China’s push for babies amid demographic crisis lacks real incentives

A medical worker is taking care of newborns at Dongfang Hospital in Lianyungang, China, on January 1, 2024. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s efforts to bolster birth rates have yet to address the core reasons for their rapid decline, according to analysts. Even though the country started easing its stringent one-child policy nearly…

China’s tobacco industry is red hot, defying global trends

Photo of cigarettes sold in Shanghai on March 7, 2022.  Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images China is bucking global smoking trends as cigarette sales surge in the country, powered by “the biggest tobacco company most people have never heard of.” The China National Tobacco Corporation, commonly known as China Tobacco, has a near…

Copenhagen guarantees happiness to anyone who moves there

Denmark consistently ranks among the world’s happiest countries, and most recently was named the No. 1 country for quality of life. If you’ve ever considered a move to Copenhagen in pursuit of nice weather, work-life balance, and competitive pay, now’s your time. This month, The Greater Copenhagen Region launched a marketing campaign for its new…

A Singaporean AI startup is trying to disrupt market research industry

Artificial intelligence is aiming to disrupt a 100-year-old industry. Finding ways to attract consumers to buy packaged goods stretches back to the 1920s when American psychologist Daniel Starch created the world’s first market research study. Today, the global market research industry is worth an estimated $87.7 billion and is expected to grow by another $15…

Piper Sandler upgrades Campbell Soup to buy, highlights sauces brand Rao’s

Campbell Soup has a promising long-term growth outlook thanks to Rao’s, its popular sauces brand, according to Piper Sandler. Analyst Michael Lavery upgraded shares to overweight from neutral. He also raised his price target to $56 from $47, indicating 26.6% upside potential from Wednesday’s close. The company completed its acquisition of Rao’s parent company Sovos…

Bank of America says buy this little-known nuclear energy stock

Nuclear fuel company BWX Technologies is “the nuclear pick [for] yesterday, today and tomorrow,” according to Bank of America. Analyst Ronald Epstein reiterated his buy rating on the stock while increasing his price target to $160 from $115. The new price target indicates more than 20% upside from where shares closed Wednesday. BWX’s primary business…

Rudy Giuliani lawyers seek to quit defamation claim case

Rudy Giuliani (C) arrives at the New York court following a judge’s order compelling his appearance in the defamation case filed by Georgia election workers in New York, United States on November 07, 2024.  Lokman Vural Elibol | Anadolu | Getty Images Lawyers representing Rudy Giuliani in a lawsuit related to a massive defamation judgment…

Watch Fed Chair Powell speak live to business leaders in Dallas area

[The stream is slated to start at 3 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks Thursday to business leaders in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on monetary policy. Powell is delivering a speech followed by a Q-and-A session. The appearance…

Ukrainian troops train for trench warfare near France’s WWI battlefields

Soldiers scramble through trenches under a haze of yellow smoke, machine gunfire booms across the fields, invisible drones buzz overhead and voices scream in Ukrainian “Watch out!” The scene could be 1,860 miles away in Ukraine’s Donbas region, but instead some 2,000 Ukrainian conscripts and veterans are training in the muddy fields of France’s eastern…

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