Tesla delivered 499,550 vehicles in 2020 , including a record 180,570 in the fourth quarter of the year. The company said in October that it still expected to meet that target despite a temporary shutdown of its factories in the spring, and Musk signaled it was well within reach in a internal email sent to employees in December and viewed by Bloomberg. [Full Article...]
The price of digital currency Bitcoin topped $30,000 for the first time Saturday, riding a wave of investment into the new year. At press time, bitcoin trades at $30,781, up by nearly 5% in the past 24-hour trading period. The major financial services company added: "The potential long-term upside for Bitcoin is considerable as it competes more intensely with gold as an "alternative" currenc... [Full Article...]
Huawei did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment. Just yesterday, Apple purged 39,000 game apps from its Chinese app store, its largest removal ever in a single day per Reuters , from publishers and developers who failed to secure government-issued licenses (a process that's practically impossible unless the company's partnered with a domestic publisher). [Full Article...]
On June 23, 2016, the British people voted to leave the bloc by 52 to 48 percent. He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We're now going to see the 80 billion euro (£71.2 billion) worth of trade across the Irish Sea between Britain and Ireland disrupted by an very bad lot more checks and declarations, and bureaucracy and paperwork, and cost and delay". [Full Article...]
Under the financial holding company structure, Ant's businesses would likely be subject to more capital restrictions, potentially curbing its ability to lend more and expand at the pace of the last few years. The orders from regulators could limit Ant Group's expansion and throw its lucrative finance businesses into disarray. While it stopped short of directly asking for a breakup of the company... [Full Article...]
Tesla's annual sales rose 36%, but the electric auto company came short of its annual goal to deliver 500,000 vehicles. The Palo Alto, California-based company said in a statement on Saturday its delivery count should be viewed as slightly conservative and final numbers could vary by up to 0.5% or more. [Full Article...]
After a spectacular year, precious metals should see further gains in 2021 as silver is expected to outperform, but analysts are increasingly cautious about the outlook for gold as the global economy recovers of the impact of the coronavirus. [Full Article...]
It seems like Microsoft is playing down the risk associated with this further intrusion. "We detected unusual activity with a small number of internal accounts and upon review, we discovered one account had been used to view source code in a number of source code repositories", Microsoft said in a statement. [Full Article...]