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Woolworths considers pulling out of Masters, following a Lowe’s buyout

The supermarket giant, Woolworths has finally announced its decision to wrap up its home improvement project, Masters. After incurring heavy losses for almost four years, chairman Gordon Cairns has decided on selling or shutting down the operations. For this, the company his approached its joint venture partner, Lowe's, to buy out its 33.3% stake in Masters., but it may take several months to sort out the exit options.


JD Finance, JD.com subsidiary raises $1 billion

JD.com, China’s largest online direct sales company, has raised $1 billion, for its JD Finance subsidiary from investors including Sequoia Capital China, China Harvest Investments and China Taiping Insurance.

ANA and Japan Airline Eliminate Fuel Surcharge and Search for Alternative Fuel

As oil price continues to plunge, two Japan airlines:Air Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines (JAL) decided to eliminate fuel surcharge. This will trim the airline tickets price substantially. Both airlines are also actively searching for alternative fuel.

ISIS Supporter Hacks Tsinghua University of China’s Website to Show Support to Jihad

The website for students and lecturers should have displayed links to class resources and informations. But instead, it showed pictures of militants and the verses of Quran in Arabic.


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President Obama's plan to stall the growing migration crisis has culminated into a global fund of $70 million, to help refugees find a home in the United States, or anywhere in the world. A new cap of 1,00,000 refugees per year from 70,000 goes to indicate the gravity of the situation.
Michigan appears to be the first US state to enjoy gas at $0.77 a gallon. The states closer to the refineries or containing those, enjoy gas at a relatively cheaper price. In the blink of further oil price fall, the US states, who are badly hit due to falling oil price, are considering to increase gas tax. These states aim to continue development works in communication sector, which they are unable to allocate with the problem riddled economies.
Oil explorer Tullow expects to report revenue of $1.6 billion for the year 2015. The company also anticipates its impairment charges to be $0.9 billion for the full year.
A simple formula by an ace mathematician has managed to challenge the 'endless' claim on its slogan by the fast food giant, McDonald's
Japan's Prime Minister's focus on improving the nation's day care facilities to help women population work. This, he believes, plays a pivotal role in improving the sluggish economy as well as their ageing population.
Skype has finally announced the addition of its long-awaited feature - free group video calls. This will be available for all Android, Windows and iOS mobile phones. The application is said to support around 25 participants in a group video call.
Chipotle, the fast food chain, is facing federal investigation following multiple back-to-back outbreaks of E.Coli, norovirus and Salmonella which affected hundreds of people in more than nine states. The company has proposed a shutdown of all its operations for a few hours to hold an emergency meeting regarding this food safety crisis.
Previously, the company has also purchased German's KraussMaffei Group. Also, Chinese companies investment overseas is growing.
A $2 million study relieves Uber of the blame of adding to New York traffic congestion. The study basically refutes the allegations made by Mayor de Blasio, and throws up several more findings which hints at commercial car industry needing sweeping reforms.
The 24 Hours of Nürburgring will see Toyota breaking away from its conventional ways, to enter three models in this year's Toyota Gazoo Racing. Among which, one is a cross-over machine and Toyota's next production venture.