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Versace, Coach apologise over China T-shirt blunders
AFP, Published on 12/08/2019
» BEIJING: Luxury fashion brands Versace and Coach have apologised for making perceived affronts to China's national sovereignty on T-shirts, mistakes that cost them their high-profile Chinese brand ambassadors.
Amazon pays a price for one-day delivery as profit growth slows
AFP, Published on 26/07/2019
» WASHINGTON: Amazon appeared to pay a hefty price for its move to speedy shipping, as the online giant reported profits below expectations as it ramped up for one-day deliveries.
Big Tech's big earnings week overshadowed by political backlash
AFP, Published on 24/07/2019
» WASHINGTON: A big earnings week for Big Tech firms is being overshadowed by the heated political environment that is turning up the pressure on giants Facebook, Google and Amazon as their profits and dominance grow.
Amazon workers strike as 'Prime' shopping frenzy hits
AFP, Published on 16/07/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO - Amazon workers walked out of a main distribution center in Minnesota on Monday, protesting for improved working conditions during the e-commerce titan's major "Prime" shopping event.
Shanghai leads battle against China's rising mountain of trash
AFP, Published on 14/07/2019
» SHANGHAI: Nie Feng used to toss his rubbish outside his Shanghai flat without a thought while rushing to work, but saving China from a garbage crisis now requires him to consult a complex diagram each morning.
Amazon 'Prime Day' phenomenon spawns imitators
AFP, Published on 13/07/2019
» WASHINGTON: It started as a simple sales promotion, but Amazon's Prime Day has now morphed into a major phenomenon joined by scores of retailers jockeying with the US colossus for a bigger slice of the e-commerce pie.
FedEx offers cautious 2020 outlook
AFP, Published on 26/06/2019
» NEW YORK: FedEx warned Tuesday that its fiscal 2020 earnings outlook remains clouded by trade war uncertainty as the company's chief executive criticized the Trump administration's lurch towards protectionism.
San Francisco closer to ban on e-cigarette sales
Published on 19/06/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO: San Francisco supervisors moved a step closer Tuesday to becoming the first city in the United States to ban all sales of electronic cigarettes to crack down on youth vaping.
With 'Libra,' Facebook takes on the world of cryptocurrency
AFP, Published on 18/06/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook unveiled plans Tuesday for a new global cryptocurrency called Libra, pledging to bring a stable virtual money that lives on smartphones and brings the "unbanked" billions into the financial system.
Facebook plans own currency
Associated Press, Published on 18/06/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook already rules daily communication for more than 2 billion people around the world. Now it wants its own currency, too.