The logo of Alibaba’s e-commerce app Taobao is displayed next to mobile phones displaying the app, in this illustration picture taken October 25, 2023. Reuters | Florence Lo Singapore — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba‘s Taobao shopping app topped the Apple App Store charts in Singapore after releasing an English version on Tuesday — thanks to…
We started buying Home Depot shares last week as a play on housing and interest rates. Our initial 50-share buy was around $362. We bought 50 more shares Wednesday a few dollars higher. The Dow stock is having a mixed year — up about 7% compared to the S & P 500 ‘s more than…
A general view is showing a shopping mall in Hong Kong, on Aug. 1, 2024. Vernon Yuen | NurPhoto | Getty Images Hong Kong’s July retail sales fell 11.8% from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, reflecting the continued impact of the change in consumption patterns. Sales decreased to 29.1 billion Hong Kong dollars…