Mar 21, 2024 | Markets
Nvidia and Meta have pulled away from the rest of the once-hot group as investors focus on AI. For more than a decade, the stock market has been supercharged by a handful of technology behemoths that have offered the promise of hypergrowth. You know them: household...
Mar 20, 2024 | Markets
Ticket sales surged as youth unemployment climbed to record Nation’s young face tougher economic climate than parents did Lottery shops in China are ditching bland storefronts to reinvent themselves as hipster hangouts, with slogans that tempt youngsters hit by an...
Mar 20, 2024 | Markets
Move to expand critical minerals supply chain away from China Offer conditional on company obtaining environmental approvals A US-backed lender has offered an Australian miner $600 million in loans to develop a rare earths project, the latest move to expand the...
Mar 20, 2024 | Markets
China is building its military and nuclear arsenal on a scale not seen since World War II and all signs suggest it’s sticking to ambitions to be ready to invade Taiwan by 2027, a top US admiral testified. Despite Beijing’s economic challenges, its official defense...
Mar 20, 2024 | Markets
Chinese solar manufacturer Lingda Group Co. has terminated plans to build a new 9.15 billion yuan ($1.3 billion) cell production plant as severe overcapacity threatens a wave of bankruptcies and consolidations in the industry. The announcement Tuesday comes just days...