Fifa expects 5 billion viewers for 2022 World Cup in Qatar
May 27, 2022 00:33 am UTC| Sports Economy Business
Fifa president Gianni Infantino is projecting five billion viewers to tune in to the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar, to make it the most-watched in the tournaments history. Infantino noted that with the last Fifa World...
May 27, 2022 00:10 am UTC| Sports Economy Business
Drinks and snack giant Pepsi has renewed a nearly four-decade partnership with the National Football League (NFL), minus the sponsorship of the Super Bowl halftime show. Pepsi will be able to continue using NFL premium...
UK sportswear brand Castore replaces Nike as LaLiga club Sevilla’s technical partner
May 26, 2022 11:20 am UTC| Sports Economy Business
Spanish soccer club Sevilla has tapped UK sportswear brand Castore to become its kit supplier for the next four seasons beginning the 2022/23 campaign. Castore will take over the clubs technical brief from US sportswear...
S. Korean battery makers LG, Samsung boost investment amid rising raw material prices
May 26, 2022 10:45 am UTC| Nature Economy Business
South Koreas battery makers LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES) and Samsung SDI Co are aggressively expanding on research and development and facility investments despite a cost burden arising from a surge in the prices of raw...
Amazon launches its first brick and mortar fashion store
May 26, 2022 10:29 am UTC| Business Economy
Amazon is a well-known e-commerce website that offers various products to consumers. People buy their items via the internet, and all the transactions are done online as well. The company delivers the goods to the buyers...
Luckin Coffee ascends from bankruptcy, now bigger than Starbucks in China as it makes a comeback
May 26, 2022 09:51 am UTC| Business Economy
Luckin Coffee, a Chinese coffee company and coffeehouse chain that was founded in Beijing in 2017, was delisted from NASDAQ in June 2020 and filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the U.S. in February 2021. The company has...
Marks & Spencer to exit Russia after 17 years
May 26, 2022 09:24 am UTC| Business Economy
Marks Spencer is another major brand that announced its intention to pull out of Russia. This is not a temporary suspension of business but an official exit from the Russian market. Marks Spencer also issued a warning...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects