China’s equity markets have soared over the past two weeks in a way not seen in 16 years after the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) made cheap loans available to buy stocks.
Author: admin (Kendrick Williams)
TOP TREND 2023: OFFICE BUILDING BUST
At the 2020 onset of the COVID War and the shift to remote work, we correctly had forecast in May of 2020 that office buildings’ market value would plunge.
TOP TREND 2024, EV GO FU: EUROPEAN COMMISSION VOTES TO SET TARIFFS ON CHINESE EVS
The European Commission (EC) has received enough support from member nations to lay tariffs as high as 45 percent on electric vehicles (EVs) coming from China through 2029, the body announced.
SPECIAL REPORT: AUTO INDUSTRY HITS THE SKIDS
Slowing auto sales and reduced profit outlooks from major European carmakers may indicate a longer-term trough for the industry, analysts told the Financial Times.
TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: HURRICANE HELENE SHOWS CITIZENS SECOND CLASS, AND GENE EDITING “INTO THE WILD”
To those who suppose gene editing would be confined to making plants more resilient to climate conditions like droughts, or to blights which affect some species: think again.
BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
China’s economy since 2021 hasn’t kept up with expectations, in part due to its own major miscalculations.
EL SALVADOR CONTINUES TO BLAZE ITS OWN BITCOIN TRAIL
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) isn’t happy. But El Salvador under President Nayib Bukule is solidifying its pro bitcoin policies, meant to provide a stable reserve to the country, and to allow citizens to transact in the most recognized and widely held crypto asset.
AI MAKES FOR HAPPIER EMPLOYEES, SURVEY FINDS
Roughly two-thirds of people using AI in their jobs say that the tools create "new opportunities for them to enjoy work," according to HP’s latest Work Relationship Survey, which quizzed 15,600 employees across several industries.
DEEPMIND AND BIONTECH ARE BUILDING A CADRE OF AI LAB ASSISTANTS
Google’s DeepMind AI lab and BioNTech, co-developer of a COVID vaccine, are each creating automated lab assistants to help researchers design experiments and predict their results.
MOTHBALLED NUCLEAR PLANT REOPENS TO MEET AI’S ENERGY DEMAND
Michigan’s Palisades nuclear power plant came to the end of its useful life in 2022. Energy company Holtec International bought it and planned to dismantle it.