The American information technology giant of Microsoft intends to buy the creator and developer of games ZeniMax Media for $ 7.5 billion.
“On Monday, Microsoft announced plans to acquire ZeniMax Media, parent company for Bethesda Softworks, one of the world’s largest private developers and game publishers … Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will acquire ZeniMax for $ 7.5 billion in cash, “Microsoft said in a statement.
Microsoft plans to take over the company in the second half of 2021 fiscal year after receiving approval from the necessary regulators, and does not expect much impact of its financial performance.
Shares of Amazon, which rose by 73.8% since the beginning of the year (more than the growth of Apple, Microsoft, Google and Facebook), fell 2% after closing trading on Thursday, when the company released a report for the 3rd quarter, which ended September 30. Amazon set a new revenue record, e-commerce increased sales by 57% […]
Created by Bill Gates, Microsoft third time topped the annual ranking of the 100 most responsible US corporations. This was announced by Forbes on Wednesday, October 14. Also in the top five of the updated list, in addition to Microsoft, included only technological giants – NVIDIA, Apple, Intel Alphabet. “Forbes compiled the rating together with […]
After a sensational debut Snowflake on the NYSE on Wednesday, shares of the cloud storage and processing company are expected to fall ahead of trading on Thursday. Shares of Snowflake fell to 4.3%. Snowflake brought 28 million shares to the public market to raise $ 3.36 billion during the largest software IPO in history. Shares […]
The American corporation Microsoft has received permission from the New Zealand Department of Foreign Investment to build data centers in Auckland. This is stated in a statement issued by the agency on Wednesday. “New Zealand subsidiaries of Microsoft Corporation received management’s approval of foreign investments to purchase business assets, including various land, to further creation […]
Microsoft`s shares fell slightly on Monday before the opening of trading due to the news of the failure the deal of buying the popular application TikTok in Chinese ByteDance. Through the support of the deal by President Donald Trump, Shares of Oracle, which is considered №1 candidate of buying TikTok increased by 10% before the […]
During trading on Thursday, Apple’s market of the capitalization fell by 8%, which means a loss of almost $ 180 billion. This is a record daily cost reduction for any company in the history of the American market. However, Apple’s capitalization still significantly exceeds of $ 2 trillion. Excluding 2020, the previous anti-record was set […]
American Walmart announced its decision to join Microsoft and to participate together in the struggle for the acquisition of Chinese business TikTok in USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. “The way, how TikTok has integrated e-commerce and advertising capabilities in other markets, will be a clear advantage for creators and users in the particular markets,” […]
Recently, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine allowed the company NAP II Holdings B.V. (Netherlands), controlled by the NCH Capital (USA) to acquire more than 50% of the shares of two agricultural enterprises in the Khmelnitskyi region. This is stated on the AMCU website. The permission granted for the purchase of the shares of the companies […]
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In Ukraine it is observed the decline in the production of sauces , namely the manufacture of ketchup, sauces based on mayonnaise and mustard. But, nevertheless, the export of these products was reduced insignificantly by manufacturers and domestic demand continues to be satisfactory. According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, figure of ketchup manufacturing […]
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As part of the fight against the illegal fuel market, the State Fiscal Service liquidated 10 illegal productions of fuels and lubricants. The head of the State Fiscal Service Vadym Melnyk told about this in an interview with NV Business. According to him, during January-March, SFS officers seized 35.6 thousand tons of illegally produced fuel […]
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Shares of Pfizer decreased by 3.2% since the beginning of the year, fell by 1.65% on Tuesday after the company announced the results of the third quarter, which ended on September 30. Pfizer reported a 4% drop in earnings per share (compared to the same quarter in 2019) to $ 0.72, but this was slightly […]
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Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova has reconciled three suspicions with former officials of PrivatBank, the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office reports. Thus, the notification on the change of the previously reported suspicion to the former chairman of the bank’s board, the former deputy chairman of the board and the former head of the interbank […]
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The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has shortened the moratorium on certain types of tax inspections. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has shortened the moratorium on certain types of tax inspections. The press service of the Ministry of Finance announced this on Wednesday, February 3, citing a relevant government decree. According to the document, […]
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Hungarian airline Wizz Air reduces the number of flights from Ukraine in the winter flight schedule. This was reported by lowcostavia. Dozens of flights from Ukraine were reduced – 12 routes are canceled by March 2021, even more destinations are temporarily suspended until the end of October. Flights from all cities of Ukraine have changed. […]
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On 21 April, Credit Agricole signed the agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and joined the «EU4Business-EBRD Credit Line» Program, within which the bank will get a EUR 25 million loan for 4 years. The purpose of the borrowing is to support micro, small, and medium-sized businesses and to expand their access to […]
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One of the most famous car companies will get a multi-million fine for concealment of information in the financial statements for regulators. The supervisory authorities in the US announced that they intend to impose a fine on US-Italian concern Fiat Chrysler in the amount of $ 70 million for a significant underestimation of the number […]
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In 2020, corruption caused JSC Ukrzaliznytsia 8 billion hryvnias in losses. The head of the Temporary Investigation Commission of the Verkhovna Rada on UZ Yulia Hryshyna with reference to NABU data announced this. “NABU has carried out significant analytical work on Ukrzaliznytsia’s procurement. Detectives estimated Ukrzaliznytsia’s losses from corruption in procurement at UAH 8 billion […]
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Businessmen from Saudi Arabia are planning to invest $ 10.5 billion in the agricultural sector of Ukraine. This writes the “Novoe Vremya”, with reference to the Saudi newspaper Al-Watan. According to the report, a statement was made after the talks of the Ukrainian Ambassador in Saudi Arabia Vadim Vakhrushev with 25 Saudi businessmen. The meeting […]
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Gazprom can circumvent European restrictions on the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline through a contract for gas supplies to the German market, which it has concluded with the Austrian company OMV. As we know, the EU gas directive requires half of the capacity of gas pipelines to be provided to independent suppliers. Except for routes for […]
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The AstraZeneca COVID vaccine is not perfect, but it will save thousands of lives. The company’s CEO Pascal Sorio said this. According to him, AstraZeneca will become the largest producer of COVID-vaccine in the world, reaching the production of 200 million doses by April. “Is the vaccine perfect? No. However, it is great. Who else […]
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Visa signs partnership agreement with FTSE250 TBC Bank’s Space, the first Georgian neobank, to develop innovative banking solutions in Georgia and beyond in the growing digital payments landscape. TBILISI, 14 November 2019 – Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, and Space, the first fully digital bank in Georgia, today announced they have signed a […]
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On Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi presented the government’s initiative to implement global data security standards, “golden rules” which should be applied by Chinese and other companies around the world. Among a number of points, the key ones are: preventing the illegal receipt of confidential personal information, ensuring the storage user`s data on the […]
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The Commercial Court of Kyiv suspended the decision of the Antimonopoly Committee, which seized the accounts of tobacco companies as part of a forced fine of UAH 6.5 billion. “The court rejected their request. We welcome this decision, since the arrest of accounts could endanger the normal functioning of large companies and negatively affect tax […]
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