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[Graphic News] Amazon becomes world’s most valuable brand

Jul 15, 2020

Amazon has overtaken Apple as the world’s most valuable brand, according to global market research conducted by Kantar. The report, titled 2019 Top BrandZ, claims the value of the e-commerce giant...
[Graphic News] Global shipbuilding orders at historic low in H1

Jul 10, 2020

New orders of ships worldwide fell to a historic low in the first half of the year amid the coronavirus pandemic, industry sources said. In the January-June period, global new shipbuilding orders ...
[Graphic News] Samsung dominates US 5G smartphone market in Q1

Jun 11, 2020

Samsung Electronics dominated the 5G smartphone market in the United States in the first quarter of the year, a report showed. Samsung’s Galaxy S20 series, which was unveiled in February, made up ...
[Graphic News] NCSoft ‘s Lineage 2M highest grossing app on Google Play Store

Jun 5, 2020

Lineage 2M, a mobile massively multiplayer online role-playing game by Korean online game maker NCSoft, was the highest grossing app on the Google Play Store during the first quarter of the year, in...
[Graphic News] S. Korea’s GDP ranks 10th worldwide in 2019

Jun 2, 2020

South Korea’s gross domestic product ranked 10th in the world in 2019, down two notches from the previous year, data showed. Asia’s fourth-largest economy registered $1.64 trillion in nominal GDP ...
[Graphic News] US video game industry sees record April sales: survey

May 28, 2020

Spending on video games in the US jumped to a new April record as locked-down consumers sought refuge in playing games, industry figures showed. A total of $1.5 billion was spent on video game har...
[Graphic News] Apple dominates global smartwatch market

May 14, 2020

Apple again commanded a majority share of the smartwatch market in the first quarter, when the COVID-19 outbreak encouraged health tracking and drove a 20 percent rise in shipments. Global smartwa...
Car sales in Russia plummet 72%

May 12, 2020

MOSCOW (AFP) -- Cars sales in Russia plummeted by a historic 72.4 percent in April, manufacturers said Wednesday, after the industry was hit by the sweeping restrictions imposed to slow the coronavir...
Saudi Aramco Q1 profits of $16b as virus impacts earnings

May 12, 2020

DUBAI (AP) -- Saudi Aramco, the kingdom's energy producer, announced on Tuesday a net income of $16.7 billion for the first three months of the year and dividends of $18.75 billion for shareholders. ...
[Graphic News] Samsung tops 5G smartphone shipments in Q1: report

May 12, 2020

Global 5G smartphone shipments grew to 24.1 million in the first quarter. Samsung Electronics was the top vendor of 5G smartphones, shipping 8.3 million units globally in the first quarter this ye...
[Graphic News] Global PC shipments slide amid pandemic supply problems

Apr 22, 2020

Global personal computer shipments dropped the most since 2013 in the first quarter, after the COVID-19 pandemic ensnared the Chinese supply-chain and created production problems for major hardware ...
[Graphic News] China becomes top patent filer: UN

Apr 21, 2020

China last year became the world leader in international patent filings, unseating the United States which had held the top spot for more than four decades, the UN said. The World Intellectual Pro...
SoftBank Group forecasts $7b full-year net loss

Apr 13, 2020

TOKYO (AFP) -- Struggling Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group on Monday forecast a $7-billion net loss for the year ended March due to the negative impact of coronavirus and losses related to WeWork...
Moody's cuts South Africa's credit ratings to junk

Mar 28, 2020

Moody's has downgraded South Africa's credit rating to junk status, piling more anguish on an economy already in recession and battered by Africa's worst coronavirus outbreak. Two other major intern...
[Graphic News] Samsung retains top spot in S. American smartphone market: data

Mar 16, 2020

Samsung Electronics retained its dominant position in the South American smartphone market last year, data showed. Samsung accounted for 38 percent of the South American smartphone market in 2019,...