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Forget Cartier: Made-in-China Luxury Captivates Chinese Consumers
Homegrown names such as Laopu, Mao Geping and Songmont are winning over customers who are losing their taste for high-end ...
The High-Schoolers Who Just Beat the World’s Smartest AI Models
Google DeepMind and OpenAI won gold medals at the math Olympics—but these American teenagers still got higher scores. Will ...
A Tiny Company Is Vouching for Risky Insurers in Hurricane Country
As major home insurers flee storm-ravaged markets, Demotech’s ratings enable smaller ones to step in. A string of failures ...
At Least 11 People Injured in Michigan Walmart Attack
A stabbing suspect, who is believed to have acted alone, is in custody, but no motive is known, police say.
Who’s Afraid of a Little Bacteria? Not These Swimmers in Paris.
Locals and tourists are lining up this summer for a dip in the Seine. But the reopening of the storied river to public swimming after a centurylong ban hasn’t been entirely smooth.
The Depopulation Bomb
As global fertility rates drop, two economists make the case for humans.
Investors Are Flocking to the Stock Market’s Discount Rack
Pricey tech heavyweights are sending some individual investors in search of bargains.
China Strong-Armed Japan Over Rare Earths. It’s a Lesson for the U.S.
The U.S. found out this year that China could use its chokehold on rare-earth minerals as a coercive tool. For Japan, it was ...
Welcome to the Grocery Store Where Prices Change 100 Times a Day
Electronic shelf labels are spreading at grocery chains in Europe and the U.S., enabling instant price drops—and raising ...
CK Hutchison Seeks to Include Chinese Investor in Panama Port Deal
CK Hutchison Holdings is in talks with a BlackRock-led consortium to include a strategic investor from China to push ahead ...