Ford's Farley: Cut costs, improve quality and boost margins through software and services
Ford CEO Jim Farley says his company is remaking itself by cutting costs, raising quality and offering software, services and new vehicles that will make profit margins among the best in the industry
2023-05-23 00:51
G20 delegates begin meeting in disputed Kashmir, with region's intense security largely out of view
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2023-05-23 00:50
Ford says it will stop competing in over-served markets, won't be all things to all people
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2023-05-22 21:55
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2023-05-22 21:26
Meta fined record $1.3 billion and ordered to stop sending European user data to US
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Venmo to be officially available for teenagers, although many use it already
Venmo will officially allow teenagers to open an account with their parents' permission, the company said Monday, expanding the popular social payments app to a demographic that is likely to embrace it almost immediately
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Australian Indigenous TV host quits program over racist backlash
Prominent Indigenous journalist Stan Grant will step away from television hosting duties after viewers responded with racist abuse to his comments on historic Aboriginal dispossession
2023-05-22 18:28
Singapore Life Expectancy Rises From a Decade Ago Despite Covid
Life expectancy in Singapore rose to an average of 83 years in 2022, increasing by almost one year
2023-05-22 16:53
China’s New Covid Wave Set to See 65 Million Cases a Week
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2023-05-22 15:55
Singapore's prime minister tests positive for COVID-19
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time after returning home from work trips in Africa and Asia
2023-05-22 13:46
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