Category: 6. Business

The $52.7 billion CHIPS and Science Act of August 2022 directly and indirectly created between 42,465 and 54,385 jobs (more than many expected) and increased wages in 149 counties with semiconductor manufacturing facilities, according to a…

Japan’s Topix index rose slightly as a weaker yen encouraged buying in export-related stocks such as automobiles, electronics, and some machinery firms. Bank stocks were also higher on the back of expectations for a Bank of Japan interest-rate…

Growing enthusiasm for artificial intelligence plans at Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has once again made it China’s hottest technology stock, as investors rush back into the $420 billion internet titan.

Hong Kong-listed shares of the company are…

• 40^th anniversary of SONATA celebrated with a commemorative exhibition and magazine highlighting the legacy of STELLAR and SONATA
• Restored 1988 STELLAR and archival materials showcased at piknic in Seoul, capturing…

Labubu dolls made up 90% of the £3.5m worth of fake toys seized at the UK border so far this year, according to Home Office data.

Labubu is a quirky monster character created by Hong Kong-born artist Kasing Lung, and popularised through a…

• Promising trial with IBM explored the ability of quantum computers to optimise bond trading
• Experiment delivered up to 34% improvement in predicting the probability of winning customer inquiries in the European corporate…

A coalition of 10 campaign groups is calling on the Bank of England to do more to tackle the climate crisis, a decade after the then governor Mark Carney warned of the “tragedy of the horizon”.

Carney, now prime minister of Canada, argued in a…