Nasdaq Inc is cracking down on initial public offerings (IPOs) of small Chinese companies by tightening restrictions and slowing down their approval, according to regulatory filings, corporate executives and investment bankers.
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Trump considers delisting Chinese firms from U.S. markets: sources
President Donald Trump’s administration is considering delisting Chinese companies from U.S. stock exchanges, three sources briefed on the matter said on Friday, in what would be a radical escalation of U.S.-China trade tensions.
FTC requests AbbVie, Allergan for more information on $63 billion deal
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has requested for more information from AbbVie Inc and botox maker Allergan Plc on their $63 billion (51 billion pounds) deal, the companies said on Friday.
Talent Alert: Data Science Help is Coming
But will the flood of candidates solve your data problems? Here are a few issues to mull and tips on how to attract/retain data scientists in this hot market.
Taxpayers Seek High Court Review in Maryland “Enterprise Dependency” Nexus Case
Taxpayers have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review if Maryland can base corporate income tax nexus on “enterprise dependency.” Taxpayers’ Business The taxpayers (Staples, Inc. and Staples the Office Superstore, Inc.) have no physical presence in Maryland. However, their subsidiaries have nexus in Maryland through retail and catalog businesses. Staples received royalty and interest […]
Global Markets: U.S. stocks, bond yields slip on report against Trump
U.S. stocks and government debt yields fell on Thursday after the release of a whistleblower complaint that accused President Donald Trump of pressing Ukraine to investigate one of his main political rivals in next year’s U.S. presidential election.
SAP on Azure Architecture – Designing for performance and scalability
This is the second in a four-part blog series on designing a SAP on Azure Architecture. In the first part of our blog series we have covered the topic of designing for security. Robust SAP on Azure Architectures are built on the pillars of security, performance and scalability, availability and recoverability, and efficiency and operations. […]
Open Source Gains Ground in the Enterprise
You may not hear a lot of enterprise executives talking about it, but open source software is becoming a mainstay in big organizations.
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Azure Sentinel general availability: A modern SIEM reimagined in the cloud
Earlier this week, we announced that Azure Sentinel is now generally available. This marks an important milestone in our journey to redefine Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) for the cloud era. With Azure Sentinel, enterprises worldwide can now keep pace with the exponential growth in security data, improve security outcomes without adding analyst resources, […]