Samsung tops Latin America smartphone sales in Q1 with 42.4% share
Jun 12, 2021 10:28 am UTC| Business Economy
Samsung Electronics Co. accounted for 42.4 percent of smartphone shipments in Latin America in the first quarter, up from 37.9 percent a year ago, with the launch of new models and aggressive marketing. Counterpoint...
Hana Financial collaborates with Line Bank to launch internet-only bank in Indonesia
Jun 12, 2021 09:08 am UTC| Business Economy
Hana Financial Group became in Southeast Asia to operate internet-only banking services with the launch of its LINE Bank in Indonesia through a partnership with Naver-affiliated Japanese messaging app provider,...
Toyota brings forward goal of making its factories carbon neutral from 2050 to 2035
Jun 12, 2021 07:57 am UTC| Economy Business Nature
Toyota Motor Corp. will aim to make all its factories carbon neutral by 2035, initially by focusing on introducing new technologies for processes such as painting, coating, and casting, according to Toyotas chief...
It's not the Reserve Bank's job to worry about housing prices
Jun 12, 2021 07:15 am UTC| Economy Central Banks
Once again folks are pointing to the potential danger of Australias low interest rates. This week a poll of so-called market economists by ratings agency Fitch had only 12% of respondents in favour of the Reserve Bank...
What's the G-7? An international economist explains
Jun 12, 2021 07:12 am UTC| Economy
What the G-7 is The Group of 7 is an informal group of seven powerful democracies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. The presidents of the European Commission and European...
Hackers access personal data of McDonald's S. Korean, Taiwanese customers
Jun 12, 2021 05:42 am UTC| Economy Technology
Unauthorized activity on McDonalds network exposed the personal data of customers in South Korea and Taiwan, making the fast-food giant the latest company to be hit by a data breach. McDonalds claimed it quickly...
Non-Japanese directors demand shake-up of Toshiba board, management for unacceptable actions
Jun 12, 2021 03:52 am UTC| Economy Business
Four non-Japanese Toshiba Corp directors demanded a shake-up of its management and board after learning that the conglomerate colluded with the Japanese government to beat up foreign shareholders. A...
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