Hacked Personal Data Widely Available in China
The personal data of 10 million China Mobile subscribers was just one batch of hacked data available for sale by a group recently arrested by ...
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Korean Ramen Leader Surprised by Bland Taste Buds
A surprising shift in taste among Korea's millions of ramen lovers has caught by surprise the nation's top ramen maker and given a big boost ...
Elpida Bankruptcy Gives Korea DRAM Dominance
Elpida Memory's $5.6 billion bankruptcy filing Monday effectively cedes complete dominance of the PC memory chip industry sector to S. Korean firms Samsung and Hynix ...
Edward Jung Calls for New Large-Scale Innovation Model
Edward Jung sees the need for an entirely new scale of innovation to tackle today's big problems.
China to Become Daimler-Benz's No. 2 Shareholder
The maker of Mercedes-Benz luxury cars and industrial vehicles will sell a 5-10% stake to China's sovereign wealth fund.
S. Korea Inks $1.1 Bil. Deal to Sell Subs to Indonesia
Daewoo Shipbuilding has signed S. Korea's largest-ever arms export deal Wednesday under which it will sell three submarines to Indonesia for $1.1 bil.
Hot Money Seen Flowing Out of China As Yuan Slides
China's four major state-owned banks have seen deposits fall by 400 billion yuan ($63 billion) in the first ten days of December.
Toyota in Talks to Start Buying Parts from Hyundai
In yet another sign of the eroding market position of Japan's leading carmakers, Toyota may follow other Japanese automakers in importing key parts from South ...
David Eun Hired to Head Up Samsung Media Push
Former AOL Media and Studios President David Eun will head up Samsung's global media strategy.
China Slaps Duties on US Cars As Trade Tiff Escalates
Cars made in the US will have anti-subsidy and anti-dumping duties imposed on them effective December 15.
China Salaries to Jump 12.8% Amid High Turnover
Salaries in China are expected to jump another 12.76% in 2012 after a 13.14% jump in 2011, according to the management consulting firm Adafaith. Salary ...
HTC Clings to No. 5 Spot Despite Smartphone Plunge
Taiwan's HTC remains the world's No. 5 smartphone maker despite loss of market share to Samsung and Apple, according to US-based International Data Corp.
Xiaonan Lu Uncovers Potent Garlic Antibacterial
Xiaonan Lu has isolated a garlic compound 100 times better at killing harmful bacteria than leading antibiotics.
Japan's New Car Sales Jump 92% in April
In April Japanese bought 208,977 new vehicles, excluding minivehicles, a 92.0% jump over the same month last year.
China Seeks to Boost Imports of Advanced Technology
China's push for more imports will place the main focus on boosting imports of advanced technology, equipment and key components while also seeking to boost ...
China Coca-Cola Plant Shut Down on Chlorine Fears
A Shanxi province beverage plant owned by Coca-Cola was shut down by regulators after chlorine was found in a batch of drinks made in February.
Zheng Wang Shows Feelgood Folly of Multitasking
Multitasking makes you feel good but hurts the quality of your work output, says researcher Zheng Joyce Wang.
Samsung, Apple CEOs Ordered into Settlement Talks
Samsung Electronics vice chairman Choi Gee-sung and Apple CEO Tim Cook will meet at the US district court in San Francisco on May 21 to ...
Korea Business Sentiment Turns Optimistic
Korea’s business sentiment turned clearly optimistic from a slightly pessimistic reading a month earlier thanks to improving prospects for global growth and encouraging signs in ...
China Policies to Boost Sagging Wind Power Industry
China's new wind power push is re-energizing a wind-power industry suffering plunging profits from a global glut.
Nissan Makes Push to Be India's Top Auto Exporter
Japan's number two carmaker Nissan Motors has decided to make India its global export base with an eye toward becoming that nation's leading auto exporter.
Hyundai Heavy Achieves Top Solar-Cell Efficiency
S. Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has overtaken China's Suntech as the maker of the world’s most efficient solar cell by producing a selective emitter ...
China Manufacturing Activity Seen Growing in April
China's manufacturing sector picked up steam in April, suggesting that the central government's easing measures are taking effect, according to manufacturing purchasing manager's index (PMI) ...
Li Qian Turns Scar Tissue into Beating Heart Cells
Li Qian has converted heart scar tissue into beating muscle cells, paving the way for new stem-cell therapies.
ITC Clears Samsung, LG of Dumping Refrigerators
On Tuesday the US International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled in favor of Samsung and LG in an anti-dumping case filed by US fridge maker Whirlpool.
BYD, Daimler to Launch Denza Electric Car in 2013
One of the most promising electric-vehicle technologies will become available to China's consumers in 2013 with the release of the Daimler-BYD Denza.
Jenny Tung Shows Impact of Rank on Gene Expression
Tung's study shows a surprisingly quick and strong link between changes to social status and changes in gene expression.
Japanese Banks Booked 36% More Profits in 2011
In fiscal 2011 ending in March Japan's five major banking groups posted net profit of 2,402.5 billion yen ($30.08 bil.), a 36.3% jump over fiscal ...
Toyota Exports Mostly US-Made Cars to S. Korea
Toyota plans to take advantage of S. Korea's free-trade agreements (FTA) with the US and the European Union by bringing most of the cars it ...
India Becomes Focus of Global Solar Power Market
As the global solar power market reels from a glut of solar panels due to China's production surge and Europe's shrinking demand, India is emerging ...
China Accounts for 28% of Global Luxury Consumption
China is set to overtake Japan as the world's biggest luxury-consuming nation after spending $12.6 billion on luxury goods in 2011, according to a study ...
McDonald's to Double China Workforce This Year
McDonald's Corp plans to hire 70,000 more workers in China this year, nearly doubling its workforce as it accelerates new store openings, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.
China's Consumer Confidence Rises on Low Inflation
China's consumer confidence in the first quarter rose to its highest level since 2005 due to easing inflation and cooling property prices, according to a ...
China's Direct Overseas Investments Surged 72.8%
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into China slipped year-on-year in April by 0.74% to $8.4 billion, making it the sixth straight month of declining FDI.
Korean Movies Find Profit in Lust and Skin
Korean filmmakers are finding that sexy movies work well to fend off Hollywood's summer blockbusters, accounting for a flood of titillating fare this May, according ...
SK to Develop Next-Gen Fuel Cells with Danish Firm
S. Korea's third largest conglomerate signed an agreement Tuesday to partner with a Danish firm to develop a next generation fuel cell.
Small Lenders in Wenzhou Rush to Become Banks
The central government's pledge to let private lenders become village and town banks as part of an economic experimental zone to be established in the ...
Sonny Vu Makes Wearable Health Sensors Painless
Sonny Vu wants to make health diagnoses an automatic part of daily life.
China Loosens Money Supply on Easing Inflation
China cut the bank reserve ratio requirement from 20.5% to 20.0% Saturday to signal its intention to loosen the money supply this year.
Picky Korean Consumers Foster Global Product Trends
S. Korea is becoming a hotbed of consumer product innovation for global export thanks to the pickiness of its sophisticated consumers, according to Chosun Daily.
Samsung to Begin Production of 55-Inch OLED TVs
Samsung Electronics kicked off a new era in TV technology by introducing a 55-inch organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV that's slated to go into mass ...
United States Reclaims Top Spot in IPOs from China
The United States has reclaimed its former status as the world's leading nation for initial public offerings (IPOs) this year after losing it to China ...
Sony in Last-Ditch Bid to Cut Way Out of Record Losses
Sony plans to eke out a net profit of ¥30 billion ($390 mil.) for the full year this year despite a record ¥455 billion ($5.7 ...
Apple Offers to Settle iPad Suit by Shenzhen Proview
Apple has offered to pay to settle the suit filed by Shenzhen Proview to protect its trademark in China of the iPad name at a ...
Desney Tan Uses Sound Waves for PC Gesture Control
Tan's sound-based gesture control system uses only a PC's standard speakers and microphones.
Wise Young Nears Cure for Spinal Cord Injuries
Wise Young closes in on a cure for spinal cord injuries with a network of stem-cell therapy clinical trials.
Used Car Sales Surpass New Cars in S. Korea
In 2011 S. Koreans bought 2.32 million used cars to only 1.6 million new cars, with the average price of used cars rising to 7 ...
Ming-Te Wang Shows Adults Key to Keeping Teens in School
Teachers and parents play a bigger role than peers in keeping teens in school says Ming-Te Wang.
Korean CEOs Go Abroad to Recruit Top Talent
This is the seventh year that LG Chem CEO Kim Ban-seok has visited the United States in search of employees, holding another recruitment fair at ...
Hacked Personal Data Widely Available in China
The personal data of 10 million China Mobile subscribers was just one batch of hacked data available for sale by a group recently arrested by ...
Korean Ramen Leader Surprised by Bland Taste Buds
A surprising shift in taste among Korea's millions of ramen lovers has caught by surprise the nation's top ramen maker and given a big boost ...
Elpida Bankruptcy Gives Korea DRAM Dominance
Elpida Memory's $5.6 billion bankruptcy filing Monday effectively cedes complete dominance of the PC memory chip industry sector to S. Korean firms Samsung and Hynix ...
Edward Jung Calls for New Large-Scale Innovation Model
Edward Jung sees the need for an entirely new scale of innovation to tackle today's big problems.
China to Become Daimler-Benz's No. 2 Shareholder
The maker of Mercedes-Benz luxury cars and industrial vehicles will sell a 5-10% stake to China's sovereign wealth fund.
S. Korea Inks $1.1 Bil. Deal to Sell Subs to Indonesia
Daewoo Shipbuilding has signed S. Korea's largest-ever arms export deal Wednesday under which it will sell three submarines to Indonesia for $1.1 bil.
Hot Money Seen Flowing Out of China As Yuan Slides
China's four major state-owned banks have seen deposits fall by 400 billion yuan ($63 billion) in the first ten days of December.
Toyota in Talks to Start Buying Parts from Hyundai
In yet another sign of the eroding market position of Japan's leading carmakers, Toyota may follow other Japanese automakers in importing key parts from South ...
David Eun Hired to Head Up Samsung Media Push
Former AOL Media and Studios President David Eun will head up Samsung's global media strategy.
China Slaps Duties on US Cars As Trade Tiff Escalates
Cars made in the US will have anti-subsidy and anti-dumping duties imposed on them effective December 15.
China Salaries to Jump 12.8% Amid High Turnover
Salaries in China are expected to jump another 12.76% in 2012 after a 13.14% jump in 2011, according to the management consulting firm Adafaith. Salary ...
HTC Clings to No. 5 Spot Despite Smartphone Plunge
Taiwan's HTC remains the world's No. 5 smartphone maker despite loss of market share to Samsung and Apple, according to US-based International Data Corp.
Xiaonan Lu Uncovers Potent Garlic Antibacterial
Xiaonan Lu has isolated a garlic compound 100 times better at killing harmful bacteria than leading antibiotics.
Japan's New Car Sales Jump 92% in April
In April Japanese bought 208,977 new vehicles, excluding minivehicles, a 92.0% jump over the same month last year.
China Seeks to Boost Imports of Advanced Technology
China's push for more imports will place the main focus on boosting imports of advanced technology, equipment and key components while also seeking to boost ...
China Coca-Cola Plant Shut Down on Chlorine Fears
A Shanxi province beverage plant owned by Coca-Cola was shut down by regulators after chlorine was found in a batch of drinks made in February.
Zheng Wang Shows Feelgood Folly of Multitasking
Multitasking makes you feel good but hurts the quality of your work output, says researcher Zheng Joyce Wang.
Samsung, Apple CEOs Ordered into Settlement Talks
Samsung Electronics vice chairman Choi Gee-sung and Apple CEO Tim Cook will meet at the US district court in San Francisco on May 21 to ...
Korea Business Sentiment Turns Optimistic
Korea’s business sentiment turned clearly optimistic from a slightly pessimistic reading a month earlier thanks to improving prospects for global growth and encouraging signs in ...
China Policies to Boost Sagging Wind Power Industry
China's new wind power push is re-energizing a wind-power industry suffering plunging profits from a global glut.
Nissan Makes Push to Be India's Top Auto Exporter
Japan's number two carmaker Nissan Motors has decided to make India its global export base with an eye toward becoming that nation's leading auto exporter.
Hyundai Heavy Achieves Top Solar-Cell Efficiency
S. Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has overtaken China's Suntech as the maker of the world’s most efficient solar cell by producing a selective emitter ...
China Manufacturing Activity Seen Growing in April
China's manufacturing sector picked up steam in April, suggesting that the central government's easing measures are taking effect, according to manufacturing purchasing manager's index (PMI) ...
Li Qian Turns Scar Tissue into Beating Heart Cells
Li Qian has converted heart scar tissue into beating muscle cells, paving the way for new stem-cell therapies.
ITC Clears Samsung, LG of Dumping Refrigerators
On Tuesday the US International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled in favor of Samsung and LG in an anti-dumping case filed by US fridge maker Whirlpool.
BYD, Daimler to Launch Denza Electric Car in 2013
One of the most promising electric-vehicle technologies will become available to China's consumers in 2013 with the release of the Daimler-BYD Denza.
Jenny Tung Shows Impact of Rank on Gene Expression
Tung's study shows a surprisingly quick and strong link between changes to social status and changes in gene expression.
Japanese Banks Booked 36% More Profits in 2011
In fiscal 2011 ending in March Japan's five major banking groups posted net profit of 2,402.5 billion yen ($30.08 bil.), a 36.3% jump over fiscal ...
Toyota Exports Mostly US-Made Cars to S. Korea
Toyota plans to take advantage of S. Korea's free-trade agreements (FTA) with the US and the European Union by bringing most of the cars it ...
India Becomes Focus of Global Solar Power Market
As the global solar power market reels from a glut of solar panels due to China's production surge and Europe's shrinking demand, India is emerging ...
China Accounts for 28% of Global Luxury Consumption
China is set to overtake Japan as the world's biggest luxury-consuming nation after spending $12.6 billion on luxury goods in 2011, according to a study ...
McDonald's to Double China Workforce This Year
McDonald's Corp plans to hire 70,000 more workers in China this year, nearly doubling its workforce as it accelerates new store openings, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.
China's Consumer Confidence Rises on Low Inflation
China's consumer confidence in the first quarter rose to its highest level since 2005 due to easing inflation and cooling property prices, according to a ...
China's Direct Overseas Investments Surged 72.8%
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into China slipped year-on-year in April by 0.74% to $8.4 billion, making it the sixth straight month of declining FDI.
Korean Movies Find Profit in Lust and Skin
Korean filmmakers are finding that sexy movies work well to fend off Hollywood's summer blockbusters, accounting for a flood of titillating fare this May, according ...
SK to Develop Next-Gen Fuel Cells with Danish Firm
S. Korea's third largest conglomerate signed an agreement Tuesday to partner with a Danish firm to develop a next generation fuel cell.
Small Lenders in Wenzhou Rush to Become Banks
The central government's pledge to let private lenders become village and town banks as part of an economic experimental zone to be established in the ...
Sonny Vu Makes Wearable Health Sensors Painless
Sonny Vu wants to make health diagnoses an automatic part of daily life.
China Loosens Money Supply on Easing Inflation
China cut the bank reserve ratio requirement from 20.5% to 20.0% Saturday to signal its intention to loosen the money supply this year.
Picky Korean Consumers Foster Global Product Trends
S. Korea is becoming a hotbed of consumer product innovation for global export thanks to the pickiness of its sophisticated consumers, according to Chosun Daily.
Samsung to Begin Production of 55-Inch OLED TVs
Samsung Electronics kicked off a new era in TV technology by introducing a 55-inch organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV that's slated to go into mass ...
United States Reclaims Top Spot in IPOs from China
The United States has reclaimed its former status as the world's leading nation for initial public offerings (IPOs) this year after losing it to China ...
Sony in Last-Ditch Bid to Cut Way Out of Record Losses
Sony plans to eke out a net profit of ¥30 billion ($390 mil.) for the full year this year despite a record ¥455 billion ($5.7 ...
Apple Offers to Settle iPad Suit by Shenzhen Proview
Apple has offered to pay to settle the suit filed by Shenzhen Proview to protect its trademark in China of the iPad name at a ...
Desney Tan Uses Sound Waves for PC Gesture Control
Tan's sound-based gesture control system uses only a PC's standard speakers and microphones.
Wise Young Nears Cure for Spinal Cord Injuries
Wise Young closes in on a cure for spinal cord injuries with a network of stem-cell therapy clinical trials.
Used Car Sales Surpass New Cars in S. Korea
In 2011 S. Koreans bought 2.32 million used cars to only 1.6 million new cars, with the average price of used cars rising to 7 ...
Ming-Te Wang Shows Adults Key to Keeping Teens in School
Teachers and parents play a bigger role than peers in keeping teens in school says Ming-Te Wang.
Korean CEOs Go Abroad to Recruit Top Talent
This is the seventh year that LG Chem CEO Kim Ban-seok has visited the United States in search of employees, holding another recruitment fair at ...
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