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Friday, October 23, 2020

JKSSB 2020 – Accounts Assistant Written Exam

Jammu & Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) has recently released call letter for attending written examination for the post of Accounts Assistant (Panchayat) of Advt No. 02 of 2020.

CGPSC Result 2020 – Civil Judge Interview Date Announced

Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) has released interview date for Civil Judge (Advt No. 03/2019).

Huawei's growth slowed sharply due to US sanctions with Q3 revenue of $32.5B, up 3.7% YoY; revenue growth for 2020 so far is 9.9% compared to 24.4% in 2019 (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

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Huawei's growth slowed sharply due to US sanctions with Q3 revenue of $32.5B, up 3.7% YoY; revenue growth for 2020 so far is 9.9% compared to 24.4% in 2019 — - For the first nine months of the year, revenue totaled 671.3 billion yuan ($98.57 billion), up 9.9% from the 610.8 billion yuan reported in the same period last year.

Huawei Mate 40 Series Debuts With Kirin 9000 Processors, 90Hz Displays

Huawei Mate 40, Huawei Mate 40 Pro, and Huawei Mate 40 Pro+ have been announced as the company's latest flagship smartphones. The Huawei Mate 40 series boasts of curved displays, multi-camera setups... https://ift.tt/35pGpkr

Saudi Arabia Signs MoUs With IBM, Alibaba, Huawei on AI

The Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence on Thursday signed memorandums of understanding with IBM, Alibaba and Huawei in areas of artificial intelligence (AI) at a summit in the... https://ift.tt/2HqhmG6

Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving' Software Doesn't Make Cars Autonomous

Earlier this week, Tesla sent out its "full self-driving" software to a small group of owners who will test it on public roads. But buried on its website is a disclaimer that the $8,000 (roughly... https://ift.tt/31wKamY

LG Wing Set to Launch in India on October 28

LG Wing, one of the most uniquely designed smartphones of 2020, is set to launch in India on October 28, the South Korean company revealed through a media invite. The new smartphone is the first under... https://ift.tt/3ogcLqx

Google Has Undermined Competition, South Korean Antitrust Chief Says

Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) chief the agency believes US search giant Google has undermined competition, adding that the agency plans to present a case to its review committee this year. https://ift.tt/3kzSREw

India’s Flipkart buys over $200 million stake in Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail

Flipkart is acquiring a 7.8% stake in Aditya Birla Fashion as the Walmart-owned Indian e-commerce firm makes further push into the fashion category in one of the world’s largest retail markets.

The e-commerce group will pay $203.8 million for its stake in Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail, a conglomerate that operates over 3,000 stores including the Pantaloons brand. As part of the “landmark partnership,” Flipkart will also sell and distribute various Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail’s brands products.

“This partnership is an emphatic endorsement of the growth potential of India,” said Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of Aditya Birla Group, which operates the fashion retail firm in a filing to the stock exchange. “It also reflects our strong conviction in the future of the apparel industry in India, which is poised to touch $100 billion in the next 5 years.”

Kalyan Krishnamurthy, CEO of Flipkart Group, said the two companies will work toward “making available a wide range of products for fashion-conscious consumers across different retail formats across the country. We look forward to working with ABFRL and its well established and comprehensive fashion and retail infrastructure as we address the promising opportunity of the apparel industry in India.”

In July, Flipkart also invested $35 million in $35 million in Arvind Fashions, one of the decades-old Indian firm’s subsidiaries.

More to follow…