Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI Amazon is playing catch-up to Walmart in groceries. Some of Amazon's new ideas mirror Walmart's strategies. Amazon plans to double down on its sub-same-day grocery deliv...
The author has a corporate job but also freelances as a writer and teaches mahjong. Courtesy of the author Freelance writing for various media outlets and teaching mahjong helped me generate over $30,...
Sam Slater says he wants to raise his children in Massachusetts, despite paying the millionaire's tax. Sam Slater California's proposed wealth tax is sparking debate among billionaires across the stat...
"In politics as in business – a deal is a deal. And when friends shake hands, it must mean something.” Ursula von der Leyen's comments came amid growing tension between Europe and the US over Greenlan...
Billionaire wealth surged at three times its recent pace last year to reach its highest level on record, deepening economic and political divides that threaten democratic stability, anti-poverty gr...
Crucial budget talks are resuming in French parliament, as MPs have failed to secure the 2026 budget in time last year. President Emmanuel Macron has brandished the threat of dissolution in case parti...
China’s commercial space sector logged 50 launches last year – more than half of the country’s total – underscoring the growing role of private players alongside the state-led space programme, with Be...
China’s electric vehicle (EV) exports doubled in 2025 amid rising overseas demand for affordable cars and Beijing’s anti-involution campaign. The country – the world’s leading EV manufacturer – sold m...
As US President Donald Trump’s tariff increases have roiled global markets and strained America’s alliances in recent months, China has been pursuing the opposite strategy: keeping import duties low a...
Middle managers are taking on more direct reports after the "Great Flattening." dowell/Getty Images The average number of reports for managers is increasing as the "Great Flattening" p...
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he met with his Chinese counterpart, Vice-Premier He Lifeng, on Monday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. The two men have been the primary...
Surging mainland Chinese investment in Hong Kong’s commercial real estate sector has helped set the stage for a “measured recovery” in 2026, according to Colliers. Investment from the mainland rose to...
Department stores, then and now. Bettmann/Getty Images ; Kamil Krzaczynski/Getty Images Department stores have changed dramatically over the last 100 years. Department stores once sold necessities. No...
A Hong Kong judge has said his decision to order the winding-up of bakery chain Taipan’s parent company is due to there being “no reliable evidence” that the business can settle its outstanding rent o...
Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP), Hong Kong’s largest developer by market capitalistion, is poised to sell out another batch of units at its Sierra Sea project in the New Territories, the city’s largest...
EU leaders are set to discuss countermeasures at an emergency summit in Brussels on Thursday in response to US President Donald Trump's tariff threats. One option is a package of tariffs on 93 billion...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils the Cybertruck at an event in 2019. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images Things are not looking great for Elon Musk's Cybertruck. Tesla sold just over 20,000 of the "...
Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI For most Americans, every home purchase is a bit of a gamble. Is now the right time to jump into the market? Can I haggle on the price a bit more? What if mortgage rates drop...
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Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI have joined Google in paying the Wikimedia Foundation for access to its projects, including Wikipedia's vast collection of articles. The Wikimedia F...