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Chinese Economy

Japan business lobby urges sales tax hike to proceed as planned

By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) - The head of a Japanese business lobby said a planned sales tax hike should proceed in October to sustain the social security system for a rapidly ageing population, despite calls from elsewhere to p…

bubmagMay 30, 2019

Animal Protection

Japan’s otter-smuggling underbelly fuelled by cute animal cafe craze

An investigation by World Animal Protection has revealed a surprising rise in the illegal trade of otters across Japan. The animal advocacy non-profit discovered illegal hunting, trafficking and farming of the cute marine mammals is on the rise in Japan, Th…

bubmagMay 30, 2019

Electric Car

After Hours: Tesla’s Musk Reassures, and Veeva’s Victory Sours

Following the market's close on Wednesday, a fresh story broke about Tesla's (NASDAQ:TSLA) attempts to keep up its workforce's morale. The company's always-talkative CEO, Elon Musk, once again had something to say directly to them. Company results also made …

bubmagMay 30, 2019

Star Wars

32 photos inside Disneyland’s astonishing new ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’ land

Disneyland's brand new park section, "Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge," opens this Friday. Guests will be able to fly the Millennium Falcon in a new immersive ride, drink vegan Blue and Green Milk, and experience an overwhelming number of "Star Wars" Easter eggs pla…

bubmagMay 30, 2019

Privacy Concerns

You Can Now Tell Alexa To Delete Your Conversations

If you dont like the idea that your Echo device is recording every question you ask it all in the interest of, well, whatever Amazons reasoning is you can now wipe its memory each day with a handy voice command. Say this to your device, Alexa, delete everythi…

bubmagMay 30, 2019

Star Wars

This Week’s Star Wars Comic Is Like Opening an ’80s Time Capsule

When Disney purchased Lucasfilm and rebooted the expanded universe continuity that had sustained Star Wars for decades, we got a whole new universe of Star Wars comics at Marvel. Its one that, for nearly four years, has delivered some excellent stories. But t…

bubmagMay 30, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

Barnier to next British PM: May’s deal ‘only option’ for orderly Brexit

EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier with Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar | Clodagh Kilcoyne - WPA Pool/Getty Images If the U.K. wants to leave the EU with a deal, the current Withdrawal Agreement is "the only option," according to the European Commission'…

bubmagMay 30, 2019

Belt and Road

Making a multilateral Belt and Road

Author: Bob Carr, Sydney Between 2012 and 2030, China will add 850 million people to its middle class. This is unprecedented in human history, even exceeding the numbers of the European, North American and Japanese industrial revolutions. It is the biggest r…

bubmagMay 30, 2019

NASDAQ

Will the trade war spell the end of Chinese stock listings in America?

AMERICAN INVESTORS wanting a piece of Chinese firms, whether state-owned oil majors or tech stars, need not stray beyond Wall Street. Over the past two decades some 200 Chinese firms have gone public in America, more than from any other foreign country. (Most…

bubmagMay 30, 2019

Putin

Clinton assails Trump on Mueller probe in speech to NY grads

NEW YORK (AP) Without saying his name, Hillary Clinton assailed President Donald Trump during a commencement speech in New York on Wednesday, saying the president should be held accountable for defying Congress and ignoring special counsel Robert Mueller's fi…

bubmagMay 30, 2019

Japan business lobby urges sales tax hike to proceed as planned

Japan’s otter-smuggling underbelly fuelled by cute animal cafe craze

After Hours: Tesla’s Musk Reassures, and Veeva’s Victory Sours

32 photos inside Disneyland’s astonishing new ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’ land

You Can Now Tell Alexa To Delete Your Conversations

This Week’s Star Wars Comic Is Like Opening an ’80s Time Capsule

Barnier to next British PM: May’s deal ‘only option’ for orderly Brexit

Making a multilateral Belt and Road

Will the trade war spell the end of Chinese stock listings in America?

Clinton assails Trump on Mueller probe in speech to NY grads

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