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611 noticiasParamount 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 …
Trump signs order allowing tax-free red-dyed diesel on highways
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday temporarily allowing off-road red-dyed diesel to be used for highway driving and deferring the federal excise tax on that fuel through the end of 2026 without interest or penalties.…
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…
Boston Dynamics names former Amazon AI executive Rohit Prasad as CEO
Boston Dynamics, described by Korean outlets as Hyundai Motor Group's robot affiliate, said it has appointed Rohit Prasad, a former Amazon executive who led work on the Alexa voice assistant, as its new chief executive. The company said the…
Apple reported to develop smart doorbell, lock and thermostat with LG
Apple is reported to be developing a set of smart home accessories with LG Electronics, including a video doorbell, a smart lock and a thermostat, with the finished products to carry the LG brand. Apple plans to launch the new devices on Oc…
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…
Defense minister: arts, sports military service exemption to be cut and abolished
South Korea's defense minister said on Oct 7 that the goal is to gradually reduce the arts and sports military service exemption and ultimately abolish it, after controversy over remarks by Asian Games football gold medallists about the exe…
Samsung Biologics union seeks direct bargaining with Samsung Electronics
The Samsung Biologics Sangsaeng labor union said it sent Samsung Electronics a formal request for collective bargaining over personnel and compensation systems, arguing the larger company is a de facto employer. It asked Samsung Electronics…
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…
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, a smart door lock, a security camera and a smart temperature sensor and thermostat — to be sold under the LG brand, according to Bloomber…
South Korea unveils 1,000 trillion won green transition plan to 2035
South Korea announced a “Korean-style Green Transition” (K-GX) strategy on Oct 7, pledging about 1,000 trillion won over ten years to 2035 — 200 trillion won in fiscal support and more than 790 trillion won in climate finance through five p…
HD Hyundai names Lee Sang-kyun to lead shipbuilding in 2026 executive reshuffle
HD Hyundai announced its 2026 president-level appointments on Oct 7, naming Vice Chairman Lee Sang-kyun as head of the group's shipbuilding business and promoting Cho Min-soo to president and safety chief representative director at HD Hyund…
APR's Medicube opens first K-beauty permanent store in Mexico's Palacio de Hierro
APR's beauty brand Medicube opened a permanent store on October 7 local time at the Palacio de Hierro Satélite branch in northwestern Mexico City. APR said it is the first K-beauty brand to open a permanent store within the Palacio de Hierr…
Sberbank chief Gref says bank will keep branches as clients go digital
Sberbank president and board chairman German Gref said the bank does not plan to give up its branches despite a growing shift by customers to digital services. Speaking at the “Digital Solutions” forum, he said the bank must offer services …
Lee de Corea del Sur ordena reiniciar desde cero las conversaciones sobre el CPTPP en medio de preocupaciones agrícolas
El presidente Lee Jae-myung instruyó en una reunión de gabinete el 6 de octubre que el gobierno no fije una conclusión sobre la adhesión al CPTPP y que “reinicie el diálogo desde el principio”, diciendo que el valor estratégico del pacto se…
Samsung Art Store mostrará 30 obras del Museo Británico en sus televisores de arte
Samsung Electronics anunció que presentará 30 obras representativas del Museo Británico en Samsung Art Store, su servicio de suscripción de arte para televisores Samsung. La colección se centra en la pintura de paisaje británica del siglo X…
Shinsegae invierte 1.000 millones de dólares en el acuerdo con Warner Bros. mientras Paramount completa la adquisición
Shinsegae Group dijo que su unidad Shinsegae Property invertirá 1.000 millones de dólares (unos 1,4 billones de wones) en la adquisición de Warner Bros. liderada por Paramount Skydance, junto a David Ellison y la firma de inversión estadoun…
Trump announces $6.6B Anduril-Navy shipyard in Baltimore for submarine components
President Trump announced a $6.6 billion project by Anduril Industries and the US government to build a shipyard at Sparrows Point near Baltimore for Virginia-class submarine components. Anduril is investing $3.7 billion and the Navy holds …
Turkey's Aselsan announces Astralink network of 198 low-orbit satellites
Aselsan CEO Ahmet Akyol said at the International Astronautical Congress in Antalya that Turkey is building Astralink, a low-orbit satellite constellation of 198 spacecraft, with the first launch planned within two years. Akyol said work be…
FT: EU weighs universal corporate levy to raise taxes on US tech giants
The European Commission is considering a new mechanism to raise more tax revenue from large US technology companies without singling them out as a separate category, the Financial Times reported, citing unnamed sources. Under discussion is …