Hollywood’s China dreams get tangled in trade talksHollywood’s push for greater access to China’s booming film market - delayed since last year - has become tangled in broader trade talks between Washington and Beijing, a potentially thorny position a...
China agrees to import more from US, no sign of $200 billion figureChina has agreed to significantly increase its purchases of US goods and services, the two countries said on Saturday, but made no mention of a $200 billion target the White House had touted earlier....
China says opening up of financial sector will need reciprocityChina’s push to open up its financial sector to foreign banks and financial institutions will be based on the principle of reciprocity and will not reward protectionism by other countries, an official...
Oil price keeps rising – will it come back to earth with a bump?The big story in the financial markets in 2018 has been the sharp rise in oil prices, which last week hit $80 a barrel for the first time in four years. But if oil analysts are right and the cost of c...
Virtual reality is finally ready for normal people, and the $200 Facebook Oculus Go is your ticketVirtual reality, or VR, is the futuristic scenario you've seen in sci-fi movies where someone puts on a headset and then enters another environment: a digital world with movie-like scenes, immersive g...
Carillion fiasco shows why auditors must be accountable to parliamentLast week’s verdict from a parliamentary committee on the collapse of construction and outsourcing company Carillion – “recklessness, hubris and greed” – marks the failure not just of a model for prov...