Tesla knocked $2,000 off the prices of three of its five models in the United States late Friday, another sign of the challenges facing the electric vehicle maker led by billionaire Elon Musk. The company cut the prices of the Model Y, a small SUV which is Tesla’s most popular model and the top-selling electric vehicle … Read more
A technology company has been testing autonomous buses on the streets of the South Korean capital.
South Africa faces upside risks to its inflation outlook, Central Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said, but the latest data has not shown evidence of price pressures from food despite adverse El Nino weather wreaking havoc across Africa.
The tensions in the Middle East have highlighted the ebb and flow of the geopolitical risk premium in oil prices so far this month. Analysts believe that oil currently includes between $5 and $10 per barrel in premium to reflect a risk of escalation in the Israel-Iran conflict. The past week has illustrated how traders … Read more
Wedbush analyst Dan Ives ramped up his warnings on a Tesla robo-taxi—if CEO Elon Musk makes it a priority and relegates a lower-priced electric vehicle to the back seat. The longtime Tesla bull told CNBC on Friday that such a move would be a gamble that could define the future of the electric vehicle maker … Read more
The sectors under scrutiny by Europe and the US are as wide-ranging as electric vehicles, wind and solar projects, medical devices and chips, but have one thing in common: they are of strategic importance to President Xi Jinping’s bid for leadership in the global race toward green transition and high-tech development. The rising tensions … Read more
Domestic markets edged lower amid excessive volatility and lost over one and a half per cent, tracking feeble global cues. The tone was negative from the beginning, which further deteriorated with a decline in world indices however rebound on Friday trimmed some losses. Benchmark indices Nifty 50 and Sensex, settled at 22,147 and 73,088.33 levels … Read more
Worsening geopolitical tensions, including war in the Middle East and Ukraine, and the prospect of lower US interest rates all burnish gold’s billing as an investment. But juicing the rally is unrelenting Chinese demand, as retail shoppers, fund investors, futures traders and even the central bank look to bullion as a store of value in … Read more
The ongoing case, one of the worst to hit the largely untested industry, has renewed concerns over companies marketing themselves to anxious parents with mostly unproven assurances. The scandal now engulfing Cordlife Group Ltd. has implications across the region, given its operations in Hong Kong, Macau, Indonesia, the Philippines and India. The parents paid for … Read more
Elon Musk postponed a visit to India which would have included a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he must tend to pressing issues at Tesla Inc. “Unfortunately, very heavy Tesla obligations require that the visit to India be delayed, but I do very much look forward to visiting later this year,” the billionaire … Read more