Vancouver’s antibody therapy developer AbCellera files for US IPO

24-11-2020
Late on Friday, AbCellera, the Canadian developer of antibody therapy for pandemic infections, had filed for a Nasdaq IPO

Boston utility giant General Electric, Vietnamese firm ink power plant MoU

23-11-2020
Less than a month after Vietnamese Government had agreed to release an American national who had been sentenced to 12 years in prison, US utility conglomerate GE reached an MoU with a Vietnamese firm to invest as many as $1 billion in a natgas power plant

Ottawa, Downing Street agree to $27 billion post-Brexit rollover trade deal

23-11-2020
On Saturday, British PM Boris Johnson and his Canadian counterpart Justine Trudeau had reached an informal accord over a $27 billion post-Brexit rollover trade deal

Cupertino’s Apple, Verizon team up to swap out corporate-owned phones with 5G iPhones

22-11-2020
Later this week, Apple and Verizon said in a joint statement that the companies had teamed up to swap out the entire fleet of corporate-owned phones with Apple Inc.'s iPhone 12

Denver’s Western Union buys 15% stake in Saudi Telecom’s STC Pay unit

22-11-2020
On Saturday, Saudi's STC Group said in a statement that the American money transfer mogul Western Union had purchased a 15 per cent stake in its digital payment unit STC Pay

San Diego's Pfizer supplier Maravai LifeSciences jump 18 per cent in US debut

22-11-2020
On Friday, pandemic vaccine deloper Pfizer Maravai LifeSciences Holdings Inc. had reported an 18 per cent spike in US public market debut

New York pharmaceutical giant Pfizer files pandemic vaccine application to US FDA

21-11-2020
Late on Friday, American multinational pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. had filed an application for an emergency use of its pandemic vaccine that had reported a 95 per cent efficacy to block out the pandemic pathogen a couple day earlier

Ohio’s Medical sterilization firm Sotera Health shares climb 17% in NYSE debut

21-11-2020
On Friday, private equity fund GCTR-backed medical sterilization firm Soleta Health soared as much as 17 per cent in Nasdaq debut

Ohio’ Macy’s Inc. reports lower-than-expected Q3 loss, but sales slumped 20%

20-11-2020
American Departmental store chain Macy's Inc. had reported a 20 per cent plunge in sales over its fiscal third quarter that ended on October 31, however, had posted a much-lower than anticipated loss

Nasdaq Inc. to purchase Canadian fraud detection firm Verafin for $2.75 billion

20-11-2020
Nasdaq Inc. had issued a statement on Thursday saying that it had agreed to purchase a Canadian financial fraud detection firm Verafin

Vancouver’s West Fraser Timber to purchase rival Norbord in $3bn buyout deal

19-11-2020
On Thursday, Canadian forestry industry behemoth West Fraser Timber Ltd. said in a statement that it was going to purchase smaller rival Norford Inc. at a C$4 billion all-stock takeover deal

Russian online retailer Ozon seeks to raise up to $825 million in US IPO

19-11-2020
On Tuesday, in a regulatory filing with US SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission), Ozon Holdings, widely known as the Amazon of Russia, said that the Russ retailer was seeking to raise up to $825 million at its US IPO

Seattle's Amazon opens online pharmacy in challenge to traditional retailers

19-11-2020
On Tuesday, Amazon.com Inc., the world's No. 1 online retailer, had rolled out online pharmacies in latest bid to rattle the online drug delivery networks

BBVA & Sabadell in talks to create Spain’s second-largest domestic lender

18-11-2020
In latest sign of consolidation of a scuffling banking sector in Spain, BBVA & Sabadell said in a joint statement on Monday that they had been engaged in an advanced-staged merger talk which in effect would create a €800 billion entity

San Francisco’s Twitter names famed hacker ‘Mudge’ as head of security

18-11-2020
On Monday, California-based micro-blogging and social networking service provider Twitter Inc. had named a famed hacker Peiter Zatko as the company's head of security

Cambridge’s Moderna vaccine 94% effective, easier to distribute as Pfizer stocks sour

18-11-2020
On Monday, shares' prices of Pfizer fell as much as 3.5 per cent after Moderna's pandemic vaccine had shown a 94.5 per cent efficacy to prevent pandemic cases in a late-stage human trial

Palo Alto EV trailblazer Tesla Inc. to join S&P 500 in December 21 as shares soar 14%

17-11-2020
Late on Monday, S&P Dow Jones Indices said in a statement that the electric vehicle pioneer Tesla Inc. stocks would be included into S&P 500 prior to December 21 trading session

California’s DoorDash shows surge in revenue growth, profitable growth in IPO filing

17-11-2020
On Friday, California-based on-demand food delivery start-up DoorDash had reported a quarterly profit for the first time at its IPO filing with US SEC

India’s Diwali sales up 10.8% as Central Bank sees growth in current quarter

17-11-2020
On Saturday, India's top retail body CAIT said in a statement that the sales of its members surged as much as 10.8 per cent during the one-month Diwali festive period that ended on November 14

Palo Alto’s Tesla Chief Musk tweets ‘most likely’ has a moderate pandemic case

17-11-2020
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk wrote in a tweet on Saturday that he "most likely" had developed a moderate pandemic infection

California’s ride-hailing pioneer Uber in talks to sell self-driving unit to Aurora

16-11-2020
Uber Technologies Inc., had been in an early stage talk with Aurora to divest its autonomous driving unit in a bid to focus more on its core businesses such as ride-sharing and food delivery

Asia Pacific nations sign the world’s biggest free trade bloc excluding United States

16-11-2020
On Sunday, 15 Asia-Pacific nations including China, Australia, Japan and S. Korea had formed the world's largest free trade bloc, which would likely to strengthen China's stance as a leading economic superpower

Oklahoma Natgas producer Gulfport Energy files for bankruptcy with $2.5bn in debts

15-11-2020
Late on Saturday, the Oklahoma City-headquartered American natgas giant Gulfport Energy had filed for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a US Bankruptcy Court in Houston

India to regulate streaming services, online news contents

15-11-2020
Earlier this week, Indian Govt. had issued a brief circular saying that the country would soon begin to regulate streaming services alongside online contents including Facebook and Twitter posts

San Diego chipmaker Qualcomm gets US nod to sell 4G chips to Huawei

15-11-2020
Amid a protracted and money draining Sino-US trade dispute, American multinational chipmaker Qualcomm had received special permit to conduct business with the US sanction-hit Huawei Technologies