Starbucks opens Greener Store and testing vegan menu with 50% plant-based Items
Oct 07, 2021 09:12 am UTC| Business Economy
Starbucks has opened its Greener Store Lab and picked Shanghai, China, to be the first country to have this new vegan concept store outside of North America. The coffee chain launched the store late last week, and its...
Korea’s 7-Eleven is preparing to start its drone delivery service in partnership with Pablo Air
Oct 07, 2021 08:53 am UTC| Business Economy
The Korean unit of the 7-11 convenience store chain has inked a deal with Pablo Air to add a new way of delivery for online purchases. The company said on Wednesday, Oct. 6, that together with the mobility software...
Home Depot, Walmart working together to deliver online orders to customers
Oct 07, 2021 08:35 am UTC| Business Economy
Home Depot reportedly recruited Walmart for the delivery of goods that its customers purchased online. It was mentioned that most of the items would be paint and tools, but there will be other things as well. Home Depot...
Kellogg's: 1,400 cereal factory workers in the US halt work to go on strike
Oct 07, 2021 08:33 am UTC| Business Economy
Most of the workers at the Kelloggs cereal plant in the U.S. refused to go to work as they participated in the ongoing strike. They are on the picket lines to ask the company for a fair contract based on the labor unions...
Warehouse workers sue Amazon over COVID-19 screening pay
Oct 06, 2021 23:35 pm UTC| Law Economy
Warehouse workers accused Amazon.com Inc of violating Colorado state law in failing to pay their time spent undergoing COVID-19 screenings before clocking in at work. According to Jennifer Vincenzetti, who filed a...
S. Korea wary of US defense law as it backs Samsung, SK over info sharing
Oct 06, 2021 23:35 pm UTC| Law Economy Business
South Korea expressed concerns regarding the Biden administrations plan to apply the Defense Production Act (DPA) if their chipmakers operating in the US, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, fail to disclose classified...
Lawmaker accuses Netflix Services Korea of evading taxes by sending profits to HQ
Oct 06, 2021 23:35 pm UTC| Economy Law
A lawmaker accused Netflix Services Korea Ltd. of evading taxation in South Korea by turning over most of its revenues to overseas headquarters as a commission. According to independent lawmaker Yang Jung-suk, the South...
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