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Finance & Economics

Genetic Testing Company 23andMe Files for Bankruptcy

Gene testing company 23andMe announced last Sunday, March 23, that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Society & Lifestyle

Tesla Enters Dining Business

Tesla is entering the market in the dining business, preparing to open a drive-in restaurant in Los Angeles.

Finance & Economics

China Urges Global Business to Resist Protectionism

Chinese Premier Li Qiang said at a gathering of global executives that began in Beijing that the Asian country is ready for possible unexpected shocks and called on the meeting participants to resist protectionism and defend globalization.

Finance & Economics

China’s Bond Yields Increase

Economists cited by the media argue that the latest rise in Chinese government bond yields should not be characterized as a sign of reflation, as ongoing deflationary pressures are expected to be a contributing factor to interest rates remaining low.

Science & Technology

China’s Open-Source Embrace Changes Wisdom Around AI

Currently, Chinese technology companies are actively paying attention to open-source artificial intelligence models in the practical plane, launching such digital products at a high-intensity pace, while watchers and insiders claim that the implementation of the appropriate approach contributes to boosting AI adoption and scaling some other innovative functional solutions of the advanced category in the […]

Science & Technology

Amazon Offers Science-Based Carbon Credits for Qualified Companies

E-commerce giant Amazon continues its efforts to reduce and eliminate emissions across its global ecosystem, adding carbon credits to the Sustainability Exchange resource hub.

Fintech & Ecommerce

DoorDash Launches Flexible Payment Options

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) options from Klarna will be available for DoorDash orders soon.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Temu & dLocal to Enhance Affordable Shopping Experience for Emerging Markets

Popular online shopping marketplace Temu and a leading cross-border payment platform dLocal join forces to bring affordable products to emerging markets of Africa, Asia, and Latin America at favourable conditions.

Finance & Economics

China’s Property Market Reportedly Approaches to Stabilizing

This week, UBS analysts expressed the hope that the Chinese real estate market, which in recent years has been in the condition of what can be called a deep and, in a sense, fundamental downturn, is gradually approaching a kind of stabilization point.

Finance & Economics

Austan Goolsbee Sees Transitory Inflation From One-Time Tariffs

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee stated that the inflationary impact of tariffs could be transitory if they were limited in scope.

Science & Technology

Perplexity AI Reportedly Plans to Raise Up to $1 Billion

The media, citing an anonymous insider, published information according to which Perplexity AI, a startup building search engine powered by artificial intelligence, is currently in talks to double its valuation to $18 billion as part of a new funding round.

Finance & Economics

China’s Central Bank Keeps Interest Rates Steady

The People’s Bank of China on Thursday, March 20, decided to keep its key lending rates unchanged, as the Asian country is currently trying to support economic growth and stabilize the yuan amid the observed process of intensification of trade frictions.

Finance & Economics

Bank of England Holds Interest Rates

The Bank of England on Thursday, March 20, decided to keep interest rates at the same level, as the United Kingdom is currently facing uncertainty in the context of the prospects for the further dynamic of the global trade situation and is approaching a recession scenario in the country’s economic system.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Google Wallet Now Enables Supervised Payments for Kids

As more and more kids get payment cards, Google Wallet updates its functionality to enable in-store cashless payments for those youngest generation representatives who received parental consent.

Fintech & Ecommerce

LianLian DigiTech Sees 64.7% Surge in Digital Payment TPV

Fast-growing Chinese fintech company LianLian DigiTech has successfully finished the 2024 financial year, witnessing a strong total payment volume (TPV) increase.

Finance & Economics

Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday, March 19, decided to leave interest rates unchanged, although at the same time underlined that the cost of borrowing is likely to be lowered later in the current year.