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India High Court favored Nestle over food regulator noodle ban

Nestle India breathes a sigh of relief when India High Court lifts the noodle ban imposed by a domestic food regulator accusing Maggi noodle with high levels of lead content. Even so, Nestle still has to submit samples from the said product for testing by accredited food regulators and once proven that the noodle is safe to eat, that is when Nestle could start again manufacturing Maggi noodles.

Aug 16, 2015 11:12 PM EDT


Majority of Wall Street investors are not tempted on solar market

Investors on Wall Street are not convinced with the popularity of solar panel technology as solar companies publicly offered in the stock market has been devalued for two weeks.

Aug 16, 2015 5:08 AM EDT


Despite jobless claims up, US 4-week average at 15-year low

The US economy witnessed a sudden rise in new application for jobless benefits. However, the four-week average eased to 15-year low indicating continuous recovery in the economy.

Aug 14, 2015 4:33 AM EDT


Street Talk: Look beyond just price, determine the market breadth, which is recently getting weaker

Market Breadth measures the health of the market. Since it turned negative from positive, people should be extra cautious.

Aug 14, 2015 4:22 AM EDT


Hard hit by plunge in Motorola sales, Lenovo to slash 10% workforce

The Beijing-based Lenovo Group has decided to cut 10% white collar jobs numbering 3,200 after the sales fell by one-third in Motorola handsets.

Aug 13, 2015 8:32 AM EDT


Funding Circle lines up $1B funding for small business lending globally

Funding Circle is prodiving hassle-free funding to small business units at low cost of borrowing globally. It also offers risk management solutions to the entrepreeurs. It has already surpassed $1-bn mark in lending and decided to lend 1-bn funds to small businesses.

Aug 13, 2015 4:40 AM EDT


iRobot's robotic lawn mower gets U.S. regulatory approval, brings grass cutting to new heights

iRobot Corp Inc recently got approval from the Federal Communications Commission to manufacture and sell their new automated lawn mower.

Aug 13, 2015 4:27 AM EDT


Ford Targets Emerging Markets with Frugal India Build, In a Bid to Compete With its Rivals in 5th Largest Auto Market

Using India-based engineering, Ford aims to penetrate the India market in a bid to compete against its Asian rival auto companies that are outselling them in the arena.

Aug 13, 2015 4:16 AM EDT


Kraft Heinz terminates 2,500 jobs in the U.S. and Canada to save costs

Kraft Heinz is cutting 2,500 jobs around the United States and Canada. Seven hundred of it will include its labor force in Northfield, Illinois.

Aug 13, 2015 4:14 AM EDT


US banks lead the equity trading revenues in Q2

Morgan Stanely, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs account for 40% market share in equities trading. Many US banks registered encouraging growth in trading revenues.

Aug 13, 2015 4:10 AM EDT


Continued oil price crash reached lowest level

U.S. crude oil price falls down to its level in more than six years. Over-supply of crude seen as one of the reasons for the oil's low price including the China's yuan devaluation. While most crude oil consumers enjoy the benefits of getting lower fuel, oil industries suffer from low profits forcing them to cut on expenditures and employment.

Aug 13, 2015 4:06 AM EDT


Starbucks and 28 other US companies to create jobs for disconnected youth

More than two dozen companies in the US join Starbucks in assuring Americans to create 100,000 jobs for the unemployed youth by 2018.

Aug 13, 2015 3:46 AM EDT