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Recent comments by Japan’s leader about the possibility of military action around Taiwan show Japan is returning to the path of militarism, Chinese state media said in a commentaryBloomberg Terminal, adding that any “militarist fantasies” would blow up in Tokyo’s face. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s statement that Chinese military action in the Taiwan Strait could…
The British government says it will launch the largest overhaul of asylum seeker policy in modern times, drawing inspiration from Denmark’s approach, which is one of the toughest in Europe. The Labour government has been hardening its immigration policies, as it seeks to stem the surging popularity of the populist Reform UK party, which has…
Not everyone thinks I should. I’ve been told that covering Trump Mobile is “playing into his hands,” that “this obvious con [doesn’t need] any more publicity,” and that “we don’t need to read about it literally every week.” And those are just the nice messages — you don’t want to see some of the other…
Investors raced out of equity funds and into money market and fixed-income assets in October as concerns heighten over a possible stock market bubble. Equity funds saw their largest outflows on record last month with net selling hitting £3.6bn, a third of which was from UK-focused funds, according to global funds network Calastone, which tracks…
China is further opening up several major state-dominated industries to private capital by raising the ownership limit and removing some investment barriers. China’s cabinet — the State Council — has unveiled a package of 13 measures to promote private investment, in an effort to revive a sector that’s struggled against the backdrop of sluggish demand…
Last week I asked where the Trump phone was. The answer? Nowhere. There’s no update, no response, no sign of it. And since it’s still not here, I am — again — asking the same question. And I’m afraid I’m going to keep being here, week in, week out, until I have a T1 Phone…
Senate Democrats are pushing the Trump administration for more information on US efforts to prevent American private equity and venture capital firms from bankrolling advances by China and other adversaries in key technologies including artificial intelligence and quantum computing. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, five Democratic senators demanded a update on plans…
Biopharma has finally begun catching up with the overall stock market, if the positive returns shown by the top three exchange traded funds (ETFs) since the spring are any indication. Over the past six months, shares of the top three biopharma ETFs have jumped well into double digits. The top biotech-focused ETF with $6.562 billion…
Hello and welcome to Regulator. Of all the strange, unintended consequences stemming from major lawsuits, I never thought that the Trump administration’s power to force Apple to remove ICE-tracking mobile apps from its stores could have been connected to a legal battle over Fortnite V-Bucks. Yes, we are talking about the in-game digital currency that…