Business
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba reported flat revenue growth on Thursday for the first time ever, as the country grappled with an economic slowdown and COVID-19 resurgences kept consumers jittery.
Aug 4, 2022
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Business
Blockchain technology can give small businesses and entrepreneurs new avenues for funding their ventures and create opportunities for growth, according to a report from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Jun 28, 2022
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Business
Prathamesh Jathar is one of many brightly dressed riders zipping through the streets of Berlin, dropping off groceries just minutes after the orders come in.
Jun 15, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Former President Bill Clinton joined Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams at the Empire State Building on Thursday to roll out a blueprint for how to make high-rises in New York carbon neutral as the threat of greenhouse-gas-fueled ...
Apr 22, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
South Africa's electricity sector has faced a series of challenges over the last two decades. It started with inadequate grid infrastructure to provide electricity to the majority of the South African population in the 1990s. ...
Apr 12, 2022
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Business
Land values and property prices around high-speed rail (HSR) stations would increase by potentially up to $140 billion—a significant portion of which could be dedicated to funding its construction.
Feb 9, 2022
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Business
A new Chinese stock exchange focused on SMEs began trading in Beijing on Monday, boosting support for smaller-scale firms as economic growth slows and Beijing cracks down on domestic tech giants.
Nov 15, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Thirty years ago, ending energy poverty wasn't among the world's development goals. Neither the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development nor the Millennium Development Goals 2000–2015 placed it on the agenda.
Nov 9, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
The transition towards cleaner energy has made progress but not quick enough to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius, as agreed in the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
Oct 11, 2021
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Business
The ruling Communist Party is tightening political control over China's internet giants and tapping their wealth to pay for its ambitions to reduce reliance on U.S. and European technology.
Oct 3, 2021
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