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Volkswagen suspends executive over monkey trials

Jan 30, 2018

Automaker Volkswagen has suspended its head of external relations and sustainability in response to the controversy over experiments in which monkeys were exposed to diesel exhaust. The company said...
[Graphic News] World's most innovative companies

Jan 22, 2018

Samsung Group has been named the world’s fifth most innovative company, according to a survey report published by the Boston Consulting Group. Apple took the top spot. Google, Tesla and Microsoft ...
[Graphic News] India the top remittance receiving country in world

Jan 7, 2018

Indians working abroad sent home $68 billion in 2015, making India the top remittance receiving country, surpassing China. Other top receiving countries for remittances from Asia include the Philipp...
[Graphic News] Korean airlines’ economy-class food, seats top 5 in world

Dec 28, 2017

Airlines with the best economy-class food and seats have been named by aviation consumer website Skytrax. South Korea’s largest airline Korean Air’s economy-class seats ranked fourth in the world,...
China imposes new restrictions on outbound investment

Dec 27, 2017

BEIJING -- China has issued new rules increasing oversight of overseas acquisitions by its companies, as it seeks to reduce investment in assets ranging from golf courses and movie studios to footbal...
[Graphic News] Korea files 3rd-largest number of AI patents in world

Dec 26, 2017

A South Korean state-run agency said local companies have filed the third-largest number of patents related to artificial intelligence over the past 12 years. The Institute for Information and Com...
[Graphic News] Online holiday shopping rises in US

Dec 18, 2017

As the Christmas shopping season enters its final phase Friday, for the first time, a majority of Americans, 53 percent, have said they were very or somewhat likely to do their Christmas shopping on...
[Graphic News] Seoul 3rd most expensive city in Asia for expats

Dec 17, 2017

Seoul has ranked as the third most expensive location in Asia for expatriates, according to the latest cost of living survey by ECA International. Korea’s second-largest city Busan also placed 10t...
Disney says to buy parts of 21st Century Fox for $52.4 bn

Dec 14, 2017

Walt Disney Co. said Thursday it had reached a deal to buy 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion (44.3 billion euros) in stock, solidifying its position as a producer of entertainment content as it face...
In tax shift, Facebook to declare ad revenues locally

Dec 13, 2017

NEW YORK (AFP) - Facebook, in a bow to transparency, has announced it plans to declare certain ad revenues in the country where they are made and not in Ireland, where it has a greater tax advantage....
[Graphic News] Facebook tops list of best places to work

Dec 12, 2017

Facebook has been named the best place to work in the US, according to a list released by Glassdoor, a career listing and employer review site. Global management consulting firm Bain & Company ran...
[Graphic News] S. Korea 4th easiest in world to do business

Dec 10, 2017

South Korea ranked No. 4 among the easiest places in the world to do business, according to the “Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create” report released by the World Bank. New Zealand was No. 1,...
[Graphic News] World suffers massive data hack

Dec 4, 2017

The 2016 data hack on 57 million Uber riders and drivers is among the biggest ever thefts of online users’ personal information. Here are some previous cases: In 2013, Yahoo was hit by hackers ...
Tesla builds world’ biggest battery in Australian Outback

Dec 1, 2017

ADELAIDE -- The world’s biggest lithium-ion battery has plugged into an Australian state grid, an official said Friday, easily delivering on Tesla Inc. chief executive Elon Musk’s 100-day guarantee. ...
[Graphic News] Beijing tech hub beats Silicon Valley to be No. 1

Nov 30, 2017

Beijing’s Zhongguancun has unseated San Francisco’s Silicon Valley as the top technology hub in the world, according to a report by the US-based business resource company Expert Market. Zhongguanc...