June2017
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JD.com Inc plans to enter the Thai market later this year
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: JD.com Inc, China’s second-largest e-commerce company, plans to enter the Thai market later this year in a move to expand its overseas business beyond Indonesia, its founder and chief executive said on Friday. Richard... -
India, Pakistan join China and Russia-led security bloc
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: Asian rivals India and Pakistan on Friday formally joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a security bloc spearheaded by China and Russia, despite bilateral tensions bubbling over Kashmir, reports BSS. Leaders of the largely symbolic... -
Three Bangladeshi daughters shine in UK polls again
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: Three Bangladeshi-origin female politicians dubbed as “tin kanya” or “three daughters” have shined again the UK general elections with their re-election in Thursday’s polls. The three Bangabandhu’s granddaughter Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, Rushanara Ali and... -
Autoliv expects to exceed a $12 billion sales target for 2019
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: The near-collapse of Japanese airbag maker Takata has cleared the road for bigger rival Swedish rival Autoliv but higher orders have yet to translate into share price gains. Autoliv argues it is on the... -
SoftBank Group to buy two robot building firms from Alphabet Inc
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: SoftBank Group Corp said it would buy two firms that build walking robots from Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc, adding to the Japanese company’s growing artificial intelligence portfolio. SoftBank said it would buy Boston... -
Nokia to cut 170 jobs in Finland
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: Telecom network equipment maker Nokia has completed lay-off talks in its home country Finland and will, as a result, cut 170 jobs, the company said on Friday. Announcing the talks in May, the company... -
Digital Realty Trust Inc to buy DuPont Fabros Technology Inc for about $7.6 billion
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: Digital Realty Trust Inc said it would buy fellow data center operator DuPont Fabros Technology Inc for an enterprise value of about $7.6 billion, its biggest-ever deal, to help expand in high-demand markets in... -
A polio outbreak confirmed in an area of Syria
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: A polio outbreak has been confirmed in an area of Syria partly held by Islamic State, the first re-emergence of the virus in Syria since 2014, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative and the World... -
Singapore confirmed two cases of locally transmitted infections of Zika virus
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: Singapore on Friday confirmed two cases of locally transmitted infections of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, bringing the total number of reported cases in the city-state this year to eight. The viral disease carried by... -
Costa Rica expands protected seas and fosters efforts to fight marine pollution on World Oceans Day
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: On World Oceans Day, Costa Rica announces a new marine protected area on the country’s Pacific coast, contributing to the global goal of protecting at least 10 per cent of marine zones before the...
