China’s top economic official told an audience of international billionaires and bankers that his country’s economy will likely rebound to its pre-pandemic growth trend this year after coronavirus infections passed their peak.
Investors are bracing for Wednesday’s Bank of Japan monetary policy decision, which has the potential to send tremors across local and global markets.
(Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. plans to cut jobs in a number of engineering divisions on Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the matter, joining the ranks of technology giants that are scaling back as the industry prepares for a prolonged slump in demand.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. upgraded its forecast for China’s gross domestic product growth this year after the government reported stronger-than-expected economic data and the recovery gathers pace.
Direct threats or “concerning statements” made against members of Congress decreased in 2022, reversing an upward trend over “the last couple of decades,” the US Capitol Police said Tuesday.
A Covid-era invention that protects plane passengers from the virus with a curtain of fast-flowing air is proving redundant, underscoring how little travelers care about the risk of infection in the rush back to the skies.
Two former executives under the 21st Century Fox banner bribed soccer officials to win lucrative broadcast rights to tournaments, a prosecutor told a jury in their criminal trial, part of a long-running probe of corruption in the sport.
The UK’s clean energy goals are being threatened by slow investment in home efficiency measures such as heat pumps and better insulation, according to a think tank.
Britain’s pubs, bars and restaurants had their best December sales in three year despite train strikes that wreaked havoc on festive plans, though optimism for the sector may be short-lived.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Iran had rejected the chance to return to a nuclear deal with the US months ago and he reiterated that a new agreement was no longer a Biden administration priority.
