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Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com posted its slowest quarterly revenue growth on record for the first three months of the year, as Covid-19 lockdowns in the world's second-largest economy weighed on consumer spending.JD.com beat estimates…

This photo from September 25, 2020 shows Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group, attending the opening ceremony of the 3rd All-China Young Entrepreneurs Summit in Fuzhou, Fujian Province of China. Alibaba is among the Chinese technology…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 13, 2022. Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersU.S. stock index futures were flat during overnight trading on Monday, following a volatile session that saw…

"The Big Short" investor Michael Burry had a bet against tech giant Apple in the first quarter, a regulatory filing showed. Burry, one of the first investors to call and profit from the subprime mortgage crisis, owned 2,060 put contracts…

Starbucks coffee shop logo seen at one of their stores.Stephen Zenner | LightRocket | Getty ImagesStarbucks said Monday it will start covering eligible travel expenses for employees seeking abortions or gender-affirming procedures.The…

DeepMind co-founder Mustafa SuleymanGreylock PartnersInflection AI, the new artificial intelligence start-up from DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, has secured $225 million in funding, according…

PARIS — The United States and the European Union are looking at how to improve food supply chains with export restrictions from India and other nations accentuating global problems, the EU's trade chief told CNBC.G-7 foreign ministers…

The persistent spread of Covid and resulting stay-home orders — primarily in Shanghai — forced factories to close or operate at limited capacity in April. Pictured here on May 12 is a refrigerator factory in Hefei, China, about a five…

Traders on the floor of the NYSE, May 6, 2022.Source: NYSEStock futures were higher Sunday evening after a week of steep losses that ended on a high note, and ahead of a big earnings week for retailers.Futures tied to the Dow Jones…

Here are the five crucial tests Ukraine and its global partners and allies must tackle as Russian President Vladimir Putin's criminal war approaches its most decisive phase.Some are short-term, and others have generational consequences.…