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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...

U.S.–Japan Trade Pact Stalls as Tokyo Awaits Tariff Clarity on Pharma and Chips, Reflecting Deep Strategic Disagreements

BMW Embraces “Neue Klasse” as Its Strategic Engine for Future Growth

Epstein “Birthday Book” Release Puts Focus on Trump: Legal, Political and Electoral Fallout

Hyundai Raid Raises Questions Over Visa Practices and Risks to U.S.–South Korea Investment Ties

Slim iPhone Air positioned as a design coup as Apple rethinks flagship form

EU Pushes Reparations Strategy to Make Russia Pay for Ukraine’s War Costs

Legal Process Begins for Hyundai Factory Workers Detained in Georgia, South Korea Secures Repatriation

Oracle’s AI Cloud Push Nears $1 Trillion as Tech Peers Reprice on Infrastructure Demand

Companies

Annual Profit Estimates Raised By Toyota, Looking For Alternatives For Parts Sourced From China

Favorable currency rates and better-than-expected vehicle sales prodded Japanese car maker Toyota Motor Corp to raise its annual operating profit forecast by 4.2 per cent. The company however cautioned that the company was finding it difficult to gauge the complete impact of the spread of the new...

Intel Wants To Attract Tech Talent Israel By Investing In Smart Buildings

One of the top chip makers of the world Intel is investing heavily in "smart buildings" in Israel where incentives and perks will be galore for employees as the company hopes to attract the bets talent available in the country. Announcement for building of a manufacturing unit in Israel...

Tesla’s Share Price Double In One Month And None Are None Sure Why

The shares of the United States based electric car maker Tesla has more than doubled in the just the last month and is now trading at almost $890 a share. Many analysts say that this is a not a normal phenomenon for an established stock. In comparison to the rise of Tesla’s sticks, there...

Amazon’s Growing Delivery Capacity A Threat To Profits Of Carriers Like UPS And FedEx

Over the last six years, the one day shipping delivery mechanism for Amazon.com Inc has helped the company to create a transportation and delivery network that is able to deliver almost as many packages as that by FedEx Corp. This one day shipment delivery helped Amazon to record a very...

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty To Hand Over Reign To Cloud Unit Head Arvind Krishna

The measures being taken by one of the oldest and largest teach giants of the world - International Business Machines Corp or IBM as is better known, to redefine and rejuvenate itself and find new ways of doing business will now see its long standing Chief Executive Officer Ginni Rometty to be...

Amazon’s AWS Business Drives A Massive Estimate Beat In Fourth Quarter

According to analysts, the American e-commerce giant Amazon is likely to make good forecasts for future quarters which will help stir its share prices up. The company recently announced very good fourth quarter results which beat analysts’ estimates by a fair distance. One of the...

British Telecom Firm BT Expects $650m Hit Due To UK’s New Policy On Huawei

The decision of the United Kingdom to limit the role of the Chinese telecom giant Huawei to some non-core parts of its 5G network will hit it with an amount of £500 million (US$650 million) in the next five years, said the BT Group. In order to determine the full impact on its plans, a...

Microsoft’s Q2 Earnings Boosted By Office, Surface, And Cloud Businesses

Revenues increases from licensing of Windows and Surface and Office products drove the total revenues of Microsoft up in their second quarter for 2020 with total revenue of $36.9 billion and net income of $11.6 billion. Earlier this week, the company ended its support for Windows 7. The...

Aviation Growth And Low Spending Helps GE Beat Estimates Of Profit And Cash Flow

The profits and cash flow for the last three months of 2019 for General Electric Co beat analysts’ estimates with growth in its aviation business, the company announced. Despite this a moderate profit target was set by the company for 2020. This was the fourth quarter in a row that...

Despite China Slowdown And Coronavirus Threat, Record Revenue And Profit Reported By Apple

Despite a slowdown in China – its largest market for iPhones outside of the United States, tech giant Apple reported its largest revenue ever and record quarterly profits for the last three months of 2019 driven by a surge in sale of iPhones. This strong performance however comes amid...

Whirlpool Makes Better Than Expected Forecasts For 2020

One of the major appliance manufacturers of the world Whirlpool posted better than expected results for the fourth quarter while predicting profits for 2020 well over the expectations of analysts. The company manufactures and markets Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Maytag, Consul, Brastemp, Amana,...

Airbus Agrees To Settlement With US, UK And French Regulators Over Corruption Charges

The European plane maker Airbus is set to potentially face billions of dollars in penalties as it has agreed to come to a settlement with regulators in the United Kingdom, France and the United States in relation to a bribery and corruption probe. An agreement in principle over charges of...

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?

U.S.–Japan Trade Pact Stalls as Tokyo Awaits Tariff Clarity on Pharma and Chips, Reflecting Deep Strategic Disagreements

BMW Embraces “Neue Klasse” as Its Strategic Engine for Future Growth

Epstein “Birthday Book” Release Puts Focus on Trump: Legal, Political and Electoral Fallout

Hyundai Raid Raises Questions Over Visa Practices and Risks to U.S.–South Korea Investment Ties

Slim iPhone Air positioned as a design coup as Apple rethinks flagship form

EU Pushes Reparations Strategy to Make Russia Pay for Ukraine’s War Costs

Legal Process Begins for Hyundai Factory Workers Detained in Georgia, South Korea Secures Repatriation

Oracle’s AI Cloud Push Nears $1 Trillion as Tech Peers Reprice on Infrastructure Demand

Annual Profit Estimates Raised By Toyota, Looking For Alternatives For Parts Sourced From China

Intel Wants To Attract Tech Talent Israel By Investing In Smart Buildings

Tesla’s Share Price Double In One Month And None Are None Sure Why

Amazon’s Growing Delivery Capacity A Threat To Profits Of Carriers Like UPS And FedEx

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty To Hand Over Reign To Cloud Unit Head Arvind Krishna

Amazon’s AWS Business Drives A Massive Estimate Beat In Fourth Quarter

British Telecom Firm BT Expects $650m Hit Due To UK’s New Policy On Huawei

Microsoft’s Q2 Earnings Boosted By Office, Surface, And Cloud Businesses

Aviation Growth And Low Spending Helps GE Beat Estimates Of Profit And Cash Flow

Despite China Slowdown And Coronavirus Threat, Record Revenue And Profit Reported By Apple

Whirlpool Makes Better Than Expected Forecasts For 2020

Airbus Agrees To Settlement With US, UK And French Regulators Over Corruption Charges

World

EU Pushes Reparations Strategy to Make Russia Pay for Ukraine’s War Costs

Epstein “Birthday Book” Release Puts Focus on Trump: Legal, Political and Electoral Fallout

China’s Xi’s blueprint for a multipolar era: markets, institutions and a China-led remit

Economic Necessity and Geopolitical Hedging: Why India and China Are Reopening Skies and Trade

Putin–Witkoff Kremlin Talks Raise Global Stakes as U.S. Deadline Nears

People

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

Trump Declines Further Debates As Harris Emerges As Debate Winner In Polls

Kamala Harris Targets GOP Economic Criticism With New Policy Proposals

Musk Gives To An Organisation That Supports Trump's Election: Bloomberg