July2018

SoftBank Group Corp’s Vision Fund is seeking to invest almost $1 billion in SenseTime Group Ltd, a Chinese facial recognition technology developer, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The fund and SenseTime are finalizing the terms of the...

The Nissan LEAF NISMO will go on sale July 31 in Japan – combining, for the first time, the excitement and advanced technologies of the world’s best-selling electric car with the sporty image and performance of...

The new Nissan LEAF is the best-selling electric vehicle in Europe for the first half of this year, as the zero-emission car continues to win over customers across the region. More than 18,000 new Nissan LEAF...

Eight years after it created the compact crossover segment, the one-millionth Juke has rolled off the line at Nissan Sunderland Plant. On average, a brand new Juke is built at the plant every 105 seconds. Well...

Cited for his extraordinary vision and entrepreneurial spirit, Toyota Motor Corporation founder and former president Kiichiro Toyoda was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame last evening in Detroit. Kiichiro Toyoda was one of five industry...

Microsoft on Thursday said its revenue and profit climbed in the recently ended quarter, getting results from its bets on cloud computing services and artificial intelligence. The US tech giant reported its net income increased 10...

WhatsApp announced curbs on its service in India on Friday in an effort to stop a spate of horrific lynchings and to assuage government threats of legal action in its biggest market. More than 20 people...

Hong Kong stocks edged up Friday, after US equities took a hit following President Donald Trump’s criticism of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy. The Hang Seng Index inched up 0.1 percent, or 28.24 points, to...

Tokyo stocks opened lower on Friday extending falls on Wall Street as the yen firmed against the dollar after the US president’s comments on the Fed’s rate policy. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.19 percent,...

Japanese oil companies are preparing for a complete cessation of oil imports from Iran, Japan’s leading business newspaper Nikkei reported on Thursday. According to the newspaper, oil supplies from Iran should be completely stopped by October....