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[Graphic News] Chrome remains world's most popular browser

Oct 26, 2017

Chrome is the most popular browser in the world, used by 62.09 percent of web surfers. The advent of Chrome had signaled trouble for all other browsers. Today, it easily outperforms the likes of Int...
Coca-Cola profit rise 38 percent, on higher Sprite demand

Oct 25, 2017

ATLANTA -- Coca-Cola's third-quarter profit rose 38 percent as it sold more Sprite and bottled tea and coffee drinks in the US. The Atlanta company has been diversifying its drinks and lowering the ...
Bitcoin hits $100 billion four times faster than Apple: Gadfly

Oct 24, 2017

(Bloomberg Gadfly) -- There is no official measurement. In that run, it has added roughly $90 billion in value, crossing above $100 billion for the first time on Friday before dropping back a bit. I...
[Graphic News] Koreans rank 8th in mobile data usage in OECD

Oct 22, 2017

South Koreans used a monthly average of 3.83 gigabytes of data on their smartphones last year, ranking eighth among member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, accord...
'Co-living' project takes on London housing crisis

Oct 18, 2017

LONDON (AFP) - The 10-storey building may look like a hotel, but it is thought to be the world‘s biggest large-scale house-share, offering modest rooms and upscale services for hundreds of young adul...
[Graphic News] Apple named most valuable brand in world

Oct 10, 2017

Technology giant Apple is the best brand in the world, according to the annual Interbrand Best Global Brands Report for 2017. Google once again took second place, while Facebook entered the top 10 t...
Fiat family value surges past Tesla, GM on Marchionne's overhaul

Sept 28, 2017

Fiat just ain’t what it used to be, and that’s been a boon for investors, who have made the former Italian industrial conglomerate the most valuable automotive group on Wall Street amid speculation t...
Uber CEO apologizes to users for company's mistakes

Sept 25, 2017

The new CEO of Uber offered contrition for past mistakes on Monday, just days after London's transport authority said it would scrap the company's operating license. Dara Khosrowshahi issued a lette...
[Graphic News] London remains world's top financial center

Sept 14, 2017

London remains the world‘s most attractive financial center despite fear mongering over Brexit, according to the Z/Yen Group’s latest Global Financial Centres Index. The City was placed ahead of N...
Chinese entrepreneurs of Korea?China Young Leaders Association meet former British PM David Cameron

Aug 30, 2017

The former British Prime Minister David Cameron attended an unscheduled meeting with the Korea–China Young Leaders Association’s Chinese entrepreneurs. The meeting took place on July 4 at the Seoul ...
Yellen defends bank regulations passed after 2008 crisis

Aug 26, 2017

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming -- Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Friday emphatically defended the web of regulations the Fed helped enact after the 2008 financial crisis, saying it helped restore the b...
Alibaba profit nearly doubles on robust revenues

Aug 17, 2017

SHANGHAI -- Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Thursday its net profit almost doubled in the latest quarter on the back of solid revenue growth in its core shopping business and in cloud computing...
OPEC production rises again to above its output ceiling

Aug 10, 2017

VIENNA (AP) -- Production of crude oil across all OPEC countries rose again in July, to above the level the cartel has agreed would be the upper limit _ and above the estimated level of global demand...
Tensions over North Korea weigh on stocks but boost gold

Aug 9, 2017

LONDON (AP) _ Worries over a potential confrontation between the United States and North Korea weighed heavily on global stock markets on Wednesday but helped boost the price of assets, such as gold ...
Renault signs 660 mln euro deal with Iran

Aug 7, 2017

TEHRAN -- French automaker Renault signed on Monday a long-awaited joint venture deal with Iran worth 660 million euros ($779 million) to build up to 300,000 cars per year. The new deal puts Renault...