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470 noticiasPOSCO completes second Argentine lithium plant, eyes 50,000-ton output
POSCO Holdings held a completion ceremony on 6 October local time for the upstream stage of its second brine lithium plant near the Hombre Muerto salt flat in Argentina, the company said on 7 October. The plant has 23,000 tons of annual lit…
Apple and LG Electronics jointly develop smart home devices under LG brand
Apple and LG Electronics are jointly developing smart home devices — a camera-equipped video doorbell, smart door lock, security camera and smart thermostat — which will be sold under the LG brand, according to Bloomberg reports cited by Ko…
Jeonbuk governor urges Saemangeum airport go ahead before 14 October ruling
Jeonbuk Governor Lee Won-taek publicly urged on 7 October that the Saemangeum International Airport project proceed normally, saying he hopes the appellate ruling on 14 October recognises its administrative and public value. The Seoul Admin…
Suhyup Bank president selection fails again at second committee vote
Suhyup Bank's bank president recommendation committee failed for a second time on Oct 6 to name a final candidate, because no nominee won the required four votes from the five-member panel. The vote again split 3-2 between incumbent preside…
Former Yaskawa Electric president Masahiro Ogawa dies at 62
Masahiro Ogawa, former president and vice chairman of Yaskawa Electric, died on Oct. 2 of illness at 62, the company announced on Oct. 5. An engineer who spent most of his career in the industrial robot business and helped open the US marke…
Burger King ends Yoo Hae-jin ad campaign amid “Assassin(s)” dispute and boycott calls
Burger King ended its advertising campaign featuring actor Yoo Hae-jin for the autumn menu item Truffle Mushroom Whopper, about two weeks after the product's Sept 16 launch, as online calls to boycott products he advertises spread amid the …
Nongshim floats 6-meter Shin Ramyun cup on London's Thames in brand campaign
Nongshim said it floated a roughly 6-meter-tall Shin Ramyun cup sculpture along the River Thames in London, departing Royal Docks on the afternoon of Oct 6 local time and passing the London Eye and Big Ben. The company said the installation…
El Prime Day de octubre de Amazon se celebra del 6 al 8 de octubre mientras los minoristas bajan precios con antelación
El Prime Day de octubre de Amazon, también llamado Prime Big Deal Days, se celebra desde el 6 de octubre a las 3 a. m. ET hasta las 3 a. m. ET del 8 de octubre, con descuentos ya activos, según The Verge, NBC News y Wired. Wired incluyó los…
China Railway: 20,32 millones de viajeros el 4 de octubre; se esperan 21,05 millones el 5 de octubre
China Railway informó que la red ferroviaria nacional transportó 20,32 millones de pasajeros el 4 de octubre, calificó el transporte de seguro y ordenado, y prevé 21,05 millones de viajes el 5 de octubre con 1.463 trenes adicionales planifi…
El regulador antimonopolio de Japón registra Asahi, Kirin, Suntory y Sapporo por un cártel de precios de la cerveza
La Comisión de Comercio Justo de Japón inició el 7 de octubre una investigación forzosa contra Asahi Beer, Kirin Beer, Suntory y Sapporo Beer por sospecha de violación de la Ley Antimonopolio en relación con los precios de la cerveza. Se so…
MBK's 2.4 mln Homeplus shares cancelled free of charge; 600 bln won burden stays
MBK Partners' 2.4 million Homeplus common shares, acquired for about 2.5 trillion won, were cancelled without compensation on September 14 under a court-approved rehabilitation plan, Bloter and Korean business outlets reported. MBK and Chai…
Paramount Skydance closes $110bn Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition
Paramount Skydance completed its purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery for $110bn, and the combined company is named Skydance. Its shares will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SKYD, while WBD shares stopped trading on Nasd…
Hyundai Engineering wins 870bn-won Incheon data centre project with KT Cloud
Hyundai Engineering said it won a project worth about 870 billion won to build a 50-megawatt data centre in Incheon, with KT Cloud as joint contractor and, according to KT Cloud, design-build-operate partner. Hyundai Engineering says constr…
Paramount cierra la compra de Warner Bros. Discovery y crea Skydance
Paramount Skydance cerró el martes su adquisición de Warner Bros. Discovery, con lo que creó una compañía llamada Skydance liderada por el consejero delegado David Ellison y el co-consejero delegado Ynon Kreiz. La empresa fusionada reúne a …
China domestic flight fuel surcharge to rise from Oct 10
China’s domestic flight fuel surcharge will rise from Oct 10, 2026, under airline notices reported by Chinese outlets: 50 yuan for routes of 800 km or less, up 10 yuan, and 90 yuan for longer routes, up 20 yuan. IT Home said the change foll…
Los ingresos de LG Electronics en el tercer trimestre ascienden a 23,8 billones de wones y el beneficio operativo sube un 13,5 %, pero queda por debajo del consenso
LG Electronics reportó ingresos preliminares del tercer trimestre de 23,827 billones de wones, un 8,9 % más que un año antes, y un beneficio operativo de 781.800 millones de wones, un 13,5 % más. Ambas cifras quedaron por debajo del consens…
Los ferrocarriles del delta del río Yangtsé prevén 3,84 millones de pasajeros el 4 de octubre
China Railway Shanghai Group prevé que la red ferroviaria del delta del río Yangtsé transporte 3,84 millones de pasajeros el 4 de octubre, cuarto día del feriado por el Día Nacional, después de que 3,729 millones viajaran el 3 de octubre. E…
Huawei y Qualcomm firman un amplio acuerdo de licencia de patentes que abarca 5G, IA y redes
Huawei y Qualcomm anunciaron un acuerdo de licencia de patentes amplio y plurianual que cruza sus carteras en 5G, computación, inteligencia artificial y redes, y por el cual Qualcomm también adquiere algunas patentes estadounidenses de Huaw…
JR East to start teppay code payment in Mobile Suica on Oct 20, raising limit to ¥300,000
JR East said teppay, a code payment service added to the Mobile Suica app, will start on Oct 20 from 11:00, allowing purchases above Suica e-money's ¥20,000 ceiling and transfers of balance between users. Identity verification with a My Num…
Paramount Skydance completes $110bn Warner Bros. Discovery takeover
Paramount Skydance said on October 6 that it has completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery in a deal valued at about $110 billion (roughly ¥17 trillion). The combined company will be named Skydance and will hold two Hollywood film…