Pedestrians walk near an advertisement promoting the sales festival in Beijing. (Picture credit: AP) While the Western world is gearing up for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, China has already celebrated its biggest shopping extravaganza—Singles Day. Often overshadowing other global shopping events, Singles Day has grown from a niche celebration to a retail phenomenon, surpassing…
Spot gold tested a new lifetime high last week due to a combination of factors that have converged to propel the demand for the yellow metal. Multiple catalysts like US rate cut speculation, China’s economic stimulus, and renewed geopolitical tensions attributed to the rise in prices. Prices on the London spot market surged near to…
NEW DELHI: The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly in the post-pandemic years, has pushed big multinationals and startups to rejig their work structure in accordance with the evolving trends, one such step being the ever-despised layoffs.While layoffs continue to serve as grim reminders about the flaky global job market, a new phenomenon called “dry…
