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| Coronavirus pandemic has scraped plans to iimport Chinese-designed cars |
6/1/2020 |
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HAAH Automotive Holdings, based in Irvine, Calif., had reached agreements with two Chinese automakers — Zotye and Chery — to bring their vehicles across the Pacific. HAAH hoped to import Zotye vehicles into the U.S. beginning this year, but the company’s CEO told Automotive News that the outbreak hammered Zotye sales in its native China — and prompted the automaker to halt expansion plans until its finances are settled.
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| Google sued for unauthorized tracking of consumer locations |
6/1/2020 |
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The suit alleges Google violated the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act and it seeks to claw back profits from the tracking. “Every company has a responsibility to be truthful to consumers," Brnovich said. “You cant deceive them, you can't make misrepresentations.”
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| UPS raise dlivery rate to large e-commerce customers |
6/1/2020 |
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Amid a surge of demand for deliveries from e-commerce companies like Amazon, Walmart and Target, United Parcel Service is adding a new surcharge aimed at those high-volume shippers and those that ship oversized items.
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| Merck announced three new initiatives to combat COVID-19 |
6/1/2020 |
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First, Merck acquired Themis, a company that specializes in vaccines and immune-modulation therapies. Merck also partnered with nonprofit research organization IAVI to develop an investigational vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. Finally, Merck partnered with biotech company Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, which developed EIDD-2801, an oral antiviral candidate that could treat COVID-19 patients.
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| U.S. durable good order plunged 17% |
5/29/2020 |
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The Commerce Department said Thursday that orders for durable goods dropped 17.2% last month after falling 16.6% in March. Excluding orders for transportation equipment, which can be volatile from month to month, durable goods orders fell 7.4%.
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| Boeing cutting 12,000 jobs as it reopens Max production |
5/29/2020 |
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Boeing had said it would cut 10% of a workforce that numbered about 160,000. A Boeing spokesperson said Wednesday's actions represent the largest number of job cuts, but several thousand additional jobs will be eliminated in the next few months.
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| German court ruling sets way for Volkswagen settlement |
5/28/2020 |
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Volkswagen said the decision announced Monday would clear the way for settlement of remaining consumer claims in Germany. The decision affects some 60,000 individual claims brought by car owners there; around 262,000 others have already been covered by an 830 million-euro ($904 million) class-action settlement.
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| Malicious emails up 600% during pandemic |
5/27/2020 |
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“There have also been worrying reports of attacks against health care organizations and medical research facilities worldwide.” Growing digital dependency has increased the vulnerability to cyberattacks, and “it is estimated that one such attack takes place every 39 seconds.”
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| Mitsubishi Aircraft to close U.S. locations |
5/27/2020 |
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“Due to the budget directives, Mitsubishi Aircraft will close its overseas locations and consolidate activities at its headquarters in Nagoya, Japan,” company spokesman Jeff Dronen told The Seattle Times via email. “This will impact the majority of our employees in the United States.”
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| Verizon has announced its partners for 5G |
5/26/2020 |
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On the consumer front, Verizon said it will be launching 5G service in parts of San Diego on 28 May; the company said 5G consumers will get upload speeds 30% faster than 4G. On the development side, it said it has adapted its seven 5G labs in the US and UK.
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| Democratic Party senators want to know what Trump has promised TSMC |
5/26/2020 |
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Senators requested the two Trump administration cabinet members to “cease any such negotiations or discussions” until the relevant authorization and appropriations committees have been briefed on plans, including any commitments the two departments have made to funding, tax breaks, licenses, or other incentives.
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| Tech companies are comfortable with "work-at-home" |
5/25/2020 |
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Tech companies are studying what their highly-paid, highly-valued employees want, using their own technology to make remote work easier and looking to hire new workers outside of big city hubs. It's a potentially huge turnaround after years in which companies like Amazon and Google chased scarce tech talent by opening or expanding offices in hip urban locations such as San Francisco and New York.
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