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China’s JD.com to open grocery stores by merging 7Fresh, other units
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man walks past the company logo of JD.com during the 2021 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, China September 4, 2021. REUTERS/Florence Lo
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese e-commerce giant JD (NASDAQ:).com plans to open retail grocery stores through the merger of its 7Fresh supermarket unit with other business lines such as its group-buying arm Pinpin, a company spokesperson said on Monday. Beyond opening actual stores, the new division will explore innovative retail models, the spokesperson told Reuters, confirming reports in local media. Yan Xiaobing, who was previously responsible for the online e-commerce platform’s international division, will take charge of the business and report to Xu Ran, CEO of JD.com, the spokesperson added. This latest development comes after JD.com laid out an ambitious 20-year blueprint earlier this month to build seven enterprises that will be valued at more than 100 billion yuan ($13.83 billion) each. The company faces an increasingly competitive landscape, with Chinese consumers able to choose from a growing range of platforms including JD’s main rival Alibaba (NYSE:) Group, PDD Holdings’ Pinduoduo (NASDAQ:) and ByteDance’s Douyin, the Chinese equivalent of TikTok. JD.com created 7Fresh in 2017 after Alibaba introduced Freshippo, a premium physical grocery store. Alibaba said last month that it plans to kick off an IPO process for Freshippo soon as part of the company’s restructuring.
In 2017, JD spun off its logistics unit into a standalone unit. It also plans to spin off its property and industrial units and list them on the Hong Kong stock exchange in deals worth $1 billion each, Reuters reported in March. ($1 = 7.2308 renminbi)
(Reuters) – An advanced U.S. military anti-missile system was used in Israel to try to intercept a projectile for the first time since President Joe Biden placed the system in Israel in October, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.
The THAAD, or Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, was used to try to intercept a projectile from Yemen sometime during the last 24 hours, and an analysis would determine its success, said the source who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Israel struck multiple targets linked to the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen on Thursday, including Sanaa International Airport, and Houthi media said at least six people were killed.
Houthis have repeatedly fired drones and missiles towards Israel in what they describe as acts of solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
In October, Biden placed the THAAD system, built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE:), in Israel along with about 100 U.S. soldiers to help defend the country.
THAAD is a critical part of the U.S. military’s layered air defense systems and added to Israel’s already formidable anti-missile defenses.
(Reuters) – A bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report published on Friday criticized the CIA’s response to so-called Havana syndrome health problems among its workforce, saying many individuals “faced obstacles to timely and sufficient care.”
A declassified summary of the panel’s classified report also said the spy agency’s response “negatively affected” those who reported symptoms, leading to a “trust deficit” among some personnel.
While the CIA provided benefits and compensation to many of those reporting symptoms, the report said, the ease of accessing those programs has been inconsistent, affecting how the agency has been organized to deal with the matter.
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