Coming out striking

Early this month, the expression "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" came to me, with the woman rejected not in love, but her political rights, and not for 10 or 20 years, but life.

Pareena Kraikupt was certainly keeping her head held high after the Supreme Court's Cr...

Global 5-Chloromethyl Furfural Market to Grow at a CAGR of 5.76% During the Forecast Period (2021 – 2029)

Global 5-Chloromethyl Furfural Market Growth & Trends

According to Absolute Markets Insights report, Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) segment accounted for the major market share in 2020 and is expected to uphold its prominence over the forecast period (2021-2029) i...

Global Furniture Market to Grow at Promising 7.8% CAGR during 2021-2029

Global furniture market is expected to reach US$ 949.04 billion by 2029. The same is anticipated to rise at a CAGR of 7.8% over the next eight years. Growing disposal income of consumers tends to rise at a slow but steady rate in various countries in Asia Pacific region. Countries such as India a...

JAPAN’S SUPERMARKET SALES IN FY 2020 ROSE 0.7 PERCENT

Highlights –

• Japan’s supermarket sales in FY 2020 rose 0.7 percent.
• Sales on an all-store basis at 11,789 stores operated by 56 companies totaled $119.40 billion.
• Food sales increased 4.0 percent on a same-store basis.

JAPAN’S HOUSEHOLD SPENDING FELL 6.1% IN JANUARY

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• Japan’s household spending fell 6.1% in January.
• Average spending by households was $2,400.
• The country’s outlay for student commuter passes fell 33.0 percent in the reporting month.
• In the reportin...

NITORI HOLDINGS CO. TENDER OFFER OF OVER $2.1 BILLION FOR SHIMACHU CO. SUCCESSFUL

Highlights –

• Nitori Holdings Co. tender offer of over $2.1 billion for Shimachu Co. successful.
• Shimachu shares were tendered at a total of 30.02 million.
• Nitori offered to pay 5,500 yen per share to Shimachu Co.
• As of late...

RISING COVID-19 CASES LEADS TOKYO STOCKS END LOWER ON MONDAY TRADING

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• Rising COVID-19 cases leads Tokyo stocks end lower on Monday trading.
• The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down at 203.80 points.
• Topix index of all First Section issues on the TSE ended at 15.19 points.
• St...

TOKYO STOCKS OPENED LOW MONDAY MORNING OVER RISING COVID-19 CASES IN JAPAN

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• Tokyo stocks opened low on Monday morning over rising COVID-19 cases in Japan.
• The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 106.01 points.
• Topix index of all First Section issues on the TSE was down by 8.39 points.
• ...

THREATENING KOREAN RESIDENTS IN JAPAN LEADS EX-CITY WORKER TO PRISON FOR 1 YEAR

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• Threatening Korean residents in Japan leads ex-city worker to prison for 1 year.
• A Kawasaki city resident has been accused of sending ‘annihilate’ postcards to Korean residents.
• Yokohama District Court’s...

TSE TRADING HALT ON OCT. LEADS FUJITSU LTD. PRESIDENT TO TAKE 50% PAY CUT

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• TSE trading halt on Oct. leads Fujitsu Ltd. President to take 50% pay cut.
• Takahito Tokita's pay cut will be for four months from December.
• The firm’s four other executives, including Vice President, will also s...

JAPAN’S SCIENCE MINISTER ADDS TWO MORE ASTRONAUTS FOR ISS MISSIONS

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• Japan’s Science Minister adds two more astronauts for ISS missions.
• Astronauts Koichi Wakata and Satoshi Furukawa from Japan are scheduled for long-term missions.
• Wakata in 1996 made his first flight to the ISS aboa...

JUSTIN LIN WILL BE DIRECTING LAST MOVIES IN FAST & FURIOUS FRANCHISE

Highlights

• Lin who is currently in post-production on F9 has directed four Fast and Furious films, starting with The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift that was released in the year 2006

• Reports state that Vin Diesel will be seen in the lead role and will be joine...

LG ELECTRONICS EMBARKS ON A HIGH-PROFILE DEAL WITH MOLTENI & C FURNITURE BRAND

• LG Electronics Inc. the consumer appliances conglomerate said Monday it has inked a deal with Italian luxury furniture maker Molteni&C SPA to be in a position to selectively promote its high-end brand LG Signature.
• Under the overhang of the deal, the two sides will collabor...

JAPANESE PARLIAMENT WORKING TOWARDS SECURITY COOPERATION FORUM TO RESTRAIN CHINA

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• Japanese parliament working towards security cooperation forum to restrain China.
• Japan plans to work with the U.S and Taiwanese counterparts to do the same.
• Keiji Furuya, head of the Japan-ROC Diet Members’ Consult...

IKEA KOREA SALES GROW UNABATED IN PANDEMIC TAPPING CHANGING CUSTOMER MINDSET

• Ikea Korea was elated as it witnessed on Tuesday sales growing by over 30 percent in the fiscal year of 2020 following enhanced desire in home furnishings amid COVID-19.
• Holding an online press conference via Zoom, Ikea Korea Country Retail Manager Fredrik Johansson revealed th...

NIESR SAYS UK FURLOUGH SCHEME CLOSURE WILL BE A MISTAKE

HIGHLIGHTS

• Rishi Sunak has announced that the furlough scheme would end in August 2020.
• British Thinktank says ending COVID-19 wage subsidy scheme may cost 1.2 million jobs.

National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR),...

PRIMARK WILL NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT’S EMPLOYER’S SCHEME

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• Primark will not take advantage of the British Government’s employer’s scheme.
• The government is investing $37 million to bring back the employers from furlough.
• Primark reported a loss of $821 million in net...

CHANCELLOR RISHI SUNAK WANTS TO EXTEND UK MORTGAGE RELIEF SCHEME

According to the Whitehall sources, Chancellor Rishi Sunak is drafting plans to extend UK's mortgage relief scheme beyond the June end as majority of the businesses have not reopened yet.
The sources claim that Chancellor Sunak was having discussions with the banking sector regarding t...

IN AN ATTEMPT TO SUPPORT HOSPITALS, FRANCE WILL SELL SOME ANTIQUE FURNITURE

As the globe keeps suffering from coronavirus pandemic, various countries are going out of the way to support their battle against this crisis. The country of France has been among worst affected from this COVID-19 crisis and now in an attempt to support hard-pressed hospitals, France has decided...

TRANSPORT FOR LONDON FURLOUGHS 7000 STAFF MEMBERS FOR THREE WEEKS

Transport for London (TfL) overseeing the capital’s metro and bus networks has laid-off 7000 staff whose work has been stalled by the coronavirus pandemic

The furloughs will begin Monday and last a preliminary three-week period.

Transport for London, which oversees the c...