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Bill To Outlaw Trade In Dog Meat Passed By The Parliament Of South Korea

South Korea's parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to ban the consumption and sale of dog meat, outlawing the contentious centuries-old practice amid increased support for animal welfare. ...

The Two Priciest Cities In The World Are Singapore And Zurich

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has announced that Singapore and Zurich were tied for the most expensive cities in the world this year, followed by Geneva, New York, and Hong Kong....

Pocket wallets vs. smartphones: Can we replace cash with digital currencies?

The more than a decade-long history of cryptocurrency has clearly demonstrated that the world is keen on the new form of money. The crypto frenzy has even prompted leading central banks to work on...

Nobel Rules Affirmed: Peace Prize Is Immutable, Non-Transferable, Nobel Institute Explains After Machado’s Trump Comments

GM’s EV Reckoning: How Strategic Retrenchment and Market Shifts Are Driving a $6 Billion Writedown

Mega-Merger Calculus: How Rio Tinto’s Renewed Push for Glencore Reflects a Changing Mining Industry

Washington’s Transactional Turn Puts Greenland at the Center of a New Arctic Power Play

Capital Returns to the Margins as Global Banks Position for a Venezuelan Reopening

Washington Shields Venezuelan Oil Funds to Shape a Controlled Economic Reset

Oil, Power and Protection: How U.S. Backing Could Reshape Venezuela’s Energy Revival

From Obscurity to Strategic Prize: Why a Breakout Biotech Has Drawn Takeover Attention

Companies

Microsoft Reports Growth In Its Cloud Business But Warns Of Continued Supply Woes For Xbox

Global supply chain issues will continue to plague critically important business divisions of Microsoft Corp like those that manufacture its Surface laptops and Xbox gaming consoles, warned the company even while anticipating a solid end to the calendar year driven by its burgeoning cloud business....

Work-From-Home Boom Helps Growth In Logitech’s Quarterly Sales

Computer peripherals maker Logitech International SA reported a continued increase in demand for its products primarily from customers hunkered at home either working or studying resulting in the company registering growth in sales for its second quarter. There was a 4 per cent rise...

With Its Ad Business Slowing, Facebook Invests Billions In Metaverse

Social media company Facebook Inc will now begin making public financial performance of the augmented and virtual reality labs of the company, the company said on Monday. The company invests billions in its plans for these labs to develop the "metaverse." The company also said that...

Supply Chain Issues Would Be Stabilized This Quarter, Hopes Daimler CEO

The German auto-making giant Daimler AG expects to stabilize its supply chain for semiconductor chips during this current quarter, said the company’s Chief Executive Ola Kaellenius. However, the company also anticipates that it would not be until 2023 that the global auto industry will see...

China's Evergrande Avoids A Debt Default While Indicating Business Focus Shift

According to reports quoting sources with information, China Evergrande Group has apparently managed to have avoided a default with a last-minute bond coupon payment, giving it another week to deal with a debt crisis hanging over the second-largest economy of the world. In the future, it...

US FDA Approves Roche's Implant For Chronic Eye Disorder

The United States Food and Drug Administration granted permission to Roche Holding AG for its eye implant used for treating a chronic disease that causes impaired vision. This will now provide patients with an alternative of having to take monthly eye injections under the currently available...

More Time Needed For Tesla’s New Factories To Ramp Up Production

After beating Wall Street forecasts for third-quarter revenue driven by record deliveries, United States based electric car maker Tesla Inc has said that there would be pressure on its margins because of forthcoming plants and supply-chain challenges. Compared to its competitors, Tesla,...

Renault Will Have A Bigger Production Cut Due To Chip Shortage: Reports

Carmakers around the world are troubled with the shortage of semiconductor chips and many have already downgraded their targeted production for the current year. The latest to join the list is the French carmaker Renault. The global scarcity of semiconductor chips has forced the...

Its In-House Developed ARM-Based Server Chip Unveiled By Alibaba

A new processor that it will use for powering its servers in its data centers has been developed by Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, the company announced on Tuesday. This is the latest move by the Chinese firm into the sphere of semiconductors which is in line with what a...

Bloomberg Estimates Value Of Netflix's 'Squid Game' At About $900 Mln

According to a report by Bloomberg News, the estimated value of the "Squid Game," the biggest original online streaming series launched by Netflix Inc, is almost $900 million for the streaming giant. The valuation estimation was based on figures from an internal Netflix document. ...

Product Recall And Parts Shortages Prompts Philips To Lower Outlook

The third-quarter earnings of the Dutch health technology company Philips were severely hit by a severe global shortage of electronic components and a huge recall of the company’s respiratory devices which prompted the firm to lower its forecast for sales and profit growth in 2021 in an...

Taiwan's Foxconn Unveils Prototypes Of Three Electric Vehicle

The Taiwanese electronic giant Foxconn unveiled its first three electric vehicle prototypes on Monday. The event strongly reflected the high ambitions of the tech company to diversify into a sector other than what it is best known for – making producing consumer electronics for Apple Inc. and other...

World

Nobel Rules Affirmed: Peace Prize Is Immutable, Non-Transferable, Nobel Institute Explains After Machado’s Trump Comments

The Nobel Peace Prize remains one of the world’s most prestigious accolades, symbolizing international acknowledgment of individuals or organisations whose efforts have significantly advanced peace,...

Lifestyle

Bill To Outlaw Trade In Dog Meat Passed By The Parliament Of South Korea

The Two Priciest Cities In The World Are Singapore And Zurich

Pocket wallets vs. smartphones: Can we replace cash with digital currencies?

Nobel Rules Affirmed: Peace Prize Is Immutable, Non-Transferable, Nobel Institute Explains After Machado’s Trump Comments

GM’s EV Reckoning: How Strategic Retrenchment and Market Shifts Are Driving a $6 Billion Writedown

Mega-Merger Calculus: How Rio Tinto’s Renewed Push for Glencore Reflects a Changing Mining Industry

Washington’s Transactional Turn Puts Greenland at the Center of a New Arctic Power Play

Capital Returns to the Margins as Global Banks Position for a Venezuelan Reopening

Washington Shields Venezuelan Oil Funds to Shape a Controlled Economic Reset

Oil, Power and Protection: How U.S. Backing Could Reshape Venezuela’s Energy Revival

From Obscurity to Strategic Prize: Why a Breakout Biotech Has Drawn Takeover Attention

Microsoft Reports Growth In Its Cloud Business But Warns Of Continued Supply Woes For Xbox

Work-From-Home Boom Helps Growth In Logitech’s Quarterly Sales

With Its Ad Business Slowing, Facebook Invests Billions In Metaverse

Supply Chain Issues Would Be Stabilized This Quarter, Hopes Daimler CEO

China's Evergrande Avoids A Debt Default While Indicating Business Focus Shift

US FDA Approves Roche's Implant For Chronic Eye Disorder

More Time Needed For Tesla’s New Factories To Ramp Up Production

Renault Will Have A Bigger Production Cut Due To Chip Shortage: Reports

Its In-House Developed ARM-Based Server Chip Unveiled By Alibaba

Bloomberg Estimates Value Of Netflix's 'Squid Game' At About $900 Mln

Product Recall And Parts Shortages Prompts Philips To Lower Outlook

Taiwan's Foxconn Unveils Prototypes Of Three Electric Vehicle

World

Nobel Rules Affirmed: Peace Prize Is Immutable, Non-Transferable, Nobel Institute Explains After Machado’s Trump Comments

Washington’s Transactional Turn Puts Greenland at the Center of a New Arctic Power Play

Diplomacy at a Delicate Juncture as Washington Pushes Ukraine Talks Toward Compromise

Taiwan Rolls Out Universal Security Handbook as China’s Threat Deepens

Wealthy Nations Retreat from Climate Leadership as COP30 Chief Warns of Fading Resolve

People

Fiscal Signals and Social Engineering Shape China’s New Push to Reverse Demographic Decline

Reagan’s Enduring Shadow: How an Old Conservative Ideal Still Defines and Challenges Trump’s Presidency

South Korean Workers Recount Ordeal After U.S. Immigration Raid on Hyundai Plant

Federal Judge Likely to Stand Guard Over Fed’s Independence in Cook Dispute

When Allies Turned Adversaries: The Dramatic Implosion of the Trump–Musk Alliance