Amazon deal can help Nike get back on track
NEW YORK: Nike may be getting back on track...
He was coy about what products would be part of the launch, but investors nevertheless sent Nike shares up more than 8 per cent on Friday...
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SportNike, Tag Heuer suspend ties with Maria Sharapova
NEW YORK: US sportswear maker Nike said Monday it was halting its relationship with Maria Sharapova, after the tennis star announced she had tested positive for a banned substance...
“We are saddened and surprised by the news about Maria Sharapova,” Nike said in a statement...
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SportPacquiao loses Nike sponsorship after remarks against gay rights
LOS ANGELES: US sports equipment giant Nike on Wednesday axed Manny Pacquiao after he described gay couples as “worse than animals”, slamming the Filipino boxer's remarks as “abhorrent”...
A Nike statement said the company had severed its ties with Pacquiao, who triggered a firestorm of controversy with his comments to a Filipino broadcaster earlier this week...
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WorldNike announces departure of top executive, cites 'conduct' violations
Sportsgear maker Nike on Thursday announced the surprise departure of top executive Trevor Edwards, who was considered a potential successor to the firm's CEO...
Without making any direct connection, a Nike spokeswoman told AFP there had been “conduct inconsistent with Nike's core values and against our code of conduct...
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ArchiveAdidas, Nike, Puma say new tariffs on China would be ‘catastrophic’
WASHINGTON: Adidas, Nike and PUMA on Tuesday urged US President Donald Trump to prevent the shoe industry from falling victim to the trade war with China, saying new tariffs could be “catastrophic...
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PakistanFive factory workers die after inhaling toxic fumes at Korangi factory
KARACHI: At least five factory workers who were cleaning a chemical tank at a factory in Korangi Industrial Area died on Sunday...
The incident occurred at a factory which manufactures polythene bags...
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WorldThree dead in Colorado Walmart store shooting: police
Three people were fatally shot at a Walmart store in Colorado on Wednesday evening, police said, in a country that is struggling with frequent deadly gun violence...
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PakistanWFP builds humanitarian response facility to store medicines, food items in Jalozai
Hubs have already been inaugurated in Quetta, Muzaffargarh, Lahore and Hyderabad...
Published in Dawn, May 25th, 2015On a mobile phone? Get the Dawn Mobile App: Apple Store | Google Play...
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ArchiveDisney opens its first store in China
SHANGHAI: Disney opened its first Chinese store on Wednesday, before the launch of its first mainland theme park, as it seeks to sell Mickey Mouse and friends to the Asian giant’s middle classes...
The 860 square-metre store opened in Shanghai, where the park — initially due to open this year but put back until next spring — is under construction...
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ArchiveUS plans to store heavy arms in Baltics, E. Europe
WASHINGTON: The United States plans to store heavy military equipment in the Baltics and Eastern European nations to reassure allies made uneasy by Russian intervention in Ukraine, and to deter further aggression, a senior US official said on Saturday...
“We will pre-position significant equipment,” the official said, commenting on a New York Times report that the Pentagon was poised to store battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles...
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ArchiveNSA planned to hack into Google app store: report
Published in Dawn, May 22nd, 2015On a mobile phone? Get the Dawn Mobile App: Apple Store | Google Play...
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PakistanSix injured in department store blaze at Liberty
LAHORE: A huge fire engulfed Al-Fatah department store in the Liberty Market on Monday, causing a loss of millions of rupees and huge damage to the entire four-storey building...
Rescue 1122 spokesman Jam Sajjad said 114 people were evacuated from the store and all the adjacent buildings...
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ArchiveOil tankers store most oil this year as glut continues
Such a structure, known as contango, can make it profitable for traders to store oil in tanker ships for delivery later, although data compiled by Bloomberg and E...
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ArchiveApple opens first store in SE Asia
SINGAPORE: Apple opened its first Southeast Asia store in Singapore on Saturday, drawing hundreds of excited fans to the swanky two-storey site in the city’s upmarket shopping district...
Hundreds of shoppers camped out in anticipation of the launch, while more than a thousand thronged the store soon after the doors opened, an AFP reporter observed...
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ArchivePROVINCES: PRE-BUDGET 2017-18: What’s in store for Balochistan’s agriculture?
LIFTING up agriculture despite resource constraints while entering a new phase of economic expansion is quite challenging for Balochistan’s government...
Next provincial budget will show how well the authorities meet this challenge, more so because provincial agriculture growth has averaged at just 2
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