Category: Business

When Ant Group prices its IPO in Shanghai and Hong Kong this week, it could set a new world record for a stock market listing. But it will also ram home a much bigger point. What’s happening: In finance and tech, China’s clout is growing just as its economy recovers from the pandemic in better […]

Good luck getting your holiday gifts delivered on time this year. You’ll need it. A surge in online purchases during the pandemic means that parcel delivery services are struggling to keep up with shipments. Demand for shipping has reached levels they didn’t expect to deliver until several years from now. Now everyone in the industry […]

The New Hampshire Union Leader, a conservative-leaning newspaper, has endorsed Democratic candidate Joe Biden for president, despite its century-long history of backing Republicans. In backing Biden, the newspaper endorsed its first Democratic candidate in over 100 years. “Building this country up sits squarely within the skill set of Joseph Biden. We have found Mr. Biden […]

On Saturday at a North Carolina rally, he claimed the media would no longer report on the pandemic after Election Day. He implied that news organizations are trying to drum up fear about the pandemic to get former Vice President Joe Biden elected.But facts are facts: Cases are rising sharply and the American public is […]

US President Donald Trump started a trade war with China to fix what he’s repeatedly blasted as an unfair relationship between the world’s two largest economies. But as the president makes his case for a second term ahead of November’s election, he doesn’t have much to show for a bruising trade battle that has been […]

Huawei says its sales growth is sputtering after Washington tightened restrictions against the Chinese tech company and further cut off its access to key technology. The Shenzhen-based company reported Friday that it generated 671.3 billion yuan ($101 billion) in revenue in the first nine months of 2020. That’s an increase of 10% over the same […]

From a new cheeseburger pizza to a spicy donut, Americans’ taste buds were taunted with culinary delights — and a few disasters — this month. Major fast food chains including Dunkin’, Wendy’s and Papa John’s added a variety of new menu items nationwide in October to attract attention and customers. Companies add quirky menu items […]