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US-listed SPACs have a new target: Latin American tech companies

There has been an unprecedented IPO boom of tech companies in the Brazilian stock exchange, which is transformative for a market that was traditionally dominated by utilities, mining, oil and financia

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There have never been more $100M+ fintech rounds than right now

We’re putting aside the IPO news cycle this morning to check in on the venture capital world and the fintech market in particular.As we all know, fintech is booming: Between Robinhood and Public

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China to offer momentum for growth worldwide: Think Tank & Media Forum

Panel speakers at the Think Tank & Media Forum on Global Economic Development, Beijing, China, March 8, 2021. /CGTN China could deliver a much needed global shot in the arm despite a global ec

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17 countries' publishing houses to translate, publish Xi's book on governance

Publishing houses from 17 countries have partnered with Beijing-based Foreign Languages Press, the publisher of the third volume of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, for translating the book into d

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17 countries' publishing houses to publish Xi's book on governance

Photo taken on June 29, 2020 shows the third volume of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" in Chinese and English. /XinhuaPublishing houses from 17 countries have par

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S. Korea allows workers to squeeze extra doses

South Korea’s Disease Control and Prevention Agency has allowed health workers to squeeze extra doses from vials of coronavirus vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Pf

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Bitcoin, ether hit fresh highs

Bitcoin hit a fresh high on Saturday, extending a two-month rally that took its market capitalization above $1 trillion on Friday.The world's most popular cryptocurrency rose to a record $57,553, tak

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Scale of China's privately offered funds nears 16 trillion yuan

The scale of China's privately offered funds reached 15.97 trillion yuan (about $2.48 trillion) at the end of last year, industry association data shows.Some 24,561 institutions managed these funds b

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Daily Crunch: Axiom Space raises $130M

A space startup connected to the International Space Station raises $130 million, Atlassian releases a new version of Trello and bitcoin briefly passes $50,000. This is your Daily Crunch for February

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Reddit’s transparency report shows a big spam problem and relatively few government requests

Reddit has published its transparency report for 2020, showing various numbers relating to removed content, government requests, and other administrative actions. The largest problem by far — in terms

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Passenger car sales in China post robust growth in January

Newly manufactured cars are seen at the automobile terminal in the port of Dalian, Liaoning Province, China, July 9, 2018. /Reuters Sales of passenger cars in China last month saw a sharp rise

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China's futures market sees record turnover in 2020

People walk by Shanghai Futures Exchange in Shanghai, China on March 29, 2019. /VCGChina's futures market reported robust growth in both trading volume and turnover in

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Passenger rail trips plunge nearly 70% in China during Spring Festival

A railway staff is seen at Chongqing Railway Station, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, February 11, 2021. /CFPThe total number of passenger rail trips nationwi

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BizBeat Ep. 36: Working for a new chapter in China-CEEC cooperation

01:51 Chinese President Xi Jinping gave a keynote speech at the China-CEEC Summit in Beijing. He revealed China's plans to import more than $170 billion worth of goods from Central and

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Cooperation between China and CEECs bucks downward trend of pandemic

Bee products from the Republic of Albania displayed at the China-Central and Eastern European Countries Expo in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 8, 2019. /CFP Cooperation between C

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Elon Musk says Tesla Semi is ready for production, but limited by battery cell output

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on the company’s 2020 Q4 earnings call that all engineering work is now complete on the Tesla Semi, the freight-hauling semi truck that the company is building with an a

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Elon Musk says Tesla Semi is ready for production, but limited by battery cell output

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on the company’s 2020 Q4 earnings call that all engineering work is now complete on the Tesla Semi, the freight-hauling semi truck that the company is building with an a