The central China city of Taiyuan saw its GDP grow by 10.9% year-on-year in the first three quarters of 2022. Pictured here is a screen displaying details of a new factory in the city. Vcg | Visual Ch...
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Lucid raises $1.5 billion from Saudi public wealth fund, others
Lucid Motors CEO Peter Rawlinson claps after ringing the opening bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite as Lucid Motors (Nasdaq: LCID) begins trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange after completing its business ...
Swiss central bank lifts interest rates by 50 basis points to counter ‘further spread of inflation’
The Swiss National Bank hikes interest rates again. FABRICE COFFRINI / Contributor / Getty Images The Swiss National Bank increased its benchmark interest rate Thursday for the third time this year, t...
Why salaries in the United States don’t keep up with inflation
Inflation in the United States hit a record high in June 2022. Consumer prices soared by 9.1% compared with a year prior — the largest annual increase since 1981. While wages are rising, they’re...
United Arab Emirates ranked as having the best passport in the world
A traveler passes through immigration control by walking through a “smart tunnel ” at Dubai International Airport. GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirate...
Fed hikes and a stronger dollar are fueling risks of political instability in Africa
ACCRA, GHANA – NOVEMBER 05: Ghanaians march during the ‘Ku Me Preko’ demonstration on November 5, 2022, in Accra, Ghana. People took to the streets of Ghana’s capital to protes...
US to boost spend, Europe hold back amid cost-of-living crisis
Many shoppers say they plan to spend less this Black Friday as the cost-of-living crisis bites. Richard Baker | In Pictures | Getty Images Black Friday may offer an opportunity to bag a bargain ahead ...
Dubai is cashing on on the 2022 Qatar World Cup
A yacht that can be rented to watch the World Cup while sailing around Dubai is docked in Dubai harbor on November 1, 2022, ahead of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup football tournament. Photo by Giusepp...
U.K. lags OECD average with pandemic GDP recovery
LONDON — U.K. growth has lagged the world’s biggest economies since the Covid-19 pandemic and is substantially below the OECD average, according to a new report from the influential Paris-based ...
The world needs more economic alliances than security ones: Analyst
Countries should strike up more economic alliances than security and defense ones, as those could make the world “more dangerous,” the president of the Center for China and Globalization s...
Tech leaders reckon with higher interest rates, down rounds and layoffs
Guillaume Pousaz, CEO and founder of payment platform Checkout.com, speaking onstage at the 2022 Web Summit tech conference. Horacio Villalobos | Getty Images LISBON, Portugal — Once high-flying tech ...
Alibaba’s Cainiao opens LatAm headquarters in Brazil
Alibaba’s logistics arm Cainiao has installed lockers in Brazil for local customers to retrieve packages. Cainiao BEIJING — Alibaba’s logistics arm Cainiao announced Monday the opening of ...
Biden takes aim at Putin’s weaponization of energy, outlines new climate funding
U.S. President Joe Biden discusses the 2022 U.S. midterm election results during a news conference in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, November 9, 2022. Tom Brenner | Reuters U....
From Teslas to BMWs, cars are piling up on land and sea at German port
Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Port of Bremerhaven, the main roll on/roll off port in Germany and one of the largest automobile hubs in the world, is experiencing gridlock. The combina...
What a long-term weak pound means for the U.K. economy
A British one pound coin sits in this arranged photograph in London, U.K. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — The British pound‘s exchange rate against the U.S. dollar has been on a ro...
Rich countries alone cannot close funding gap for climate change
Public aid and funding from governments of developed countries alone won’t be enough to close the funding gap on climate change initiatives in developing countries, IMF chief Kristalina Georgiev...
This 28-year-old’s side hustle brings in up to $267K per year
When Domonique Brown was growing up, she was the only Black kid in her class. “It was definitely tough for me to find things that represented me,” she said. She remembers how her father wo...
After two years of shipping snarls, things are starting to turn around
After two years of port congestions and container shortages, disruptions are now easing as Chinese exports slow in light of waning demand from Western economies and softer global economic conditions, ...
Postal workers in the UK agree crunch strike talks with Royal Mail bosses
LONDON – August 26, 2022: CWU general secretary Dave Ward (in grey suit jacket) visits the picket line in Whitechapel on August 26, 2022. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) voted i...
What are the best business hotels in the Middle East: Dubai, Abu Dhabi
Preparing for a business trip to the Middle East? CNBC has made it easy to find the best hotel for the trip. CNBC Travel and the market data firm Statista today release a ranking of the “Best Ho...
Ocean shipping orders are signaling a big drop in consumer demand
For the marine shipping industry to cut its carbon footprint in half by 2050, promising technology will need to become reality, and efficiency gains will need to increase as well. Lucy Nicholson | Reu...
How Asia’s richest person gave Bezos a run for his money
Gautam Adani has had a very good year. The Indian billionaire briefly surpassed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to become the second-richest person in the world in September, according to Bloomberg. He̵...
How China workers stack up against the US, UK and Brazil
Unemployment among China’s youth aged between 16 and 24 has surged to nearly 20%, according to an official survey for July. Pictured here is a job fair in Beijing on Aug. 26, 2022. Jade Gao | Af...
Economists are divided on the risk of a U.S. recession
Is the U.S. economy showing no signs of a recession or hurtling inescapably towards one? Is it in fact already in one? More than a month after the country recorded two successive quarters of economic...
How ‘quiet quitting’ became the next phase of the Great Resignation
“Quiet quitting” is having a moment. The trend of employees choosing to not go above and beyond their jobs in ways that include refusing to answer emails during evenings or weekends, or sk...
Pakistan warns flood damage will exceed $10 billion
Pakistan’s foreign minister made an urgent call for international aid, with the death toll from historic flooding across the country expected to rise in the coming days. Already reeling from an ...
Europe’s extreme weather risks smaller harvests and higher food prices
British farmers have warned that the country’s hot and dry conditions will inevitably lead to smaller harvests this year. Planet One Images | Universal Images Group | Getty Images In a typical y...
how Emirates is wooing luxury travelers
Dubai’s Emirates airline in August announced an investment of over $2 billion to improve its inflight customer experience, including cabin interior upgrades and new menus — with unlimited caviar...
How to save $1 million for retirement on an annual salary of $70,000
Consistently saving a small percentage of your salary is a simple way to ensure you’re prepared for retirement. As a rule of thumb, most financial advisors suggest you save 10% to 15% of your ea...
Nobel prize winner Phelps says U.S. needs 1950s-style productivity boom
The U.S. needs to return to the kind of economic and productivity growth it saw in mid-20th century to boost public spirits, according to a Nobel Prize-winning economist. “We badly need to get ...