Volvo Cars recall around 106,900 cars worldwide due to faulty brakes
Jan 26, 2023 09:38 am UTC| Business Economy Life
Volvo has started contacting owners of its around 106,900 cars worldwide over suspected brake problems to have a software update installed, according to a Volvo Cars spokesperson. According to the National Highway...
Ex-McDonald’s restaurants in Kazakhstan reopen without branding
Jan 26, 2023 01:03 am UTC| Life Economy Business
Several former McDonalds restaurants have reopened without branding, operating under generic names such as Cheeseburger, weeks after the US fast-food giant left the market. Ex-McDonalds licensee, Food Solutions KZ,...
Domino’s eyes bigger slice of Indian pizza market in small towns
Jan 25, 2023 22:58 pm UTC| Life Economy Business
Dominos will allocate in smaller towns one-third of the 250 stores it plans to establish in the next 18 months in India, with pizza consumption increasing rapidly in the hinterlands. According to Sameer Khetarpal, CEO...
Coca-Cola reaches out to 80 million Tamil speaking population with Coke Studio
Jan 25, 2023 15:31 pm UTC| Life Economy Business
Coca-Cola launched the music platform Coke Studio Tamil with plans to extend the property to other Indian languages in the next 3 to 4 years. According to Arnab Roy, Vice-President, Marketing, Coca-Cola India and South...
Luxury giants LVMH, Kering, Hermes, Burberry banking on China as US, European shoppers sober up
Jan 25, 2023 11:00 am UTC| Life Economy Business
Luxury goods companies such as LVMH, Kering, Hermes, and Burberry are shifting their focus back to China as the country relaxes Covid curbs after three long years. Rolling out pricey new collections, the companies...
Monterey Park: A pioneering Asian American suburb shaken by the tragedy of a mass shooting
Jan 25, 2023 04:45 am UTC| Life
For Americans of Asian descent, Monterey Park a town near Los Angeles, located in the San Gabriel Valley is a cultural center. It embodies the modern Asian American experience; that is, a place where Asians in America...
Singaporean food-ordering platform Gobble closes shop due to funding woes, low profit
Jan 24, 2023 23:35 pm UTC| Business Economy Life
Social media-based food-ordering platform Gobble has shut down in Singapore after just over 18 months of operations due to its inability to secure additional funding to fuel its growth. According to one of the companys...
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