Suntory ready to commercially use plant-based plastic bottle
Dec 27, 2021 09:01 am UTC| Economy Science
Suntory Holdings Ltd. will soon commercially use the plastic bottles it developed with US biotechnology startup Anellotech Inc entirely from plant-derived material. The eco-friendly bottles will be used for all of...
TikTok dethrones Google as the favorite website to visit
Dec 27, 2021 08:50 am UTC| Business Economy
TikTok, a Chinese video-focused social networking service owned by ByteDance, has unseated Google as the most favorite website to visit in the world. The platform that is a common source for viral videos is now the new...
Hyundai Motor shuts engine development unit
Dec 27, 2021 08:39 am UTC| Business Economy
Hyundai Motor Group will stop making internal combustion engines to hasten its transformation into an electric vehicle maker. The company said that electrification is unavoidable, so it will now work in that direction and...
Naver aiming to bring its e-commerce biz to Japan
Dec 27, 2021 07:43 am UTC| Business Economy
Naver Shopping is a top e-commerce company in South Korea and has outdone other big players in the country, including eBay Korea and Coupang. With its big success, the company now wants to expand its reach by setting up a...
Korean Air to gain ₩557.8B for selling property to improve financial status
Dec 27, 2021 06:11 am UTC| Business Economy
Korean Air, the countrys national air carrier, revealed last week that it would be getting ₩557.8 billion or around $470 million through the sale of a property. The selling is said to be part of the companys efforts to...
Shinhan appoints former IBM director as CDO
Dec 27, 2021 05:16 am UTC| Business Economy
Shinhan Financial Group has recently assigned a new chief digital officer, and she was revealed to be a former managing director of IBM. The bank hired its CDO to hasten its expansion in digital service. As per The...
Denmark’s Arla Foods to boost output by 10% in Saudi for manufacturing more Starbucks, Puck products
Dec 26, 2021 23:33 pm UTC| Economy Business Life
Denmarks Arla Food will raise output from its Saudi Arabian plants by 10 percent to manufacture more Starbucks ready-to-drink beverages and Puck products. Starbucks signed a 21-year agreement in 2018 with Arla Foods,...
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