TikTok founder becomes China’s richest man
The surging global popularity of TikTok has seen the co-founder of its parent company, ByteDance, become China's richest person.According to...
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Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise after Wall Street climbs on Big Tech gains
TOKYO -- Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday after U.S. stocks closed broadly higher with gains in Big Tech companies offsetting...
Budget 2024: Teashop ‘forced to close’ by VAT rules
BBCSteve Corrick says he has to close his Somerset teashop to avoid falling into a "tax trap"A man who owns...
Erykah Badu celebrated as fashion icon at CFDA Awards after years of pushing boundaries
NEW YORK -- Erykah Badu was bestowed the fashion icon award by the Council of Fashion Designers of America, playfully...
Newspaper non-endorsements at Washington Post, LA Times fit a trend, but their readers aren’t happy
The number of newspapers endorsing a candidate for president has dwindled with the industry's financial troubles the past two decades,...
HSBC profits jump as banking giant set for major shakeup
HSBC has seen its quarterly profits jump by 10% as the UK-based banking giant embarks on one of the biggest...
Vinyl thrives at United Record Pressing as the nation’s oldest record maker plays a familiar tune
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- During the six decades since United Record Pressing stamped out the Beatles’ first U.S. single, the country’s...
JP Morgan sues customers over viral cheque fraud
US banking giant JP Morgan Chase, is suing customers who allegedly took advantage of a glitch by illegally withdrawing thousands...
Ford cuts 2024 earnings guidance due to warranty costs and slow pace of cost cutting
DETROIT -- Stubbornly high warranty expenses and lagging cost-cutting efforts are holding back Ford Motor Co.'s profits this year, causing...
Dementia: AI developed to help make life easier
Pete MiddletonLifelong tech enthusiast Pete MiddletonPete Middleton, who lives in Northamptonshire, UK with his wife, has long been an early...
