According to the global billionaire list released by Forbes, the total wealth of 2755 billionaires on the list reached about $13.1 trillion, an increase of $8 trillion over the same period last year.. Jeff Bezos topped the list for the fourth year in a row ($177 billion). Elon Musk soared to second place ($151 billion) from 31st last year. Bernard Arnault still ranks third ($150 billion), Bill Gates fourth ($124 billion) and Mark Zuckerberg fifth ($97 billion). Warren Buffett failed to make it into the top five for the first time in more than 20 years. The highest ranking of China's richest people is Zhong Yingyi, who ranks 13th (US $68.9 billion). Ma Huateng ranked 15th.

The Supreme Court of the United States upheld Oracle Corp's ruling on the infringement of the source code of Alphabet Inc-CL C's (Google) Android smartphone operating system in Oracle's lawsuit.. Oracle Corp had previously claimed billions of dollars from Alphabet Inc-CL C in this case. The Supreme Court rejected a lower court's ruling in favor of Oracle Corp, which said the Android system infringed the copyright of Oracle Corp's Java software platform. The Supreme Court said Alphabet Inc-CL C's copying of some of the Java API code was fair use. The decision may weaken the protection of software copyright, but it will also give developers more room to build on each other's products.

Nikon acquired Morf3D, an American start-up, and began to dabble in aerospace components such as small and medium-sized satellites. Nikon bought more than half of the other party's shares on April 2. The purchase amount is close to 10 billion yen. As the market for cameras, the main business of the past, continues to shrink, Nikon wants to dabble in businesses with growth potential and nurture them into new sources of revenue. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Morf3D deals with large aerospace companies in Europe and the United States, such as Boeing Co, and its main products are small satellite parts made through 3D printers.

Deutsche Telekom recently announced that it will expand Germany's optical fiber network infrastructure on a large scale in the next few years, and strive to achieve 10 million home fiber access by 2024.To enable all German households to have optical fiber access by 2030. In recent years, the construction of German network infrastructure has been criticized. The most basic network facilities, such as the broadband network, are still not fully covered in many parts of Germany, and even some new homes in the core of the capital Berlin can only access the Internet in a very old way, which is much lower than that in most developed countries.

FAW Group, Mazda and Changan Automobile are in negotiations to merge the Mazda brand-related business being carried out by FAW Mazda Automobile sales Co., Ltd. into Changan Mazda Automobile Co., Ltd.. In addition to the merger at the dealer level, models such as Atez will also be transferred to Changan Mazda for production. Although the cooperation between FAW and Mazda can be traced back to 2003, they did not set up a joint venture automobile company with integrated production and marketing, but only set up a joint venture sales company. The Mazda models sold by FAW Mazda are all licensed by Mazda and produced by FAW Pentium.

The Yaris, a Toyota compact car sold in February last year, topped the list of new car sales by name in 2020, according to data released by the Japan Federation of Automobile sales Associations and the National Federation of Mini car Associations on the 6th.Honda subcompact "N-BOX" sales fell 20.1% to 197900 units, in second place. The third place is Suzuki's subcompact "Spacia". Dafa's subcompact "Tanto" ranked fourth. The fifth to eighth places are Toyota's "RAIZE", "Carola", "Elfa" and "ROOMY". The ninth place is Dafa's subcompact "MOVE" and the tenth is Nissan's subcompact "ROOX".

Toyota and Honda released a sharp increase in new car sales in China in March compared with the same period last year.To maintain good momentum. Toyota increased 63.7% to 166600 vehicles. Honda rose 2.5-fold to 151218 vehicles in the same month a year earlier. Both companies hit record sales highs in March. Toyota, the main car "Carola" and so on take the lead. Sales of premium car brand Lexus have doubled. Honda's sports utility vehicle (SUV) "CR-V" and car "Accord" sell well. It is reported that the hybrid version is very popular.

Volvo sold 15979 cars in Chinese mainland in March, up 67.6% from a year earlier.. Of this total, XC60 sold 5383 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 48 per cent. Volvo sold 45151 cars in Chinese mainland in the first quarter of this year, up 118% from the same period last year, setting the best first-quarter sales record.

Credit Suisse said it would write down 4.4 billion Swiss francs ($4.7 billion) as a result of Archegos Capital Management's forced liquidation and replace two senior executives after a series of scandals raised questions about its risk management. The bank's statement said it would record a pre-tax loss of about SFr900m in the first quarter, while Brian Chin, head of investment banking, and Lara Warner, chief risk officer, are resigning.

Taking the COVID-19 epidemic as an opportunity, Japanese enterprises are promoting the reconstruction of the supply chain. According to the survey, 80% of the enterprises with factories in Japan have begun to adjust their supply chain. The vulnerability of efficiencies such as concentrated production and inventory reduction in specific areas has emerged, and Japanese entrepreneurs are trying to improve their ability to withstand the crisis.

Japan's Yaskawa Motor (Yaskawa) recently launched a new product of servo motors, which is indispensable for the precision control of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and machine tools. The speed of the new servo motor is raised to the highest level in the world.The accuracy of the stop has also been greatly improved. The motor is made in Japan and is planned to be produced in China in the future. In addition to supplying existing customers such as semiconductor manufacturing equipment manufacturers, the new servo motor will also dig deep into environment-related markets such as carbonization to achieve growth.

Two vaccine manufacturers in France have passed commissioning and are ready to produce and ship two COVID-19 vaccines, Pfizer Inc and Modena, this week, to supply the global market outside Europe and the United States.. The European Drug Administration approved France's Liebofuni Pharmaceutical Factory (Recipharm) to produce and store Pfizer Inc vaccine on December 21, 2020, and Del Pam Pharmaceutical Factory (Delpharm) to produce Modena vaccine on January 6 this year.

COSTA has announced the launch of a new flavor cold extract series of ready-to-drink coffee in China, which aims to further develop the market territory of high-quality ready-to-drink coffee.. After joining the Coke family in 2019, COSTA has become the leading brand of coffee in Coca-Cola Company in China. Expanding the category of ready-to-drink coffee is one of the important strategies of COSTA in the Chinese market. In March 2020, COSTA launched the first British classic series of ready-to-drink coffee products for the Chinese market. As the first step into China's ready-to-drink coffee market, the series was quickly recognized and loved by consumers as soon as it was launched, and successfully promoted COSTA's multi-category coffee strategy.

Fresh ecommerce Dingdong (Cayman) Limited recently announced the completion of US $700 million in D-round financing.. This round of financing is jointly led by DST Global and Coatue, and the old shareholders Tiger Global Management, General Atlantic, CMC Capital, Today Capital, Sequoia Capital, Ocean Link and Hony Investment continue to increase, while other new shareholders include Aspex Management, 3W Fund, Mass Ave Global, APlus Partners and Gaohu Capital. This round of financing funds will be used for new regional development, supply chain investment and team building.

South Korea's SK Group announced on Tuesday that it had agreed to buy a 16.3% stake in Vietnamese retailer VinCommerce for $410 million.. VinCommerce operates about 2300 convenience stores and supermarkets in Vietnam and has about 50 per cent of the market in the country's consumer retail sector. SK plans to use its strategic partnership with Masan Group, the parent company of VinCommerce, to accelerate investment in other key areas of strategic interest in Vietnam, such as online and offline distribution, logistics and electronic payments.

Flipkart, the Indian e-commerce platform controlled by Walmart Inc (WalMart), plans to conduct an IPO (initial public offering) in the fourth quarter of this year.. Flipkart began operating in 2007 and currently sells more than 80 million products on its platform. In 2018, Walmart Inc bought a majority stake in Flipkart for $16 billion.

Softbank Corp. Group (SoftBank Group) agreed to pay $2.8 billion for a 40 per cent stake in AutoStore, a Norwegian warehouse automation company, another big bet on robotics by the Japanese conglomerate.AutoStore is controlled by Thomas H. Lee Partners, while EQT, another Swedish private equity firm, has a minority stake. The deal values AutoStore, including debt, at $7.7 billion, the companies said on Monday. AutoStore's technology allows warehouses to be operated almost entirely by robots. The company, founded in 1996, pioneered a system for intensive access to goods, which is now widely used.

Japan Airlines (Japan Airlines) has retired its fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft equipped with Pratt & Whitney engines a year ahead of schedule after a series of problems with the aircraftAmong them, a Boeing 777 controlled by United Continental broke down over a small town near Denver on Feb. 20, with engine debris scattered over a local community. JAL had planned to retire the last seven 777 aircraft equipped with the engines by the end of March 2022, but moved that date forward to March 2021.

The European Commission has approved France's plan to give Air France 4 billion euros to recapitalise through Air France's holding company, Air France-KLM Group (Air France-KLM).. The rescue plan will boost Air France's equity and help it cope with financial difficulties caused by the COVID-19 epidemic. In exchange, Air France-KLM agreed to sell 18 operating shares of Orly airport on the southern outskirts of Paris to competitors. The French government's share of the company's capital has increased from 14.3 per cent to nearly 30 per cent, making it the largest shareholder in Air France-KLM.

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Hon Hai Precision (Foxconn), a contract manufacturer of iPhone, released revenue figures for the first quarter of 2021. Hon Hai's revenue reached NT $1.34 trillion (US $47 billion) in the first quarter to the end of March, driven by strong demand for 5G versions of the iPhone and other networking devices.