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Coca-Cola To Introduce One-Stop Food 'Ekocenters'

By end 2015, the Coca-Cola Company, popularly known as Coke, will be launching 1,500 to 2,000 Ekocenters or mini one-stop shops that will supply cooked meals, clean water, power, Internet, vaccines and Coke products to 20 developing countries, which including Africa, Asia, North America and Latin America.
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More Financial Woes for BlackBerry As Shareholder Files Class Action Lawsuit

More woes continue to hound the Waterloo, Ontario-based BlackBerry after a shareholder filed over the weekend a class action lawsuit against the troubled tech firm and two executives. The shareholder charged them with inflating the stock price by providing misleading financial information of prospects of the firm's BlackBerry 10 smartphone line.

Would You Buy HTC & Other Android Phones with Windows OS?

Reports said that Microsoft Operating Systems Chief Terry Myerson asked HTC in September the possibility of adding the option, with possibly an offer or cutting or removing the patent licensing fees that HTC pays Microsoft for every Android phone it sells.

iPhone 5C Now Only $45 in Walmart

Apple's newly released iPhone5C is living up to the C in its name for cheap at least in Walmart. The world's largest supermarket just dropped the price of the 5C to only $45 with a two-year contract.

86% of Aussies Don’t Pay in Cash

Eighty-six per cent of consumer payments by Australians are done in other ways except cash, indicating how far ahead if the country in terms of becoming a cashless society.

Reforming Visa Regime Can Bring 57 Million More Tourists to APEC Region and Create 2.6 Million Jobs by 2016, Says UN Report

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region stands to gain between 38 and 57 million additional international tourist arrivals by 2016 from visa facilitation and could lead to 2.6 million more jobs in APEC economies. These are the findings of a research report released by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). The findings of the report were presented at the APEC High Level Policy Dialogue held in Bali, Indonesia on Tuesday.

Stephen Curry Switches to Under Armour Shoes

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry arrived at his team's media day wearing something radically different. Instead of wearing Nike shoes, as he had been doing for the past four years, he was wearing Under Armour.

Australia To Establish Its Quietest Hospital By 2016

By 2016, Australia will be having its quietest hospital. For completion in three year's time, the new Royal Adelaide Hospital will be housing 800 beds with state-of-the-art facilities, including a helipad sitting atop its southwest corner.

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