An Android character is displayed in front of a building on the Google headquarters campus on July 23, 2025 in Mountain View, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Investors can have a reputation of being penny pinchers. For one, they tend to push up share prices on layoff announcements because of the associated cost savings….
Japan’s Topix hits record high as Asia-Pacific trading starts Japan’s broad-based Topix rose 1.2% to hit a record high in early Asia trading hours, data from LSEG showed. The benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 1.09%, extending gains from Wednesday following the announcement of Japan’s trade deal with the U.S. South Korea’s Kospi rose 1.17% at the open,…
View across the Hangang River in Seoul, South Korea. Universal History Archive | Universal Images Group | Getty Images South Korea avoided a technical recession as its economy expanded 0.6% from the previous quarter, according to advance estimates, beating expectations. This was higher than the 0.5% expected by economists polled by Reuters, and a reversal…
In 2019, just after her 30th birthday, Aleese Lightyear left a career in reality TV production behind to teach English as a second language in China. At the time, Lightyear was earning around $100,000 a year, working eight months out of the year. “I was living check to check, which sucked. My last few years…
A line-up of Duck World’s flock of rubber ducks. Duck World | Duck World If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck — then it could be one of the rubber specimens lining the shelves of Duck World, a string of colorful stores that are staying afloat as hundreds of…
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba addresses the media at the vote counting center in the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on July 20, 2025. Franck Robichon | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s embattled Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has denied media reports that he was considering resigning, according to Reuters. Local media outlets earlier in…
Aerial view of a villager drying Chinese fan palm leaves on July 21, 2025 in Neijiang, Sichuan province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. Each week, we’ll…
A person holds a smartphone displaying the logo of SAP, a German multinational software corporation known for its enterprise resource planning solutions. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images German software giant SAP said Wednesday that U.S. tariff tensions were slowing down its customers’ decision-making, but that the Japan trade deal announced Tuesday…
A completed planned development is seen in Ashburn, Virginia, on Aug. 14, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Mortgage rates rose last week to the highest level in four weeks, but mortgage demand didn’t really move. Total mortgage application volume increased 0.8% last week from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers…
San Francisco-based AI design app Lovart officially launched Wednesday, with North American users in focus. Lovart BEIJING — Chinese developers are powering some of the latest artificial intelligence tools aimed at a global market. Melvin Chen moved to San Francisco from China to co-found AI design startup Lovart, which officially launched Wednesday — after claiming…
