BEIJING (Reuters) – China will speed up the process to allow private firms to access infrastructure of major national scientific research projects and will encourage private businesses to participate in key supply chain projects, a state planner spokesperson said on Friday. Private fixed-asset investment shrank 0.1% in the first five…

Summary Toyota shares spiked after it revealed its EV plans. Auto manufacturers that were popular with gurus in the first quarter included Tesla, GM, Ford, Stellantis and Ferrari. Shares of automaker Toyota Motor Corp. (TM, Financial) climbed more than 5% on Tuesday morning after its plans for next-generation battery electric…

Key Takeaways Nasdaq Could Make It 8 Weeks Of Gains Cava Rallies Following IPO Quadruple Witching Today Stocks are on pace to close higher for the week with the S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite and Dow Jones Industrial Average all having gained more than 1% on Thursday, setting new closing highs…

Before making a lifelong commitment, we determine our compatibility with potential mates by vetting their personality, intelligence, moral compass, family, and career. Do we like the same movies? The same food? Do they like to travel? Are they honest? But sometimes, we overlook a vital component: their financial stability and…

Now that Congress has passed the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) of 2023, it isn’t too soon to start thinking about the mess lawmakers have created for themselves in 2025. The law grants a short-term reprieve from Congress’s self-made debt limit crisis. But it also sets up what promises to be…

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to forgo an interest rate hike this week, pausing a 15-month campaign during which it jacked up borrowing costs to crush runway inflation.   Government data released Tuesday morning showed the consumer price index, a key measure of inflation, rose 4% in May from…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday met with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and top diplomat Wang Yi in Beijing on a high-stakes diplomatic mission to cool U.S.-China tensions that have overshadowed geopolitics in recent months.The trip by Blinken makes him the highest-level American official to visit China…

Interest in electric vehicles is at an all-time high, with sales of new EVs up 55% in 2022 compared with the year prior. But there are still a lot of gas cars on the roads today, and it’s likely there will be for a long time.A burgeoning industry is breathing…

Facebook-parent Meta plans to lower the minimum age for its virtual reality headsets from 13 years old to 10 years old, despite pressure from lawmakers not to market its VR services to younger users. Parents will be able to set up accounts for children as young as 10 years old…

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