What Will Be Nominated for Oscars Next Week, and What Won’t?
Natalie Portman does some of the best work of her career in “May December,” but the film simply isn’t catching on with the guilds and she now has to be…
Are You a Super Driver? Some States Want to Help You Go Electric.
The key to cutting emissions from cars and light trucks that are heating the planet could lie with the nation’s super drivers, the small percentage of American motorists who drive,…
Migrants Sleep in the Snow in Desperate Wait for ID Cards
As snow swirled down after midnight on Tuesday, about three dozen migrants, including two families with children, huddled on the sidewalk under thin blankets outside a city office in Brooklyn.…
China’s Economy Spooks Markets, and Hong Kong Stocks Sink
China’s No. 2 leader, Li Qiang, traveled to Switzerland with a message for the titans of the business world gathered for the World Economic Forum. “Choosing the Chinese market is…
U.K. Inflation Edges Higher, Halting 10-Month Decline
The News Inflation in Britain rose slightly in December, picking up for the first time in almost a year, after a change in tobacco taxes pushed up prices. Consumer prices…
China’s Youth Unemployment Rate Is Back, and Better
After suspending the public release of youth unemployment rates last year, China started distributing the information again on Wednesday, using a different measurement criteria that lowered the figure significantly. China’s…
China Told Women to Have Babies, but Its Population Shrank Again
China’s ruling Communist Party is facing a national emergency. To fix it, the party wants more women to have more babies. It has offered them sweeteners, like cheaper housing, tax…
China’s Economy Grew Last Year, but Strains Lurk Behind the Numbers
Car production set records in China last year. Restaurants and hotels were increasingly full. Construction of new factories surged. Yet China’s economic strengths conceal weaknesses. Deep discounts helped drive car…
For Biden, Another Trump Nomination Presents Opportunity, and Great Risk
To be clear, no one in President Biden’s White House would ever root for Donald J. Trump. To a person, they consider him an existential threat to the nation. But…
Nasdaq Releases First Global Financial Crime Report, Measuring the Scale and Human Impact of Financial Crime
Report reveals $3.1 trillion in illicit funds and money laundering globally in 2023 Global fraud losses totaled more than $485 billion last year NEW YORK , Jan. 16, 2024 (GLOBE…