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Chinese automakers grab record hybrid market share in Europe
Published on 01/07/2025
» LONDON - Chinese automakers continued to expand their European foothold in May, capturing the highest share ever of hybrid-car sales and the biggest slice of the electric-vehicle (EV) market in 10 months.
Starbucks ordered to pay B1.68bn for hot tea spill
AFP, Published on 18/03/2025
» LOS ANGELES - Starbucks has been ordered to pay $50 million (1.68 billion baht) to a customer who was burned when hot tea spilled on his lap at a California drive-through.
‘Official beer’ of Olympics will be alcohol-free
Reuters, Published on 12/01/2024
» The official beer of the Paris Olympics will be alcohol-free, according to the brewer that will be the official sponsor of the next three Games.
King Stella ramps up overseas expansion
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 17/03/2023
» King Stella Group, a 60-year-old manufacturer and marketer of consumer products, is preparing to set up new enterprises in India, the Philippines and Indonesia as a part of efforts to double its overseas and domestic sales to reach 2 billion baht within 2025.
Foreign Executives in Isolated Hong Kong Head for the Exit
Business, Dan Strumpf, Published on 25/01/2022
» Stringent rules to try to keep Hong Kong free of Covid-19 are driving away more foreign executives, chipping away at the city's decades-old status as one of the world's top business hubs.
World's first colour-changing car unveiled
Reuters, Published on 07/01/2022
» LAS VEGAS: German carmaker BMW has unveiled the world's first "colour-changing" car at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
China's Power Shortfalls Begin to Ripple Around the World
Business, Stella Yifan Xie & Sha Hua & Chuin-Wei Yap, Published on 04/10/2021
» China is struggling with widespread power shortfalls, dealing a blow to the recovery of the second-largest economy and risking disruption to global supply chains and heightened inflationary pressure around the world.
Economic recovery in Philippines hinges on kids leaving lockdown
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/01/2021
» For CK Colindres and her two children, 12 and 2, weekends were always spent strolling in malls and dining out in the Philippine capital of Manila. That all changed when the pandemic struck.
China Envisions Its Digital-Currency Future, With Lotteries and a Year's Worth of Laundry
Business, Jonathan Cheng, Published on 29/12/2020
» The People's Bank of China on Sunday concluded its second digital-currency pilot program, as the central bank moves closer to a formal rollout that would make China the first major world economy to introduce such a system.
Global Brands Need China's Consumers to Spend. They Might Have to Wait.
Business, Trefor Moss & Stella Yifan Xie &, Published on 05/05/2020
» Global brands are hoping China's gigantic consumer market will help rekindle growth as the world tries to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. They are facing an uphill battle.