Best Mart 360, the Hong Kong-listed ‘leisure-food retailer’ opened its first store in Macau yesterday. The company – which has suffered vandalism to some 75 of its Hong Kong stores…
Standard Chartered recently announced its commitment to combat climate change with real and substantial anti-coal financing policies and even exited three controversial power plant deals. Standard Chartered Group will only…
Two solutions are part of the bank’s doubling of investments into digital over the past two years to better support its retail banking proposition. HSBC has expanded institutional analytical capabilities to…
Tencent partnered with Russian diamond miner ALROSA Group to offer an in-app blockchain-based feature that provides traceability for diamond purchases made through WeChat. WeChat adds a new capability for affluent…
Low supplies courtesy of the African swine flu epidemic have pushed pork prices up 29.6 percent from a month earlier. Small-scale farmers in the northern region were selling pork at…
Samsung smartphones’ market share slipped 2.3 percentage points to 38.45 percent in October, the first time it has dipped below 40 percent this year. The South Korean brand sold over…
YouTube Music has announced three new personalized mixes are now available for its customers. The music streaming service is rolling out today the new Discover Mix, New Release Mix, and…
Mercedes-Benz has rescheduled the US launch of its first mass-market electric vehicle — an SUV known as the EQC to 2021. The SUV was introduced in Europe earlier this year,…
In a bid to make its cars more attainable, Honda Cars India has tied up with TranzLease to offer ‘Smart EMI’ auto finance solutions to its customers. The company will…
2019 has been one of the hottest years in recent decades, marking a new milestone in the worldwide increase in greenhouse gas emissions and extreme weather events. The transportation sector…
Fiat Chrysler Automobile (FCA) is reportedly working on an ultra-compact Jeep SUV which will be positioned below the Renegade, in the European market. According to the report filed by Auto Express,…
Instagram prides itself on actively fighting against bullying through numerous features that prevent people from trolling and/or shaming users of the social network. Instagram announced yet another feature that’s meant…
One thing that Android users are appreciative of is Google’s desire to keep tinkering with its apps. And once again, it is Google Maps that is the beneficiary of the…
Skype is clearly not the best messaging apps out there, but Microsoft is adding more features and improvements with every update. The mobile and desktop versions of Skype usually receive…
Just two weeks ago, Qualcomm officially announced the Snapdragon 865 chipset, which is set to power most of next year’s premium Android handsets. While the 865 will bring widespread 5G support,…
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