China’s New Oriental dismissed 60,000 employees and saw operating income plunge by 80% after Beijing enforced new sweeping rules on the country’s private education industry that barred for-profit tutoring last year, according to its founder. Yu Minhong, who founded the company in 1993, published the figures on his official WeChat account on Saturday in a […]
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Google uncovered plans to bring forth an open-source application programming interface (API) standard called Ripple Project that would help bring multi-functional small chips to various devices, including electric vehicles (EV). Since 2015, Google openly revealed that it was entering the gates of chip-making with its tiny radar chips that can keep score of sleep schedules, […]
If world events over the past couple of years taught (and continue to teach) the business world anything, it’s that people can absolutely work and abundantly shop the telecom space from the comforts of home. On top of that, they’ve made it quite clear that they will continue doing both at an accelerated pace, especially […]
GameStop Corp’s plans to expand its non-fungible tokens (NFTs) marketplace and partner with crypto firms boosted the video game retailer’s shares by 17.5 percent in premarket trading and also lifted other meme stocks. GameStop shares have been languishing for a while, like several other meme stocks, as interest from retail investors dwindled. The lot, which […]
The United States and Japan on Friday voiced strong concern about China’s growing might and pledged to work together to push back against attempts to destabilize the region, including against emerging defense threats. The comments from the two allies, in a joint statement that followed a virtual “two-plus-two” meeting of their foreign and defence ministers, […]
U.S. stock index futures were mixed on Thursday, with economy-linked banking and energy shares leading gains, while interest rate-sensitive growth names remained under pressure from the Federal Reserve’s hawkish signals. The tech-heavy Nasdaq plunged more than three percent on Wednesday, its biggest one-day percentage drop since February, while the Dow slipped from an intra-day record […]
In a region fraught with controversy, Tesla has opened a new dealership in China, Xinjiang, the same area where the Chinese government was accused of human rights violations against the Uyghur Muslim minority. This move strangely comes just after U.S president Joe Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act to protect said minority from […]
As of Tuesday, Blackberry phones will no longer be in full functionality, as the company uncovered plans to stop supporting its historical phones, running on software for Blackberry 10, 7.0 OS, and earlier. Blackberry Limited – formerly known as Research in Motion (RIM) – will stop operations on its operating systems (OS) as a part […]
Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia Tuesday said it is extending its partnership with Tele2 to deploy 5G RAN in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in a long-term deal. The deal will be based on the 25 years of cooperation between Nokia and Tele2 in the Baltic region, while Nokia’s 5G solutions will enable Tele2 to deliver […]
In its intraday trading on Monday, Apple became the first to reach a $3 trillion valuation when its shares hit $182.86 per share, followed by a dire drop below its milestone, as the company seeks out to fortify its capital reign on the market. The Big Tech giant welcomes the new year with hopes of […]