13.09.2024 13:31China to raise retirement age for first time in decades as demographic crisis looms Chinas top legislative body has approved a draft proposal to raise the countrys retirement age, state media reported Friday.13.09.2024 13:32Les h?teliers devant la justice pour d?noncer la concurrence d?loyale dAirbnb L'Umih reproche notamment ? la plateforme de location touristique de d?tourner illicitement une partie de la client?le des h?teliers et de cr?er une rupture d'?galit? concernant la collecte de la taxe de s?jour.13.09.2024 13:36Germany arrests Syrian man accused of plotting to kill soldiers The 27-year-old Syrian man had acquired two heavy knives 'around 40 centimeters in length,' German authorities said on Thursday.13.09.2024 13:52
China slaps PwC with 6-month suspension over Evergrande audit -
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HONG KONG -- Chinese authorities on Friday hit PwC with a six-month suspension on the mainland and millions of dollars in fines for the auditor's work on defaulted property developer China Evergrande Group.The Ministry of Finance made the announcement in the afternoon, citing PwC's Evergrande auditing from 2018 to 2020. Regulators fined PwC a total of 441 million yuan ($62.1 million). Out of that, the China Securities Regulatory Commission imposed a 325 million yuan penalty, while the ministry levied a fine of 116 million yuan.13.09.2024 13:56
Yen hits strongest level this year on speculation of big Fed rate cut -
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TOKYO -- The yen briefly rose to its strongest point this year on Friday due to growing speculation of a possible 0.50 percentage point U.S. rate cut next week.The Japanese currency hit 140.67 yen to the dollar in early afternoon trading before paring gains.13.09.2024 14:00Joan Vassos, the First Golden Bachelorette, Knows the Show Is a Weird Way to Meet Somebody Joan Vassos, a 61-year-old school administrator and grandmother, didnt find love on The Golden Bachelor. Shell give it another try as the star of ABCs new spinoff.13.09.2024 14:03Japan retail chain Nojima president offers advice via AI alter ego The president of Japanese electronics retail chain Nojima Corp. is now offering advice to employees via his alter ego, created by an application using artificial intelligence, the firm said Friday.
Nojima has developed the app with Happiness Planet, a Hitachi Ltd. group firm that offers software and services aimed at boosting corporate efficiency. Nojima employees can type their questions and seek advice from President Hiroshi Nojima on work-related concerns, with responses coming from generative AI.
Read full story here13.09.2024 14:03The Naked Survivor Guy Theory of U.S. Politics Trump has made himself the most hated person in America, and thats the way he wants it.13.09.2024 14:03Future of Murdoch Empire Comes Down to a Court in Nevada Next week, a probate official will hear evidence in a clash between Rupert Murdoch and some of his children over who should control his media companies after he dies.13.09.2024 14:14China set to raise retirement age as demographic crisis looms China's retirement age has been among the lowest in the world. The plan announced on Friday is to gradually raise the age for male workers from 60 to 63 and for female workers from 55 to 58.13.09.2024 14:23China bans PwC for six months over Evergrande audit The ban was accompanied by a fine of more than $56.4 million over the accounting firm's involvement in the audit of the crisis-hit property developer.13.09.2024 15:00Im an American Activist. Israeli Forces Shot Me at a Peaceful Protestin the West Bank The Sept. 6 killing of Ay?enur Ezgi Eygi haunts me because a bullet tore through my leg at the same weekly demonstration a month earlier. 13.09.2024 15:00British Columbia shaken by messy election campaign putting progressive policies at risk Tumultuous campaign threatens to undo climate policies and Indigenous rights when voters go to polls in OctoberCanadas westernmost province has been gripped by a chaotic provincial election campaign, rife with political backstab ... 13.09.2024 15:07Sumo: Onosato beats Shodai to keep outright lead on Day 6 Burgeoning star Onosato blew away former ozeki Shodai to retain sole possession of the lead at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday.
The 24-year-old sekiwake demonstrated overwhelming power as he pushed out No. 4 maegashira Shodai and improved to a perfect 6-0 on Day 6 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
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India's Adani Group eyed in Swiss money-laundering case -
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BENGALURU -- A Swiss court has frozen $311 million from a company that allegedly laundered money for India's Adani Group through offshore funds in Mauritius and Bermuda -- claims that the ports-to-telecom conglomerate has blasted as "absurd."A 12-page ruling by the Federal Criminal Court showed that prosecutors froze the assets of a company identified as A.Ltd as part of an investigation into its owner that began in December 2021, more than a year before U.S.-based short seller Hindenburg Research alleged that Adani had engaged in "brazen stock market manipulation".13.09.2024 15:38Kim Jong Un offers rare glimpse inside secretive nuclear facility North Korea released the first-ever images of a uranium-enrichment facility that produces fuel for its nuclear bombs, with Kim Jong Un calling for exponentially increasing the countrys nuclear arsenal.13.09.2024 15:52China gives PwC record ?47m fine and six-month ban over Evergrande Accountancy firm accused of issuing false audits says it has sacked six partners and five other staff have leftThe China arm of the accountancy firm PwC has been banned for six months and fined a record 441m yuan (?47m) over its a ... 13.09.2024 16:00How Social Desirability Bias Could Derail the Election for Kamala Harris We must bridge the gap between what voters sayand what they do, writes Anu Gupta. 13.09.2024 16:00How the Speak No Evil Remake Drastically Changes Its Ending From the Original There's a reason why the remake of Danish filmmaker Christian Tafdrup's 2022 psychological horror of the same name has a very different ending.13.09.2024 16:00The Story BehindWill & Harper, as Told by Will Ferrell and Harper Steele Longtime comedy friends Will Ferrell and Harper Steele on their new film about a road trip they took after Steele came out as a transgender woman.13.09.2024 16:00My Old Ass Is a Winning Comedy About the Rush to Become Who You Are Maisy Stella and Aubrey Plaza star in Megan Park's comedy with a literal take on the question, "what advice would you give your younger self"? 13.09.2024 16:14Tim Walz blasts JD Vance for wanting to shut down the government DNC launches Taylor Swift-themed ads13.09.2024 16:36Cool weather slows L.A. wildfires, but suburbs are still under threat Wildfires that have burned dozens of mountain homes near Los Angeles slowed on Thursday with cooler temperatures but authorities warned the blazes still threatened suburbs.13.09.2024 16:36Hong Kong journalists harassed in systemic and organised attack Staff from at least 15 media outlets subjected to threats and defamatory letters sent to their families and employersJournalists from more than a dozen media outlets in Hong Kong have been harassed and targeted in what the citys ... 13.09.2024 16:48Nippon Steel sends letter to Biden over U.S. Steel acquisition Nippon Steel Corp. said Friday it has sent a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden, as its $14.1 billion buyout of United States Steel Corp. is at risk of falling through.
The letter, signed by Nippon Steel Chairman and CEO Eiji Hashimoto and U.S. Steel President and CEO David Burritt, was sent on Sunday. Biden is reportedly preparing to block the deal, citing potential national security risks related to foreign ownership.
Read full story here13.09.2024 16:59IS group claims deadly Afghanistan attack that killed 14 Six other people were injured in the attack in a Shiite-majority area in central Afghanistan on Thursday.13.09.2024 17:30French ex-PM Gabriel Attal visits Ukraine in search of his independence and his Odesa castles Gabriel Attal arrived in Ukraine on Friday, for a visit that is both political and personal. His mother is descended from a noble family from the shores of the Black Sea, once forced to flee the Bolsheviks.13.09.2024 17:52When Political Memes Take on a Lie of Their Own As campaigns increasingly communicate via meme, cat videos are outranking reality.13.09.2024 18:00A Worlds Fair Could Be Just What We Need The 1964-1965 New York Fair filled Americans with optimism and excitement for the future despite tumultuous times.13.09.2024 18:00Fu?ball: Fabian H?rzeler ist Trainer des Monats in der Premier League Drei Spiele, sieben Punkte: Dem deutschen Fu?ballcoach Fabian H?rzeler ist mit Brighton & Hove Albion ein fast perfekter ... 13.09.2024 18:03Boeing factory workers strike after overwhelmingly rejecting contract Boeings factory workers walked off the job after midnight on Friday, halting production of the companys best-selling airplanes after staff overwhelmingly rejected a new labor contract.13.09.2024 18:07Stranded in the CrowdStrike Meltdown: No Hotel, No Food, No Assistance Airlines pledged assistance, refunds and reimbursements to passengers whose travel had been disrupted by this summers software outage. Instead, passengers told us, they were on their own. Страницы: 139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179