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Supermarkets Push Store Brands to Lure Cost-Conscious Shoppers
Business, Published on 16/12/2022
» Supermarkets are doubling down on their in-house product lines, seeking to capitalize on the disposable-income squeeze that is hitting consumers.
Amazon Has a Problem: Consumers Don't Love It as Much as They Used To
Business, Published on 23/11/2022
» For nearly three decades, Amazon.com Inc. has been defined by its obsession over customers. Recent information, however, suggests that consumer enthusiasm about the largest online retailer in the U.S. has slipped.
Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Trims Stake in China's BYD
Business, Published on 01/09/2022
» Warren Buffett's investment firm said it sold shares of Chinese electric-vehicle maker BYD Co. for about $46 million.
Fed Plans 2023 Launch of Faster Payments System
Business, Published on 01/09/2022
» The Federal Reserve is set to launch a long-awaited faster payments system by next summer, a step that officials say will modernize an outmoded infrastructure and ensure that near-instant payments become widely available.
How YouTube Keeps Broadcasting Inside Russia's Digital Iron Curtain
Business, Published on 10/08/2022
» Months into its war against Ukraine, Moscow continues to let its own citizens access YouTube, leaving a conspicuous hole in its effort to control what Russians see and hear about the conflict.
For Fed, Easing Too Soon Risks Repeat of Stop-and-Go 1970s
Business, Published on 12/07/2022
» Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell is raising interest rates at the fastest pace since the 1980s. That has been easy so far because rates are low and the economy has been strong.
Russian Gas Supply Cuts Threaten World's Largest Chemicals Hub
Business, Published on 29/06/2022
» For years, BASF SE, one of the world's largest chemicals companies, built its business model around cheap and plentiful Russian natural gas, which it uses to generate power and as feedstock for products that make it into toothpaste, medicines and cars.
What's Holding Back Boeing's 787 Dreamliner?
Business, Published on 28/06/2022
» After debuting in 2011, Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner has become popular among the world's airlines. But heightened scrutiny both inside and outside the company in recent years has revealed a number of production flaws and largely prevented it from delivering new Dreamliner jets for nearly two years.
Hong Kong's Struggle to Lure Bankers Dims Its Role as a Global Finance Hub
Business, Published on 28/06/2022
» Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament was for years a highlight on Asia's networking calendar for global bankers and their clients.
Chinese Tech Giants Quietly Retreat From Doing Business With Russia
Business, Published on 09/05/2022
» Chinese tech companies are quietly pulling back from doing business in Russia under pressure from U.S. sanctions and suppliers, despite calls by Beijing for companies to resist overseas coercion.