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Coupang: A Recovery Price For A Logistics Network That Still Matters (NYSE:CPNG)
Coupang is an attractive buy at $14.77 if Korean retail margins and customer confidence recover, leveraging its robust delivery infrastructure. CPNG's investment case hinges on restoring core margins, improving cash conversion, and reducing…
CATL bets big on electric truck market with new upgrades - TT
A CATL battery pack. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg) CATL is betting on the burgeoning electric-truck market to bolster growth, introducing battery upgrades and planning to open more so-called swap stations. Electric trucks accounted for just over half…
Hyundai, Kia to test Level 4 self-driving trucks in South Korea
Oct. 20 (Asia Today) -- South Korean automakers Hyundai Motor and Kia said Tuesday they will begin a testing program for Level 4 autonomous heavy-duty trucks as part of efforts to commercialize self-driving freight transportation. The companies…
AI Adoption in the Textile Industry Delivers ROI, but Challenges Remain
As the textile industry advances in investing in AI, new research from the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) and the Institut für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen University (ITA) revealed challenges and successes so far. The…
DHL Raises Full-Year Guidance as Express Rides a Capacity-Short Air Market
DHL Group has raised its full-year 2026 earnings guidance after a third quarter in which broad-based demand growth and a sharply stronger result at its DHL Express segment put the group ahead of the outlook it carried into the second half of the…
Manac Launches Dedicated Defence Division and Appoints Industry Leader to Drive Growth Strategy
SAINT-GEORGES, QC, Oct. 20, 2026 /CNW/ -- Manac, Canada's largest manufacturer of semi-trailers and specialized transportation equipment, is pleased to announce the launch of Manac Defence, a dedicated business division focused on serving military…
Drone attack kills over 150 people in South Sudan market, official says
NAIROBI, Kenya — South Sudanese officials said Sudan's military had carried out drone strikes that hit a market in the disputed Abyei region, killing over 150 people, one of the deadliest attacks in a war that has spilled across Sudan's…
Solid GM results overshadowed by latest jump in commodity costs
The Middle East conflict has fueled a surge in copper, steel and diesel prices, adding $400 million to costs for 2026, Chief Financial Officer Paul Jacobson said on an earnings conference call. 'We have seen a significant amount of inflation...
South Korea expands intelligence agency's economic security role
Oct. 20 (Asia Today) -- South Korea's National Intelligence Service is expanding its activities into economic security as the country strengthens its response to industrial technology theft, foreign-backed hacking and threats to critical supply…
AI Data Center Demand Reshapes a Rebounding US Industrial Construction Market
100.1M SQ FT Build-to-suit and owner-user industrial construction underway 32.4% Share of the U.S. industrial construction pipeline 26.8% Five-year average share for build-to-suit and owner-user construction The firm counted 33 speculative…
Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Tuesday
My top 10 things to watch Tuesday, Oct. 20 1. Nasdaq futures are under pressure this morning after yesterday's bounce-back rally. Spillover from South Korea's Kospi again? Seoul-based neocloud Elice plunged 32% in its market debut, pressuring the…
AUTONOMOUS TRUCKING FIRM Touts 270% GROWTH, SAFETY RECORD AS INDUSTRY WATCHES
Bot Auto, an autonomous trucking company, is claiming rapid growth in its driverless Class 8 trucking operations and detailing the safety engineering behind its fleet, according to interviews with the company's president and chief operating officer…
CATL to Grow E-Truck Business With Battery Upgrades, Swap Sites
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. is betting on the burgeoning electric-truck market to bolster growth, introducing battery upgrades and planning to open more so-called swap stations. The Chinese battery giant launched a slew of upgrades for…
Chinese AI tool behind cyberattacks in Japan: security firm
A Chinese AI cybersecurity tool called Artex was used in a spate of recent hacks of Japanese companies, the subsidiary of a major Tokyo-based internet company said Tuesday. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Dozens of Japanese companies, from…
AI on track to 'crowd out' human decision-making in warfare
In a briefing at UN Headquarters in New York, UNIDIR Director Robin Geiss had a stark question for journalists: “ Are we going to let machines target and kill human beings? ” he asked, warning that AI was increasingly “on track…
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