The cost of buying a BMW or Mercedes in Singapore is approaching the annual income of the average local family, thanks to a luxury car tax. The right to buy a “open category” vehicle, which may be put toward any… Read More ›
Regulations & Legal
Hopes Are Raised By Alibaba’s Split That China’s Regulatory Winter Is Coming To An End
The announcement of big revamping plans by Alibaba Group has been interpreted as a hint that Beijing’s regulatory crackdown on corporations is coming to an end, driving its shares higher and bolstering investor confidence in the future of Chinese digital… Read More ›
Banking Problems Indicate That Recession Worries Are Returning
Recession concerns that had seemed to have subsided only a few weeks earlier have been re-ignited by the failure of American lenders Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank, followed by Credit Suisse’s rescue, and the accompanying turbulence in global… Read More ›
EU Countries Are Ready To Adopt A Phase-Out Of CO2-Emitting Vehicles By 2035
The European Union’s energy ministers are likely to grant final approval on Tuesday to the bloc’s rule to phase out new CO2-emitting cars by 2035, after Germany obtained an exemption for e-fuel vehicles. The vote is taking place three weeks… Read More ›
Jack Ma, The Founder Of Alibaba, Returned To China After Months Away, A Sign That Beijing May Be Warming To Technology
After spending months overseas, Alibaba founder Jack Ma has been spotted in China, possibly indicating that Beijing is warming up to technology titans once more following an almost 18-month crackdown on the industry. According to a WeChat post from the… Read More ›
China’s Baidu Reveals Additional Features For Its AI-Driven Chatbot Ernie
On Monday, the Chinese search engine Baidu posted recorded videos of Ernie, an AI-powered chatbot, summarizing financial statistics and creating PowerPoint presentations, among other business-focused functions. Images posted by a Baidu representative in a media-focused group on WeChat, China’s most… Read More ›
Semiconductor Chip Manufacturing Giant Nvidia Believes Cryptocurrencies Do Not Benefit Society
Even if the US chipmaker Nvidia’s potent processors are sold in vast amounts to the industry, the corporation has claimed that cryptocurrencies do not “deliver anything good for society.” Other applications of computing power, such the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT,… Read More ›
Chinese Economic Recovery’s Core Is Not Strong Enough, A Party Official Claims
A senior Communist Party official warned on Saturday that China’s economic recovery’s base is not strong enough and warned of potential spillover consequences from the world’s economic issues. Han Wenxiu, deputy chairman of the party’s office for finance and economic… Read More ›
Deutsche Bank Stocks Declined As Anxious Investors Look For Safer Havens
Investors’ concerns that regulators and central banks have yet to manage the greatest shock to the industry since the 2008 global financial crisis caused shares of Germany’s largest bank, Deutsche Bank, to fall on Friday. Despite assurances from policymakers that… Read More ›
Five Takeaways From Congressional Examination Of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew
Shou Zi Chew, the CEO of TikTok, was grilled by a US congressional investigators for four and a half hours on Thursday. Other people can run marathons faster than that, as one legislator noted. Chew will undoubtedly feel it after a… Read More ›
