In influence Arab oil suppliers have on Japan’s decision-making is decreasing as Japanese executives are increasingly drawn to investments in Israel as the price of oil falls and. Riding on the back of a visit by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Israel in 2015 and Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Tokyo in 2014, Japan and Israel…
As South Korea’s largest port turned away its ships and as some manufacturers scrambled for freight alternatives, the collapse of country’s Hanjin Shipping sent ripples though global trade on Thursday. While ports from China to Spain, the United States and Canada have refused entry to Hanjin vessels and after its banks decided to end financial…
For T.R. Vijaya Kumar, this is the right time for India to take on Bangladesh, Vietnam and even China for leadership in the global apparel industry. Kumar is a second-generation manufacturer and his export company now 1,700 people and has ambitions to double its sales by 2020having started off as a small family undershirt business…
Amsterdam’s northern harbor which was once a derelict expanse of potholed streets and abandoned docks is being transformed into the city’s fastest-growing area. “Growing up there was fun, but most of the former shipyards were vacant or occupied by squatters. Now the area’s booming,” said Vincent Vollenbronck, 33, adviser for BNP Paribas Real Estate. Built…
Both wireless speakers were displayed at CES this year. Having announced a pair of Dolby Atmos-equipped soundbars at CES, Samsung has finally decided to ship the duo in the U.S. Both speakers, HW-K850 and HW-K950 are available as long as you are willing to shell out $999 or $1,499, respectively. The Samsung HW-K950 is more expensive because…
All Mansoor, a human rights activist, received a suspicious text message that appeared on his iPhone which urged him to click the link provided to reveal details about torture in the United Arab Emirates’ prisons, reported The Associated Press. However Mansoor reported it to Citizen Lab, an internet watchdog, and didn’t take the bait. This…
Recessions are not that bad after all – at least form the point of view of safety of people, claims a study recently conducted and forthcoming in the United States. Every time there is an increase of 1 percent in unemployment in the U.S., around 5,000 fewer people die every year in auto accidents. This,…
In what is being defined as being a part of a demographic shift that risks hobbling South Korea’s economy, the nation’s young residents are likely to have fewer weddings and babies this year than ever before. Ever since the nation’s statistics office started compiling monthly data in 2000, the first five months of 2016 recorded…
Due to his concern that the SEC didn’t go after senior executives, an $8.25 million reward from the Securities and Exchange Commission for blowing the whistle on the lender overvaluing a derivatives portfolio is being refused by a former Deutsche Bank AG risk officer. Eric Ben-Artzi wrote in a Financial Times column published Friday that…
By launching them out of the roof of a truck, one company has found a way to make the unmanned flying machines deliver packages today while Amazon is tussling with regulators over drone deliveries. The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) latest rules have been managed to be adhered to by the U.S. firm Workhorse which has created a…
