Chinese military purge exposes weakness, could widen

Chinese military purge exposes weakness, could widen

China ‘purges’ 9 PLA generals, clampdown seen widening Upheaval weakens PLA, including in strategic rocket force More time needed to clean up corruption – analyst Problems may dissuade PLA from risking major clashes in near term BEIJING, Dec 30 (Reuters) – A sweeping purge of Chinese generals has weakened the People’s Liberation Army, exposing deep-rooted … Read more

Air conditioning companies’ sustainable designs face high costs

Air conditioning companies’ sustainable designs face high costs

DUBAI, Dec 5 – When temperatures climbed north of 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in Seville during this summer’s crushing heatwave in Europe, air conditioning use jumped 23% in the southern Spanish city compared to how many hours ACs ran during the same period in 2022. Lisbon’s average AC use, too, went up by … Read more

Malaysia’s Sime Darby seeks to expand car retail business into India, Indonesia – CEO

Malaysia’s Sime Darby seeks to expand car retail business into India, Indonesia – CEO

A logo of Sime Darby is seen at its car showroom in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia November 30, 2023. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Sime Darby (SIME.KL), Malaysia’s industrial and automotive conglomerate, is looking to set up a luxury car retail business in India and expand in Indonesia to … Read more

Budget crisis shakes industry’s confidence in Germany

Budget crisis shakes industry’s confidence in Germany

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is flanked by Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck and Finance Minister Christian Lindner to comment on the ruling of Germany’s Constitutional court that the government’s re-location of 60 billion euros ($65 billion USD) of unused debt from the pandemic era to climate fund was illegal, in… Acquire Licensing Rights Read … Read more

Exclusive: OpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster, sources say

Exclusive: OpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster, sources say

[1/2]Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, arrives for a bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum for all U.S. senators hosted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Nov 22 (Reuters) – Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s four … Read more

Big investors say US markets rally could prove short-lived

Big investors say US markets rally could prove short-lived

NEW YORK, Nov 22 (Reuters) – The recent rally that has lifted U.S. stocks and bonds is more of a year-end rebound than a turning point, according to big money managers, who see fiscal and monetary policies, next year’s presidential election and recession fears as likely to start weighing on markets. Since late October, the … Read more

Exclusive: Germany, France and Italy reach agreement on future AI regulation

Exclusive: Germany, France and Italy reach agreement on future AI regulation

AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration taken June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights No sanctions should be imposed, joint paper says Commitments would involve large and small providers European authority would monitor compliance BERLIN, Nov 18 (Reuters) – France, Germany and Italy have reached an agreement … Read more

Cheap yuan catapults China to second-biggest trade funding currency

Cheap yuan catapults China to second-biggest trade funding currency

SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Global companies are making a beeline for China’s debt markets, issuing record amounts of yuan-denominated bonds and borrowing heavily from mainland banks, capitalising on rock-bottom yuan interest rates as funding costs elsewhere jump. Companies and banks are raising record amounts of cash through yuan bonds issued in mainland China and … Read more

Exclusive: Three Fed governors tell US senator there is room to reduce balance sheet

Exclusive: Three Fed governors tell US senator there is room to reduce balance sheet

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson speaks at a conference of the National Association for Business Economics in Dallas, Texas, U.S., October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Ann Saphir/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights NEW YORK, Nov 16 (Reuters) – The three newest Federal Reserve governors, including Vice Chair Philip Jefferson, have told a U.S. senator it’s unclear how … Read more

How an executive’s arrest struck a blow to Japan-China business

How an executive’s arrest struck a blow to Japan-China business

TOKYO/BEIJING, Nov 14 (Reuters) – If Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time in a year later this week, he will likely raise the case of a detained company executive that has dealt an outsized blow to their close economic ties. The employee of drugmaker Astellas Pharma (4503.T), … Read more