Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. China’s President Xi Jinping has praised Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government for pursuing an “independent” foreign policy and “defying”…
Power-generating Siemens 2.37 megawatt (MW) wind turbines are seen at the Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility California, May 29, 2020. Bing Guan | Reuters The German renewables firm Siemens Energy announced Wednesday that the CEO of its troubled wind turbine unit will…
Tesla Inc. is sending executive Tom Zhu back to China, where he led the carmaker’s entry into the country, the Wall Street Journal reported. Zhu, one of the company’s three named executive officers, was promoted to senior vice president of…
Silver Lake, the technology-focused private equity group behind Dell and Endeavor, has raised its largest fund to date as it shifts its focus back to big takeovers and halts the smaller-sized bets it believes have backfired in recent years. The…
Shenzhen-based LimX Dynamics shows off one of its humanoid robots. Limx Dynamics BEIJING — ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence is speeding up research and bringing humanoid robots closer to reality in China, home to many of the world’s factories. AI has been…
BYD, the Chinese EV giant backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, has global ambitions—expanding its presence in countries like Japan, Thailand, and Mexico to sell its ultra-affordable EVs worldwide. But one market is conspicuously absent: the U.S. The U.S. EV…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Some of Australia’s best-known exports come in the form of amber nectar, with the logos of Foster’s and Victoria Bitter…
Macroeconomic uncertainties and mounting geopolitical tensions have given gold — the classic “safe haven” asset — a boost. Gold prices topped $2,400 an ounce in April as tensions in the Middle East escalated. Spot gold is currently trading around 12%…
Erin Collins is an Oregon-based end-of-life doula—a person who, as part of a growing field, essentially guides another through their journey of dying. Recently, she worked with a 91-year-old man who was suffering from Parkinson’s and dementia who was anxious…
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