A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., March 18, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:Liu Chunsheng is an associate professor at the Central University of Finance
Millions of high school kids play online multiplayer games, but they seldom have crosstown rivals in Fortnite or Valorant. PlayVS wants to make that happen with its platform for school-sponsored espo
People wear protective masks while watching a movie at a cinema in Peshawar, Pakistan, August 10, 2020. /Reuters Picture a developing country facing a mix of social, political and economic tro
Slack’s shares are set to fall sharply this morning, down around 16% in pre-market trading. As the company beat analyst expectations last quarter and guided within range, the selloff might feel
A new book is reviving questions about President Donald Trump's unscheduled visit to Walter Reed military hospital last fall with the revelation that “word went out” fo
We’re excited to announce a new event at Disrupt 2020. Called Pitch Deck Teardown, top venture capitalists and entrepreneurs will evaluate and suggest fixes for Disrupt 2020 attendees’ pit
More than half of Lebanon's population risk facing a food crisis in the aftermath of a blast at the Port of Beirut that compounded the country's many woes, the United N
"The restaurant's turnover is only two to three percent of what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. Rent, utilities and staff salaries have to be paid as usual," Chen
Edtech’s reputation has been revitalized due to the coronavirus pandemic, which forced millions of students to adopt remote education overnight. But behind the scramble is a crop of investors who have
Robinhood announced this morning that it has raised $200 million more at a new, higher $11.2 billion valuation. The new capital came as a surprise.Astute observers of all things fintech will recall t
Xu Jinbao changed his company's name from "Sanfu Souvenir" to "Sanfu Technology" a couple of weeks ago, so he could expand production from tea sets and vases to air pu
After Minneapolis police killed George Floyd and the subsequent racial justice uprising, many people in tech shouted from the rooftops that “Black Lives Matter,” despite having subpar representation o
China's factory deflation eased in July, driven by a rise in global oil prices and as industrial activity climbed back toward pre-coronavirus levels, adding to signs of recovery in the world's second
Construction on the second phase of an international waterway-rail transport project in central China's Wuhan, Hubei Province, began Saturday. The project aims to serv
This morning Instrumental, a startup that uses vision-powered AI to detect manufacturing anomalies, announced that it has closed a $20 million Series B led by Canaan Partners. The company had previous
On Tuesday, the United States abruptly requested China to close its Consulate General in Houston, a unilateral political provocation against China among a series of escalation in its anti-China actio
Twitter Inc missed Wall Street's lowered expectations for quarterly revenue on Thursday despite surging usage, as the coronavirus-spurred economic slowdown battered the company's largely events-orien