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Meteoric rise of South Korea’s webtoons powers Nasdaq IPO
Seoul (AFP) - When Bae Jin-soo quit his well-paying job at one of South Korea's biggest conglomerates to write stories,...
Adidas shares slide following China corruption claims
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - Adidas shares slid Monday as the German sportswear giant said it was investigating alleged bribery in...
Chairman of Italy’s state-controlled shipbuilder dies
Rome (AFP) - The chairman of Italy's state-controlled shipbuilder Fincantieri, Claudio Graziano, a retired general who once headed the UN...
Tesla shareholders back huge payout for CEO Musk, company says
New York (AFP) - Tesla shareholders voted in favor of a huge compensation package for CEO Elon Musk, endorsing the potential...
Boeing rebuts US assertion of possible MAX prosecution, meeting deadline
New York (AFP) - Boeing has officially contested a Department of Justice determination that the passenger plane giant can be...
LVMH, Accor team up to develop Orient Express brand
Paris (AFP) - French hotel group Accor and luxury goods giant LVMH said Thursday they had entered into a "strategic...
Iconic Paris cinema shuts in sign of Champs-Elysees decline
Paris (AFP) - The iconic UGC Normandie cinema on the Champs-Elysees in Paris closed its doors Thursday after 90 years...
Japan’s escargot entrepreneur achieves the ‘impossible’
Matsusaka (Japan) (AFP) - Far from Parisian bistros serving up Burgundy snails, one Japanese man has figured out how to...
Musk says Tesla shareholders voting for his pay package by ‘wide margins’
New York (AFP) - Tesla CEO Elon Musk said late Wednesday that the electric vehicle company's shareholders were voting to...
Japan’s escargot entrepreneur achieves the ‘impossible’
Matsusaka (Japan) (AFP) - Far from Parisian bistros serving up Burgundy snails, one Japanese man has figured out how to...
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