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China’s ethnic-Korean enclaves have become less Korean
TALL jars filled with rice beer await customers by the riverside in Yanji, a city in north-eastern China close to the border with North Korea. Servers in aprons fork out spicy salads from rows of red plastic bowls. Atop a nearby trestle…
Falun Gong still worries China, despite efforts to crush the sect
TUCKED away in a corner on Gerrard Street, in the heart of London’s Chinatown, three middle-aged Chinese women sit on the ground, their legs tightly crossed, in silent meditation. A deafening loudspeaker behind them blasts out a stream of…
Hurricane Maria was the most deadly storm in America since 1900
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Print edition | United States
Aug 30th 2018
WITH vicious winds gusting at 120mph, the hurricane that made landfall in Puerto Rico on September 20th 2017 was expected to be deadly. Hurricane Maria wrought…
Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple Prices: Cryptocurrencies Lose 25%
Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Ripple: Prices, Charts and Analysis
Cryptocurrencies fall between 25% and 50%.
Overall market capitalization down by nearly USD60 billion.
Cryptocurrency Market – Calm Before (Another) Storm?…
Bitcoin Price Analysis Another Red Day Pushes BTC Into Deeper Support Test
Bitcoin has tumbled again today as the market continues to see further downward movement shortly after breaking two areas of market support. So far, bitcoin is down 15% on the day — 25% in 1 week:
Figure 1: BTC-USD, Daily Candles, Downward…
Were officials to blame for the inundation of farms in China?
WHEN loudspeakers in Kouzi, a village in the eastern province of Shandong, blared out urgent warnings of floodwaters heading downriver towards them, residents were anxious, but they did not panic. They had been told it would be another day…
Hip to be square: the unlikely survival of the crossword
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Print edition | Britain
Nov 8th 2018
“YOU HAVE the most peculiar ideas of relaxation,” Laura Jesson tells her aloof husband in the film “Brief Encounter”, when he suggests that she unwind with a cryptic crossword.…
How Far Will Square Stock Fall?
Square, Inc. (SQ) shares fell more than 10% on Tuesday morning after Nomura analysts cut their price target from $125 to $107 per share, but the stock regained ground by the late morning. Nomura still believes that the fast-growing Cash App…
JP Morgan sees a slowdown coming, with economy growing at less than 2 percent in 2019
JP Morgan economists expect economic growth to slow down in 2019, to a pace of 1.9 percent for the year.
The economist say the slow down from a "boomy" 3.1 percent in year-over-year fourth quarter growth will come as fiscal, monetary and…
Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Foot Locker, Autodesk and more
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell:
Shares of Autodesk rose over 9 percent during the extended session Tuesday. The software design company reported earnings of 29 cents a share, slightly above analysts' expectations…