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The Cashless Revolution: China’s Reinvention of Money and the End of America’s Domination of Finance and Technologyby Martin Chorzempa, PublicAffairs £25Martin Chorzempa describes in some detail how China has jumped in less than a decade from a primitive cash-based system to one of seamless digital payments. The actors were…

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. — In the early days of campaigning for the 2022 midterms, Rep. Young Kim, R-Calif., has received the endorsement of former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley. The endorsement may free up additional fundraising for Kim as she navigates newly redistricted territory. What You Need To Know Former Ambassador to the United…

FOR 30th January 2022By News18/ Updated: January 30, 2022, 05:55ISTMinute-by-minute news updates of happenings from around the world, with special focus on India. From daily coronavirus news about the probable third wave, number of infections, vaccination, and reopening of places and activities to all developments in the fields of politics,…

Lots of investors and fund managers now consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues as part of their investment process. ESG risks, such as a company’s water usage, can seem abstract. But that’s not the case in China today. Recent political regime developments have accelerated this year’s…

I.She was very late. A man named Barry was compelled to lead the room in a rendition of Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.” to stall for time. But when she did arrive, the tardiness was forgiven and the Cobb County Republican Party’s November breakfast was made new. She wasn’t greeted. She was beheld, like a religious apparition. Emotions…

A 2024 Trump Presidency could help juice battered stock markets, according to ex-White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, but warned about his former boss’s tendency to rock political stability.  Former U.S. President Donald Trump announced from his Florida estate on Tuesday night that he was launching a third White House…

Ed Perlmutter pauses to point to a framed newspaper spread displayed on the wall at the Lakewood congressional office he's preparing to vacate in a little under a year after eight terms in Congress."Little Fanfare…

A stockbroker reads values on a trading screen at Pakistan Stock Exchange.— Reuters/FileStock market expected to remain range-bound.Any positive news from Saudi, IMF to boost market.Market remained jittery in outgoing week on politics.Stocks are forecast to stay mostly idle as caution may reign supreme in view of perilously low foreign…

Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, received an award from the China General Chamber of Commerce-USA in February 2022.China News Service | China News Service | Getty ImagesBEIJING — American billionaire Ray Dalio said while he's far less familiar with China's new leadership team than prior officials, he expects worries about their…

Wall Street piled more gains Friday onto its mammoth rally from a day earlier to close out its best week since the summer. The S&P 500 rose 0.9% a day after soaring 5.5% for its best day in more than two years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 32 points to its surge of more than 1,200 from a day earlier, while the Nasdaq composite…