Pins matching date:2025-12-18

The prefect authorised Nestlé Waters Supply Sud to bottle 'Source Perrier' natural mineral water at Vergèze from only the Romaine VI and VII boreholes, with three others disconnected and 24 months of reinforced health checks.

China switched on island-wide independent customs operations across the Hainan Free Trade Port, expanding zero-tariff product coverage from 21% to 74% of tariff lines and duty-free items from about 1,900 to roughly 6,600.

Qualcomm closed its takeover of Alphawave IP Group about a quarter ahead of schedule, for $2.3 billion in cash and stock, with Alphawave CEO Tony Pialis taking charge of Qualcomm's data-centre business.

ByteDance and TikTok signed binding agreements to form TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, with Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX holding 15% each and ByteDance keeping 19.9%, due to close on 22 January 2026.

The FY2026 NDAA (S. 1071) became Public Law 119-60, setting Pentagon policy and authorising funds for fiscal year 2026; it repealed the Caesar Act sanctions on Syria and the 1991 and 2002 Iraq war authorisations and made draft registration automatic.

Nike's second-quarter revenue edged up 1% to $12.4 billion on North American wholesale growth, but Greater China sales fell 17%, tariffs cut gross margin by 3 points and the shares fell more than 10% the next morning.