For years, there was a debate as to whether WeWork was a tech company or more of a real estate play. At first, most people viewed WeWork as a real estate startup disguised as a tech startup.And as it
02:20 With less than one-tenth of the world's arable land, China faces the major task of feeding one-fifth of the world's population.Professor Li Zichao of China Agricu
Uranium enrichment machinery at Natanz nuclear facility, Iran, 2020. /Getty The U.S. has reaffirmed that it would not offer any unilateral incentives for talks with Iran. "We will not offer an
Some well-known VC firms have spent the last few months crunching data while working to chart, graph, and map the world of venture investing. Happily for you and I, they’ve been pretty free with
The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday decided to keep its monetary policy stance unchanged but said it would step up the pace of bond purchases under the pandemic emergency purchase program (PE
Taavet Hinrikus, the first employee of Skype and co-founder of fintech giant Wise (formerly TransferWise), is teaming up with Teleport co-founder and current Topia CPO Sten Tamkivi to create a new inv
U.S. President Joe Biden (L) speaks with Vice President Kamala Harris (R) present, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 6, 2021. /CFP Editor's note: Jim
Many things have accelerated in the world of fintech over the past year, not the least of which is the trend of digital banks aimed at specific communities in the U.S.In the past few months alone, a n
/VCG Editor's Note: Dani Rodrik, professor of International Political Economy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the author of"Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for a
The COVID-19 vaccine. /AP Editor's note: Erik Berglöf is chief economist at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily the views
A view of the exterior Nasdaq market site in New York City, U.S., December 21, 2020. /CFP Technology-related shares sold off on Monday in a big downturn that pushed the Nasdaq into a correctio
09:19 Editor's note: In the video series "From the Soil," CGTN has invited development experts to visit China's rural regions to investigate the methods used to reduce poverty and exam
04:05 Editor's note: If the West isn't pulling any punches in attacking China, why should China pull any in defending itself? In a four-episode series, CGTN Insight wal
U.S. jobs increased more than expected in February amid falling new COVID-19 cases, quickening vaccination rates and additional pandemic relief money from the government, putting the labor market rec
Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C., U.S. /VCG Editor's note: William R. Rhodes is a former chairman, CEO, and president of Citibank, president and CEO of William R. Rhodes Global Adv
A street sign outside the New York Stock Exchange as snow falls in New York, U.S., February 1, 2021. /CFP World stock markets shot higher on Monday, bouncing back from last week's heavy sellof
A photovoltaic poverty eradication power station in Chongqing Municipality, southwest China, January 13, 2021. /Getty Editor's note: Aftab Siddiqui is an independent analyst based in London.