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Why America’s debt ceiling matters

Why America’s debt ceiling matters

Jul 26, 2021

The wrangling over it reflects how self-destructive American politics has become

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closes more than 4% down as China tech and education shares plunge

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closes...

Jul 26, 2021

Shares in Asia-Pacific were mostly lower on Monday, as Chinese tech stocks in Hong...

Treasury yields start the week lower with Fed meeting in focus

Treasury yields start the week lower...

Jul 26, 2021

U.S. Treasury yields ebbed lower on Monday morning, with investor attention focused...

Dow futures fall more than 200 points ahead of a huge week of Big Tech earnings

Dow futures fall more than 200 points...

Jul 26, 2021

Stock futures slipped ahead of a busy week of earnings reports from technology's...

Action on climate change can provide a shot in the arm for the global economy, economist says

Action on climate change can provide...

Jul 26, 2021

The fatal floods in Germany in recent weeks have put the impacts of climate change...

Are electric cars 'green'? The answer is yes, but it's complicated

Are electric cars 'green'? The answer...

Jul 26, 2021

Electric vehicles have surged in demand, and hit a record number last year as more...

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index drops 3% as China tech and education shares plunge

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index drops 3%...

Jul 26, 2021

Shares in Asia-Pacific were mostly lower in Monday trade, as Chinese tech stocks...

What to expect as Big Oil reports second-quarter earnings

What to expect as Big Oil reports second-quarter...

Jul 26, 2021

Oil and gas majors are likely to report bumper second-quarter earnings in the coming...

Bitcoin tops $39,000 for the first time in nearly 6 weeks, adding $114 billion to the crypto market

Bitcoin tops $39,000 for the first...

Jul 26, 2021

Bitcoin surged 12% on Sunday topping $39,000 for the first time since mid-June as...

U.S.-China meeting off to a tense start as Beijing official says relations are in a 'stalemate'

U.S.-China meeting off to a tense start...

Jul 26, 2021

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is in China for a meeting with her...

Dow futures fall more than 100 points ahead of a huge week of Big Tech earnings

Dow futures fall more than 100 points...

Jul 26, 2021

Stock futures slipped ahead of a busy week of earnings reports from technology's...

Entertainers working in multiple states run into tax issues. Here are ways to avoid those problems

Entertainers working in multiple states...

Jul 25, 2021

Entertainers often run into state and local income tax issues for working outside...

Gen X workers may be facing the biggest unemployment crisis, study finds

Gen X workers may be facing the biggest...

Jul 25, 2021

Gen Xers, those 45 years and above, may be bearing the brunt of a global unemployment...

Stock futures hold steady ahead of a huge week of Big Tech earnings

Stock futures hold steady ahead of...

Jul 25, 2021

Stock futures opened little changed ahead of a busy week of earnings reports from...

'Disturbing' actions by China signal early stages of a cold war, economist Stephen Roach warns

'Disturbing' actions by China signal...

Jul 25, 2021

Yale’s Stephen Roach, who served chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, believes Beijing’s...

Side hustler’s 9 income streams bring in $5,000 to $7,000 a month: ‘I don’t like all my eggs in one basket’

Side hustler’s 9 income streams bring...

Jul 25, 2021

Michelle Jackson has built nine different streams of income, both passive and active....

The Shanghai lab making fake pork dumplings and helping China go beyond meat

The Shanghai lab making fake pork dumplings...

Jul 25, 2021

Asia has billions to feed, and more will be eating plant-based proteins. An R&D...

Psychedelic trips could soon be part of therapy — here’s what those sessions will look like

Psychedelic trips could soon be part...

Jul 25, 2021

In as soon as two years, tripping on mind-altering drugs like MDMA and psilocybin...