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At America’s biggest retail show, the China question never really goes away

The world’s largest retail show held last week in New York saw a mood of measured optimism amid the bustle, cheap swag and canned smiles – a sense that the worst of last year’s tariff turmoil was over...

3dSouth China Morning PosteconomicsImpact

‘No reliable evidence’ Taipan bakery chain can settle debts: Hong Kong judge

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...

5dSouth China Morning Posteconomics

Hong Kong homebuyers snap up latest flats at Sierra Sea as SHKP set for another sell out

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...

5dSouth China Morning Postreal_estateImpact

China’s population shrinks for fourth straight year

A decade after ending China's longtime one-child policy, authorities are pushing a range of ideas and policies to try to encourage more births – tactics that range from cash subsidies to taxing condom...

Jan 19France 24world_newsImpact

Mainland China’s home prices extend slide, adding strain to struggling property sector

Home prices in mainland China continued to decline at a rapid pace in December, posing challenges for an economy that is struggling to find new growth drivers. New home prices fell 0.4 per cent month ...

Jan 19South China Morning PosteconomicsImpact

Corsican separatist's assassination sparks shock on French island

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, January 13: A Corsican separatist leader is gunned down while attending his mother's funeral. Also, a famous Italian anti-mafia writer pens an opinion piece, questioning the Co...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

I thought downsizing would be hard for our family of 4. It ended up changing our lives for the better.

The author's family moved from Texas to Colorado and downsized their home. Courtesy of Vivaciously Chelsea I moved my family from a 3,300-square-foot house to 1,200 square feet of living space. The mo...

Jan 17Business InsiderlifestyleImpact

America is slow-walking into a Polymarket disaster

Article URL: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/america-is-slow-walking-into-a-polymarket-disaster/ar-AA1Upfdb Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46670524 Points: 14 # Comments: 5...

Jan 18Hacker NewseconomicsImpact

Building a Better Hijack: Going From Planes to Trains in Season 2 of the Idris Elba Show

Back in the far-away days of 2023, Apple TV dropped a series titled Hijack. Starring Idris Elba as Sam Nelson, a high-end business negotiator caught in the middle of a complicated and twisty plane hij...

Jan 14IGNEntertainment

They quit, traveled, and rethought their lives — meet the adults taking gap years

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI In my early 30s, I was working long hours as the editor in chief of a magazine, juggling deadlines and the looming "should we have kids?" question — all wh...

Jan 19Business InsiderlifestyleImpact

A Las Vegas strip club says it's gotten a surge of auditions from laid-off hospitality workers

Las Vegas saw a decline in visitors last year. Westend61/Getty Images Crazy Horse 3 in Vegas said it's seen a 55% increase in dancer auditions, including first-timers. Las Vegas tourism declined last ...

Jan 17Business InsidereconomicsImpact

Fox is teaming with top creator Dhar Mann as it races to win micro drama fans

Dhar Mann is one of the biggest independent creators of scripted shows for social media. Michael Kovac/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images Fox is partnering with top creator Dhar Mann to win over ...

13hBusiness InsiderEntertainmentImpact

My nonprofit celebrates birthdays for families who can't afford them. In 14 years, I've never grown tired of seeing their joy.

Paige Chenault Lohoefer founded The Birthday Project in 2012 Courtesy of This be Grace Paige Chenault Lohoefer is the founder of the nonprofit The Birthday Party Project. The organization celebrates k...

Jan 13Business InsidersocietyImpact

Inside the relationship of Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance, who are expecting their fourth child

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, and his wife Usha Vance arrive to speak at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in St. Cloud, Minn. Alex Brandon/AP JD Vance, Donald...

6dBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

DC Finally Reveals the Origin Story of Absolute Joker

In most versions of the Batman mythos, Joker's origins will forever remain shrouded in mystery and conjecture. His past will forever be multiple choice. But the old rules don't necessarily apply in DC...

Jan 13IGNEntertainmentImpact

Read Jerome Powell's letter to senators following his testimony about renovations to the Fed building

Jerome Powell, a particularly mild-mannered speaker, slammed recent attempts to intimidate his department. Li Yuanqing/Xinhua via Getty Images The DOJ is probing Jerome Powell over his congressional t...

Jan 14Business InsiderPoliticsImpact

Show HN: Bible translated using LLMs from source Greek and Hebrew

Built an auditable AI (Bible) translation pipeline: Hebrew/Greek source packets -> verse JSON with notes rolling up to chapters, books, and testaments. Final texts compiled with metrics (TTR, n-grams)...

4dHacker NewsTechnologyImpact

Show HN: High speed graphics rendering research with tinygrad/tinyJIT

I saw a tweet that tinygrad is so good that you could make a graphics library that wraps tg. So I’ve been hacking on a gtinygrad, and honestly it convinced me it could be used for legit research. The ...

5dHacker NewsTechnologyImpact

Iran crackdown: 'Can a government willing to kill its own people be trusted to reform?'

William Hilderbrandt welcomes Dr. Ahu Kucuksefahani, Scholar in International Relations, social movements and digital activism. She offers a sobering analysis of Iran's deepening crisis amidst unprece...

6dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Show HN: mdto.page – Turn Markdown into a shareable webpage instantly

Hi HN I built mdto.page because I often needed a quick way to share Markdown notes or documentation as a proper webpage, without setting up a GitHub repo or configuring a static site generator. I want...

Jan 16Hacker NewsTechnologyImpact
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