Alibaba Group announced that during this year’s Singles Day sales period, which ended at midnight on Saturday, its Chinese e-commerce platforms Tmall and Taobao had “positive” year-over-year growth. Competitor JD.com reported that during the sales period, its festival GMV (gross… Read More ›
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Moody’s Downgrades The US Outlook To Negative, Citing Political Divisiveness And Deficits
The United States government’s credit outlook was downgraded by Moody’s Investors Service on Friday from stable to negative due to growing threats to the country’s fiscal stability. The U.S.’s senior unsecured and long-term issuer ratings have been confirmed by the… Read More ›
Yellen Cautions Beijing, Saying That Chinese Companies Supporting Russia Risk “Serious Consequences”
The U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated that China has been pressed to take action after the U.S. government discovered evidence that Chinese companies may be assisting Russia’s war effort with equipment despite Western sanctions. Yellen claimed to have brought up… Read More ›
Chinese Shopping Festival Price Wars Reveal Consumer Problems
A fierce price battle between China’s online retailers on the “Singles Day” shopping extravaganza is revealing additional signs of weakness in household consumption and creating anxiety that the second-biggest economy in the world will continue to contract. Singles Day, named… Read More ›
Big Pickup Trucks Do A Lousy Job Of Keeping Rear Seat Passengers Safe, A Research Finds
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reported on Tuesday that testing measuring the safety of rear seat passengers in various incidents revealed that four large pickup vehicles performed badly. According to new moderate overlap front crash tests, the IIHS gave… Read More ›
Operating Earnings At Berkshire Hathaway Grow By 40%, While Cash Reserve Reaches A Record $157 Billion
Even while having a record amount of cash on hand, Berkshire Hathaway reported a sharp increase in operating profitability for the third quarter, as Warren Buffett saw few chances for deals. Operating earnings for the Omaha-based conglomerate, which include income from… Read More ›
Hong Kong Conference Will See More Challenging Questions About China For Global Finance Heads
Amid geopolitical tensions and China’s economic slowdown, global investment bank and asset management bosses are getting back together in Hong Kong next week in an attempt to reposition themselves in the second-largest economy in the world and its offshore financial… Read More ›
Airbnb Uses AI To Try To Stop Uncalled For House Parties
If you rented out your property for a few nights and then came back to discover that it was the scene of a wild house party, how would you feel? You would be furious, upset, or both as you gazed… Read More ›
Groups And The COP28 Head Advocate Tripling The Capacity For Renewable Energy By 2030
As part of attempts to prevent global warming from rising above 1.5 degrees Celsius, the president of the COP28 climate summit next month and two organisations dedicated to renewable energy urged states on Monday to treble the capacity of renewable… Read More ›
Foreign Minister Of China Says There Won’t Be An Easy Path To The Xi-Biden Summit
The “road to the San Francisco summit will not be a smooth one,” as China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi put it on Sunday, alluding to the anticipated meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Wang agreed… Read More ›