News Press Release News Group Wolfsburg, 23 February 2018 Systematic implementation of the strategy is paying off – record earnings for the Volkswagen Group in 2017 The Volkswagen Group brought fiscal year 2017 to a successful conclusion, generating significantly higher sales revenue than in the year before. The Group also improved nearly all of its… Continue reading Systematic implementation of the strategy is paying off – record earnings for the Volkswagen Group in 2017
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BMW Group plans joint venture for MINI electric vehicles in China
Munich. The BMW Group is in advanced discussions to ramp up the global success of its MINI brand through a new joint venture in China. A key element of the brand’s continued strategic development will be local production of future battery-electric MINI vehicles in the world’s largest market for electromobility. To this end, the BMW… Continue reading BMW Group plans joint venture for MINI electric vehicles in China
Is Uber selling its Southeast Asia business to Grab?
If you read the tech press, you might have seen reports that Uber is pursuing a sale in Southeast Asia that would see Grab, its Singapore-headquartered rival valued at $6 billion, acquire Uber’s business in the region. Rumors of such a tie-in have been rife for a while. Uber sold its China business in exactly such… Continue reading Is Uber selling its Southeast Asia business to Grab?
Press Release – Magna Announces Fourth Quarter and 2017 Results and Raises Quarterly Cash Dividend by 20%
Please click HERE for a PDF version of the release. Fourth Quarter 2017 Highlights Record sales of $10.4 billion, up 12% from the fourth quarter of 2016 Record diluted earnings per share of $1.53, an increase of 23% Cash from operations of $1.4 billion Returned $461 million to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends Raises… Continue reading Press Release – Magna Announces Fourth Quarter and 2017 Results and Raises Quarterly Cash Dividend by 20%
Partnership agreed between Bosch and Munich Re
The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 400,500 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2017). According to preliminary figures, the company generated sales of 78 billion euros in 2017. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building… Continue reading Partnership agreed between Bosch and Munich Re
Tesla Hit With Lawsuit Claiming They Willingly Sold Defective Vehicles
In Brief A former Tesla employee is claiming that the company knowingly sold defective vehicles in the past, and fired him for reporting the alleged practice. Tesla is being hit with a lawsuit put forward by a former employee, who claims the company sold defective vehicles and fired him because he knew about it. The… Continue reading Tesla Hit With Lawsuit Claiming They Willingly Sold Defective Vehicles
Elon Musk is leaving board of the non-profit AI safety group, OpenAI
Elon Musk is leaving board of the non-profit AI safety group, OpenAI in order to remove a potential conflict of interest between the group’s work and the work on artificial intelligence his companies are undertaking. The Tesla CEO co-founded OpenAI in December 2015 along with Y Combinator president Sam Altman, not so long after he’d… Continue reading Elon Musk is leaving board of the non-profit AI safety group, OpenAI
Autoliv publishes its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K
Thu, Feb 22, 2018 16:35 CET (Stockholm, Sweden, February 22, 2018) – Autoliv, Inc. (NYSE: ALV and SSE: ALIVsdb), the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems, has filed its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Form 10-K is available at the SEC Edgar website: www.sec.gov and on… Continue reading Autoliv publishes its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K
Ford Appoints Senior Leaders; Galhotra to Lead North America, Falotico to Head Lincoln, Marketing; McClelland to lead Ford Credit
Kumar Galhotra named group vice president and president, Ford North America Joy Falotico named group vice president, Lincoln and Chief Marketing Officer David McClelland named vice president of Ford and CEO of Ford Motor Credit Company Stuart Rowley named vice president and chief operating officer, Ford North America John Lawler named vice president, Strategy, Ford… Continue reading Ford Appoints Senior Leaders; Galhotra to Lead North America, Falotico to Head Lincoln, Marketing; McClelland to lead Ford Credit
Uber CEO plans to ‘invest aggressively’ to compete with rivals Southeast Asia
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has distanced the company from reports that it might exit Southeast Asia and India. Currently in India on his maiden visit to Asia as Uber boss, Khosrowshahi told an audience that the company plans to continue to invest in Southeast Asia, where Uber has slipped behind Grab and Indonesia-based Go-Jek. “We expect to… Continue reading Uber CEO plans to ‘invest aggressively’ to compete with rivals Southeast Asia