Chinese online shopping giant JD.com reported a 92 per cent year-on-year jump in quarterly net income to 12.6 billion yuan (US$1.7 billion), despite a flattish revenue, as better operational efficiencies …
Nearly 1.25 million small businesses are at risk of shutting down as cost-of-living pressures hammer profit margins, a senate hearing into Australia’s cost-of-living crisis has been told. Council of Small …
Amazon executives are unable to say how many recordings picked up by Alexa speakers are stored and used to train AI models. The senate select committee on adopting artificial intelligence …
U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris announced a sweeping set of economic proposals on Friday meant to cut taxes and lower the cost of groceries, housing and other essentials for many Americans. …
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and MELISSA GOLDIN Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled her economic agenda in a speech Friday in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Democratic presidential nominee laid out plans including …
A new analysis warns that Canada’s major cities are struggling to keep their transit systems running, and says public transit is heading for a “downward spiral” unless major new streams …
The foreign ministers of Australia, the US, Japan and India have called out the “twisting” of long standing rules in the Indo-Pacific region, as they announced strengthening of naval communications. …
Bay Area employers slashed thousands of jobs in July, an unsettling economic setback that suggests the waves of layoffs in the wobbly tech industry have begun to undermine the region’s …
The ASX200 has bookended a week of recovery with a 1 per cent gain and a clean green sweep across all 11 sectors on Friday. The benchmark closed 1.3 per …
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks on Medicare drug price negotiations, at an event with U.S. President Joe Biden in Prince George’s County, Maryland, U.S., August 15, 2024. Elizabeth …