The Japanese owner of 7-Eleven said on Wednesday it had received a "revised" takeover offer from Canadian rival Alimentation Couche-Tard after rejecting an initial bid worth around $40 billion.

7-Eleven owner confirms the ‘revised’ takeover offer from Couche-Tard

The story of a Sri Lankan worker, who migrated to Australia less than a decade ago and has become a millionaire now, has taken the internet by storm. At the age of 25, Vinul Karunaratne has made enough money to quit and shift full-time to doing gig jobs.

‘From rags to riches,’ Sri Lankan worker becomes millionaire doing cleaning jobs in Australia

Masatoshi Ito, the Japanese man behind the hugely successful 7-Eleven convenience store chain has died aged 98. As per a BBC report, the Japanese billionaire helped turn the store chain into a global business empire.

Obituary | Masatoshi Ito, the Japanese man behind global success of 7-Eleven dies aged 98

As it finalizes its new structure, convenience store chain 7-eleven has slashed around 1,000 corporate jobs in the US. Job cuts at support centres, and field support operations were also there.

7-eleven lays off US employees: Job cuts at support centres, field support operations

Japan's 7-Eleven convenience store chain, already under nationwide scrutiny over labor issues, admitted on Tuesday that the company had been underpaying workers for years due to miscalculations.

Japan's 7-Eleven admits it underpaid staff for years

He says they would be intolerable even from somebody applying for a 7-Eleven job

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