Is China Killing Its Fledgling Golden Geese?
The East Asian countries that escaped the middle income trap did so on the backs of strong private enterprises. China is hamstringing its own corporate giants.
Day: October 26, 2023
Leica releases the $9,480 M11-P camera, which watermarks photos with Content Credentials metadata, created by advocacy groups to fight misinformation (Andrew Tarantola/Engadget)
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Leica releases the $9,480 M11-P camera, which watermarks photos with Content Credentials metadata, created by advocacy groups to fight misinformation — It automatically watermarks photos with Content Cre…
JPMorgan Says JPM Coin Now Handles $1 Billion Transactions Daily
JPMorgan Chase’s digital token JPM Coin now handles $1 billion worth of transactions daily and the bank plans to continue widening its usage, Global Head of Payments Takis Georgakopoulos said. From a report: “JPM Coin gets transacted on a daily basis m…
Maria Corina Machado is winner of Venezuela opposition primary that government has denounced
Venezuelan government critic Maria Corina Machado was declared the winner Thursday of an opposition-organized primary to choose a presidential candidate, in polling last weekend that was denounced by the self-proclaimed socialist government as illegiti…
Armed man shouting ‘Free Palestine’ arrested after breaking into Jewish family’s LA home
Shocking incident took place in city’s Studio City neighbourhood as war in Middle East continues to deepen
Pakistan’s ex-leader Nawaz Sharif regains right to appeal convictions, opening a path to election
A federal court in Pakistan’s capital has restored the appeals of the country’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif against his 2018 convictions in graft cases.
New House speaker pushed for ‘hard labor’ for abortion providers after fall of Roe
Mike Johnson of Louisiana has continued to champion anti-abortion bills even as some in his party beware US voter backlashThe day after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade in June last year, Mike Johnson of Louisiana celebrated his home state’s …
Pakistan’s ex-leader Nawaz Sharif regains right to appeal convictions, opening a path to election
A federal court in Pakistan’s capital on Thursday restored the right of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to appeal his 2018 convictions in two graft cases, officials said, less than a week after he returned home from four years of self-imposed exile …
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried To Testify At His US Crypto Trial
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, plans to make another high-stakes gamble and testify in his own defense at his criminal fraud trial.