
Optimism about the Indian economy makes it all the more necessary for the country to be prepared to face competition from nations like China and the United States, Wipro Chairman Azim Premji said on Friday.
India was the second largest filer of international trademark applications among the BRICS nations in 2014.
It was not immediately known how many jobs the proposed new plants would eventually create.
The maximum number of banks are from the US (74), followed by China (29) and South Korea (26).
India took the first step towards legalising drones by officially publishing draft rules for drone operations in the Official Gazette on Friday. The rules, termed The Unmanned Aircraft System Rules, 2020, are open for public consultation for 30 days.
Property giant Dalian Wanda Group Co said on Wednesday it would buy a stake in Spanish soccer champions Atletico Madrid for 45 million euros ($52 million), becoming the first Chinese company to invest in a premier European football club.
The domestic deal-making activities were hit by weak corporate governance and a huge liquidity crunch in 2019, while the global deals were also hard to come by due to various factors including uncertainties caused by the US-China trade war, which left many investors in a wait-and-watch mode.
Cook's visit, following a trip to China, comes at a crucial time as Apple looks for new growth markets after posting its first ever decline in iPhone sales
Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook earned roughly the same in 2013 as in 2012, but lost part of his performance-based stock award during a year in which intense competition and margin pressure bludgeoned the iPhone maker's stock.
iPhone SE users can browse, download and stream content even faster with wi-fi up to three times and LTE up to 50 per cent faster than iPhone 5s.
Xiaomi Inc said it had upgraded its operating system to ensure users knew it was collecting data from their address books after a report by a computer security firm said the Chinese budgetsmartphone maker was taking personal data without permission.
India is world's third-largest smartphone market with over 100 million smartphones sold last year.
For a time it looked as if Apple would never relinquish the top spot in terms of market value.
The CPEC poses a clear and imminent danger to Indian security interests, says Kulbir Krishan.
"We are investing in India... We've already launched an app accelerator centre. That's on top of working with the channel and looking at expanding our go-to-market in general," Cook said during the company's third quarter earnings call on Tuesday.
The German luxury automaker has already seen its online traffic increase 10-fold this year. Though that has not always translated into sales, Mercedes-Benz says it is continuing to build on what it calls its "touch-free" experience to stay plugged into its consumer base. Under the used car business, more than 150 cars were sold online in January and February.
This is Dell's third plant in Asia Pacific after China and Malaysia. Dell had earlier this year launched a facility in Brazil and another one in Poland will be opened later this year.
Emerging nations --Brazil, Russia, India and China -- have raised $131.1 billion from the debt markets in the year so far, while India's share stands at just over one-sixth of the kitty. BRIC countries raised the funds through debt markets in a total of 606 deals in 2007 so far, against $120 billion mopped via 736 deals in the year-ago period, according to data complied by global consulting firm Dealogic.
Amazon has shot off yet another letter to market regulator Sebi, accusing Future Retail of insider trading and called for an investigation as the US online retailer looks to ratchet up pressure against the Future-RIL deal. Future Group, however, vehemently denied the charges, saying these allegations were "Amazon's ill-motivated attempts to throw everything at the situation to stultify the transaction."
'We are offering one year of free music and three months of free movies to a million users through MIUI8.'
India, Nigeria, Russia and Saudi Arabia were the major countries where the service was launched.
Kishore Biyani led-Future Group has filed a caveat before the Delhi high court requesting it to be heard if any plea is filed by e-commerce major Amazon over its Rs 24,713 crore deal with Mukesh Ambani-led RIL. Anticipating a move by Amazon, which had got an interim arbitration award in its favour, putting the announced deal on hold, the Future Group firm has moved the Delhi high court.
World's largest toymaker Mattel Inc has recalled millions of toys on Tuesday due to hazards from small, powerful magnets and lead paint. These toys were made in China.
'People are doing a lot of trading.' 'Short-term euphoria can be seen.' 'Retail participation is best through MFs and PMS.'
The deal would allow Japan to export nuclear technology to India, making it the first non-NPT signatory to have such a deal with Tokyo. It would also cement the bilateral economic and security ties as the two countries warm up to counter an assertive China.
Apple Inc may have disappointed many consumers by not putting sapphire glass covers on its new iPhone, but the scratch-resistant material is gradually making its way into mobile devices despite manufacturing challenges and high costs.
Foreign money has been pouring into India's fast-growing e-commerce sector, with investors ranging from Japan's Softbank Corp to Singapore's Temasek Holdings.
Doctors say robots reduce fatigue and give them greater precision.
The Taiwanese government is investigating whether Xiaomi Inc, China's leading smartphone company by domestic shipments, is a cyber security threat and will make a decision within three months.
China's first regulation on the protection of the Great Wall came into effect last Friday.
The ban in India would hit Chinese internet companies that were making headway in the world's fastest-growing mobile market.
Delphi Corporation, an automotive systems and components manufacturer, On Monday announced an agreement with WorldSpace Inc, the global satellite radio broadcaster, to make mobile satellite radio available in India for the first time.
Says that 'challenging business conditions' would remain in current quarter, even as it posted an operating profit of $5.05 billion for December quarter
US software major Sun Microsystems Inc. will double its India workforce to over 2000 in the next two to three years, besides focusing on building products to tap the booming local market, company officials said on Friday.
It, however, does not manufacture devices on its own and rather does it through contract manufacturers.
The coverage for coronavirus infection will be available from day one of the infection in all the health insurance policies, says Amit Chhabra.
Apple said on Tuesday it sold 47.5 million iPhones in the third quarter, up 35 per cent from a year ago.
The trial began at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle as the first participant received the investigational vaccine.
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