Economy

A Chinese and US national flag hang on a fence at an international school in Beijing on December 6, 2018. (Photo by Fred DUFOUR / AFP) (Photo by FRED DUFOUR/AFP via Getty Images)Fred Dufour | Afp | Getty ImagesBusinesses see geopolitical tensions as the biggest threat to the global economy right now, according to the… […]

Customers dining at Boat Quay in the Central Business District of Singapore.Bryan van der Beek | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSINGAPORE — Singapore-based food delivery apps Grab and Foodpanda are expanding into the dine-in space, as consumers look to eat out more post-pandemic.Grab is testing its dine-in feature across 15 cities in Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia,… […]

The unemployment rate for young people ages 16 to 24 in China has soared to record highs above 20% in May and April.Kevin Frayer | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Ask young people about the Chinese job market, and the frequent answer is things are more difficult this year.Most people are ultimately getting… […]

An unusual summer scorcher or a new normal?Some travelers aren’t waiting to find out if this year’s heat wave in southern Europe is an anomaly or part of a longer-term pattern caused by climate change.Tom Marchant, co-founder of the London-based luxury travel operator Black Tomato, told CNBC that his company has already seen a shift… […]

CANNES — Ten years ago, Vitalik Buterin and a small band of developers huddled in a drafty Berlin loft strung with dangling lightbulbs, laptops balanced on mismatched chairs and chipped tables. They weren’t corporate titans or venture-backed founders — just idealists working long nights to push a radical idea into reality. From that sparse office […]

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Solar energy is booming across the U.S. and, for the first time, Florida is catching up to industry powerhouses Texas and California. Despite removing climate change from its official state policy in 2024, Florida added more utility-scale solar than California last year, with over 3 gigawatts of new capacity coming online. “This is not a […]

Curating your fitness routine to better match your personality could help you get the most out of your workouts, a new study shows. The paper, published last month in Frontiers in Psychology, shows that certain personality traits may indicate which type of exercises people enjoy and how likely they are to stick with them. “We […]

How much space you can get for a monthly rent payment of $1,500 depends entirely on where you live. In Manhattan, New York, it’s an average of 216 square feet — roughly the size of a bedroom. But in Wichita, Kansas, the same amount will get you an average of 1,329 square feet — enough […]

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen arrives to deliver remarks at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) on April 20, 2023 in Washington, DC.Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen praised a new initiative by the IRS that she said will help reduce the… […]