Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell departs after speaking during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, on June 14,

Could a new currency be set to challenge the dominance of the dollar? Perhaps, but that may not be the point. In August 2023, South Africa will host the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and So

If an autocratic state’s slush fund offered you tens of millions of dollars to play soccer in the desert for a couple of years, would you take it? What about a hundred million? Believe it or not, th

London CNN — After the pandemic and war in Ukraine, and the inflation shock that followed, the global economy is in a precarious state. The last thing it needs right now is another nasty surprise. T

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt won an auction in Antigua to acquire the seized Superyacht Alfa Nero for $67.6 million, as first reported by Bloomberg. The Alfa Nero was built by the same shipbuilding

Oregon’s semiconductor industry came into this year’s legislative session asking for a lot — and lawmakers delivered. The Legislature set aside more than $500 million for grants, loans and tax credit

Halle Berry — the history-making, Oscar-winning actress, Netflix film director and former Miss USA runner-up — is leaning hard into being a San Francisco tech executive. Speaking at Bloomberg’s techn

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For the past 11 years, Bucky has put time and effort into stewarding and guiding dozens of communities on Reddit, the sprawling internet message board. As a “moderator” of roughly 80 different topic-

The American economy is, in many ways, predicated on winners and losers. We’re told the story that a level of inequality is necessary for growth. The discomfort of some workers — largely at the bottom

Stress is mounting in US commercial real estate, with distressed assets surging to $64 billion, per Bloomberg. What's worse is that another nearly $155 billion of CRE assets are at risk of turning ba

S aturday June 24th will be a momentous day in Argentina: Lionel Messi, a superstar footballer, will turn 36. It is also the day the election season officially begins in the country. As politicians li

June 23 (Reuters) - More than 3,000 workers at over 150 Starbucks (SBUX.O) stores in the United States will walk off the job over the next week, the union representing the coffee chain's baristas said

One of the latest battles in Apple’s long-running legal quest to own the very idea and image of the “apple” itself is currently taking place in Switzerland. According to a Wired UK profile on Monday,

It’s been just about two months since Apple launched its first two flagship stores in India — one in Mumbai, one in Delhi — as part of a high-stakes gamble to sell more iPhones in the country. The sto

June 23 (Reuters) - Decades-high inflation and the impact of war in Ukraine have forced companies across Europe into lay-offs or hiring freezes. Here are some of the companies that have announced cut

Ford secures $9.2 billion loan from US Department of Energy to build EV battery factories It's the biggest loan yet from the US Department of Energy's Loan Program Office. The United States governmen

3M Co has reached a $10.3bn settlement with a host of US public water systems to resolve water pollution claims tied to “forever chemicals”, the chemical company announced on Thursday. The company sa

3M has reached a $10.3 billion settlement with a host of U.S. public water systems to resolve water pollution claims tied to "forever chemicals," the chemical company announced on Thursday. The compa

Houses pictured on 8th June 2023 in Halifax, United Kingdom. U.K. borrowers are facing sharply higher mortgage costs. LONDON — U.K. borrowers are facing a cliff edge that could damage the economy as

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Top intelligence and law enforcement officials in Washington are issuing a stark warning to American companies: The Chinese government wants to replace you. That message comes in a new CNBC documenta

Foreign companies are shifting investment out of China as confidence wanes, business group says Jens Eskelund, president of the European Chamber attends the launch of the European Business in China:

Nikola Motor Company has made an important decision regarding its strategic workforce reduction strategy, which includes the dismissal of 23% of its employees as well as the replacement of its CEO. Th

“It started as a normal way to defend intellectual-property rights,” says Ning Zhang, an attorney in the US who has represented Sun and other sellers in similar situations. But over the years, Zhang s

PARIS, June 20 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron hosts a summit on Thursday and Friday to pin down a roadmap for easing the debt burdens of low-income countries while freeing

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Video game streamers, who display their prowess in real time playing first-person shooters, sports, and adventure games, are now in a high-stakes battle over which platform to ply their trade on. Ove

CNN — Reddit’s month may be going from bad to worse. Hackers from the BlackCat ransomware gang, also known as ALPHV, are threatening to leak 80 gigabytes of confidential data from Reddit that they c

Before his visit officials saw little chance of any breakthrough on the many disputes between the world's two biggest economies, which include Washington's attempts to slow the development of China's

Summary Summary Companies Major risk for banks involves U.S. sanctions on China-source Banks not given any specific directions for actions-sources Top 3 banks' total China credit exposure about 1%