All posts tagged "rankings"

  • San Jose
    San Jose is the richest city in America

    San Jose is the richest city in America. According to Bloomberg data based on reports from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the ranking was based on gross metropolitan product (GMP) per capita from last year. GMP...

    • Posted November 10, 2015
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  • Lotte Group, South Korea's fifth-largest conglomerate, is mired in a family feud between the corporate founder's two sons who want to take over the leadership from their 93-year-old father, Shin Kyuk-ho. The retail and food giant has been building the Lotte World Tower in the southern Seoul to realize the founder's lifelong ambition, which is set to be the country's tallest structure upon completion. (Yonhap)
    S. Korean builders make global top-5 list for first time with $37 billion sales

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The combined sales of South Korea’s leading builders ranked fifth in the world in 2014, making the global top-five list for the first time, market data showed Friday. South Korea’s 12 biggest construction firms,...

    • Posted August 28, 2015
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  • SNU Graduation
    Seoul ranked 10th best city for college students

    Paris, France topped the list Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), one of the most widely cited university ranking publications, recently listed Seoul, South Korea as 2014′s 10th best city for college students while Paris, France topped the list. The...

    • Posted November 28, 2014
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  • The headquarters of Samsung Group in Seocho-dong, Seoul
    3 Korean companies on Forbes’ list of The World’s Most Valuable Brands

    Three South Korean companies made it onto Forbes’ list of The World’s Most Valuable Brands this year, released last week. Samsung, ranked highest among them at No. 8, saw competitor Apple ranked No. 1. Placing No. 71...

    • Posted November 10, 2014
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    US schools dominate new global university rankings, SNU rates No. 72

    1-Harvard, 2-MIT, 3-UC Berkeley, 4-Stanford, 7-CalTech, 8-UCLA, 10-Columbia U.S. World & News Report released its first “Best Global Universities” ranking of 500 institutions from 49 countries. The ranking compiled the list taking into account 10 factors, the...

    • Posted October 29, 2014
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