Special Report-Inside the downfall of embattled property developer China Evergrande
By Engen Tham, Julie Zhu and Clare Jim SHANGHAI/HONG KONG - In the beginning, Hui Ka Yan followed a simple
2023-08-31 18:49
Student loan interest resumes Friday and payments restart in October. Here's what borrowers should know
For the first time in more than three years, federal student loan borrowers will be required to pay their monthly student loan bills starting in October. The pandemic-related pause, which went into effect in March 2020, provided relief to nearly 44 million borrowers by freezing their accounts.
2023-08-31 18:29
Report says close associates of India's Adani Group secretly purchased large numbers of shares
Two people closely linked to India’s Adani Group, one of the country’s largest conglomerates, secretly purchased of millions of dollars of stocks in the group’s companies, possibly violating Indian law, according to a report by a network of investigative journalists
2023-08-31 18:22
Stock market today: Global shares trade higher ahead of US updates on inflation and hiring
Global stock markets are mostly higher ahead of updates on United States inflation and hiring that traders hope will persuade the Federal Reserve no more interest hikes are needed
2023-08-31 17:26
Europe's inflation held steady in August as European Central Bank keeps an open mind on rates
Inflation paused its decline in Europe in August
2023-08-31 17:18
Japan's Sogo & Seibu department stores are being sold to a US fund as 900 workers go on strike
Japanese retailer Seven & i Holdings Co. is selling department store chain Sogo & Seibu Co. to a U.S. investment fund, as the labor union went on strike ahead of the announcement
2023-08-31 16:21
A fire kills 15 in a Philippine factory, where rains and a wrong address delayed firefighters
A fire has killed 15 people in a small apparel factory in a Philippine residential area, where flooding, traffic and a wrong address delayed firefighters
2023-08-31 14:53
Visual artists fight back against AI companies for repurposing their work
Three visual artists are suing artificial intelligence image-generators to protect their copyrights and careers
2023-08-31 14:27
China's Baidu makes AI chatbot Ernie Bot publicly available
Chinese search engine and artificial intelligence firm Baidu has made its ChatGPT-equivalent language model, Ernie Bot, fully available to the public
2023-08-31 13:46
Japan's PM visits fish market, vows to help fisheries hit by China ban over Fukushima water release
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has sampled seafood and talked to workers at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market on a visit to assess the impact of China’s ban on Japanese seafood in reaction to the release of wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi plant
2023-08-31 12:30
176 world leaders and Nobel laureates urge Bangladesh to halt legal cases against Peace Prize winner
More than 170 global leaders and Nobel laureates are urging Bangladesh to suspend legal proceedings against Muhammad Yunus, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering the use of microcredit to help impoverished people
2023-08-31 11:24
US commerce secretary warns China will be 'uninvestable' without action on raids, fines
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says she warned Chinese leaders that U.S. businesses might stop investing in their country without prompt action to address complaints about worsening conditions due to raids on firms, unexplained fines and unpredictable official behavior
2023-08-31 06:23