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The AI tipping point for banks
Business, Mark Micallef, Published on 13/01/2025
» Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) is rapidly transforming the financial services landscape. What began with experimental projects in 2024 is now gaining serious momentum, with many institutions moving Gen AI into full-scale production and seeing tangible results from their investments.
FDI to fuel a China-Asean shared future
Business, Giorgio Gamba and Mark Wang, Published on 13/06/2023
» In 2013, President Xi Jinping announced an initiative for China to work with Asean countries for a 21st century Maritime Silk Road to build a closer China-Asean community with a shared future.
Some Companies Are Ready for Libor's Demise, but Not All
Business, Sebastian Pellejero & Mark Maurer, Published on 03/01/2022
» Wall Street's shift away from the London interbank offered rate takes effect at the start of the new year. Some companies are more prepared for it than others.
Billionaires' share of global wealth soars during pandemic
Business, Mark John of Reuters, Published on 08/12/2021
» LONDON: The share of household wealth owned by billionaires has risen by a record amount during the pandemic, with millionaires also coming out of Covid-19 ahead, a study found.
Coronavirus Slump Is Worst Since Great Depression. Will It Be as Painful?
Business, Josh Zumbrun, Published on 12/05/2020
» News stories often describe the coronavirus-induced global economic downturn as the worst since the Great Depression.
Global Recession Likely Under Way, IMF Says
Business, Josh Zumbrun, Published on 16/04/2020
» The global economy has almost certainly entered a recession affecting most of the world, with a severity unmatched by anything aside from the Great Depression, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday.
State Shutdowns Have Taken at Least a Quarter of U.S. Economy Offline
Business, Josh Mitchell, Published on 07/04/2020
» At least one-quarter of the U.S. economy has suddenly gone idle amid the coronavirus pandemic, an analysis conducted for The Wall Street Journal shows, an unprecedented shutdown of commerce that economists say has never occurred on such a wide scale.
China's Coronavirus Outbreak Prompts Patients to Scramble for Remedies
Business, Josh Chin & Fanfan Wang, Published on 07/02/2020
» Desperate for a cure for the new coronavirus spreading quickly across the country, Chinese families are flocking online to seek experimental remedies that might be effective against the virus, despite government warnings that no proven treatment has been found.
The next big development challenge
Asia focus, Arvind Subramanian and Josh Felman, Published on 03/02/2020
» We have suddenly arrived at a tricky stage in global economic development. Emerging markets are losing their dynamism, after a remarkable three-decade run during which they caught up rapidly with advanced economies.
Planet smartphone
Business, Paul Lee, Mark Casey, Craig Wigginton & Cornelia Calugar-Pop, Published on 13/12/2019
» In the half-dozen years since they became mainstream, smartphones have become the world's most ubiquitous and used consumer electronic device.