Nov 01, 2021 07:14 am UTC| Business Economy
American Airlines had a hectic Halloween weekend after canceling more than a thousand flights. On Sunday alone, it was reported that it called off 850 flights and cited the lack of staff and bad weather for its...
Shinsegae’s Emart to takeover eBay Korea as antitrust regulator approves
Nov 01, 2021 06:07 am UTC| Business Economy
Shinsegaes Emart will not be taking over eBay Korea after the local antitrust regulator finally approved the hypermarket chains acquisition plan. The approval was announced on Friday, Oct. 29, so the deal will now...
Cigarette butts found as top polluters of Jeju beaches
Oct 31, 2021 23:44 pm UTC| Nature Economy
Cigarette butts are the most common items polluting Jeju beaches, according to a non-profit environmental group that is staging a coastal cleanup campaign. According to the Korea Federation for Environmental Movement of...
Oct 31, 2021 23:44 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
The global consumer goods industrys project of unearthing plastic rubbish in a Jakarta landfill to provide fuel to power a nearby cement plan is criticized for emitting harmful air emissions. Scientists say incinerated...
S. Korean restauranteur probed by prosecutors for misusing customer info in contacting woman
Oct 31, 2021 23:43 pm UTC| Law Economy Business
Prosecutors are investigating a male restaurant owner in Asan for allegedly contacting a female customer after obtaining her phone number from the visitor register in violation of the Personal Information Protection...
Coke to buy 70% of sports drink BodyArmor for $5.6 billion
Oct 31, 2021 23:43 pm UTC| Sports Business Economy
Coca-Cola Co. is buying 70 percent of BodyArmor for $5.6 billion in a deal that gives it full control of the company and values the sports drink brand at about $8 billion. The shares that Coca-Cola would acquire are...
Atlanta Braves march to World Series boost shares in Nasdaq by 19%
Oct 31, 2021 23:40 pm UTC| Sports Economy
The Atlanta Braves march to the World Series boosted its shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market by 19 percent since Oct. 11, the last trading session before the club took a first-round lead in the MLB Playoffs. The rally...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects