China Asks Tech Giants for Case Studies in Sign of Easing
China has asked its largest technology companies to provide case studies of their most successful startup investments in
2023-07-28 11:55
North Korea Economy Shrinks Again as Pandemic Impact Drags On
North Korea’s economy shrank for a third year as the pandemic continued to weigh on activity, but resurgent
2023-07-28 11:28
Bolivia is the latest South American nation to use China's yuan for trade in challenge to the dollar
Bolivia is using the yuan to pay for imports and exports, becoming the latest country in South America to regularly use the Chinese currency in a small but growing challenge to the hegemony of the U.S. dollar
2023-07-28 10:29
GIC Cuts Key Quant Unit in ‘Tough’ Overhaul of Investment Teams
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte has scaled back a core quantitative unit set up in 2016 under
2023-07-28 09:21
Mexico's president offers to buy US company's coastal property for $375 million to end dispute
Mexico’s president says he has offered to buy an American company’s Caribbean coast property for $385 million to end a bitter, years-long dispute
2023-07-28 08:50
Citigroup says some predecessor companies likely saw indirect financial benefits from slavery
Some of the companies that formed what is now Citigroup likely benefitted financially from slavery in the 1800’s, the financial giant acknowledged Thursday, an admission that comes at a time when numerous institutions are re-examining their historic roots and the roles they played in slavery in the U.S. In research conducted last year, Citi found that none of its predecessor companies directly purchased, sold, or held slaves
2023-07-28 07:26
Ukrainian forces press southward, say strategic village recaptured from Russians
Ukrainian forces pressed their counteroffensive through the Russian-occupied southeast on Thursday, capturing the village of Staromaiorske in a
2023-07-28 05:28
Campaign finance charge dropped from case against Sam Bankman-Fried
Prosecutors have withdrawn a campaign finance charge from eight counts among charges FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will face at an October trial
2023-07-28 04:59
GOP measures would undo protections for endangered lesser prairie chicken, northern bat
Congress has approved measures to undo federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken and northern long-eared bat
2023-07-28 04:56
Ford 2Q profit surges on strong revenue, earnings per share top estimates
Ford Motor Co.’s second-quarter profit surged to nearly three times more than a year ago to $1.92 billion on stronger revenue and sales
2023-07-28 04:24
White House rolls out measures aimed at lowering cost of housing, increasing supply
The White House has announced a series of measures that it said would reduce the cost and increase the supply of housing while bolstering protection for renters
2023-07-28 03:57
His campaign forced Sinead O'Connor to scrap a 1997 Jerusalem concert. Now he is a Cabinet minister
When death threats forced Irish pop singer Sinead O’Connor to call off a peace concert in Jerusalem in the summer of 1997, a young man named Itamar Ben-Gvir took credit for the campaign against her
2023-07-28 03:54