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Dan Brouillette, who served as Donald Trump’s energy secretary, has been tapped to lead the nation’s top utility lobbying group.

An influx of mainland Chinese taking advantage of a new visa program to work in Hong Kong is helping buoy rents in the city to the highest level in almost two years, reversing a downward trend that started during the pandemic.

The three largest US airlines plan to more than double the number of flights to China in the coming months as they take advantage of a deal between the nations to ease pandemic-era travel restrictions.

Judging by China’s official statistics, the nation’s housing market has been remarkably resilient in the face of tepid economic growth and record defaults by developers.

A return-to-office requirement from the World Bank is producing grumbling among its staff, although the development lender is giving employees more money for commuting and childcare.

Ecuador had its credit score slashed Wednesday by Fitch Ratings, which cited heightened financing risks for the Latin American nation rocked last week by the assassination of a candidate for president.

Cornell University has decided not to renew a contract to serve Starbucks coffee, a win for labor organizers’ efforts to make the company pay a price for shutting down unionized stores.

Britain’s intensifying mortgage crunch is now forcing London’s wealthiest home sellers to agree to discounts or risk deals falling through.

The room was locked when prosecutors from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office and lawyers from the company then known as Twitter Inc. appeared Feb. 9 before a federal judge in Washington.

The yen slumped past levels that have seen Japan wade into the currency market in the past, putting traders on guard for verbal intervention from officials Thursday, amid a persistently wide interest-rate gap with the US.