China Evergrande Group’s logo is displayed on a phone screen in this illustration photo taken on September 27, 2021. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images A day after China Evergrande’s shares were suspended in Hong Kong, the beleaguered Chinese property firm revealed that its director and executive chairman is under scrutiny over suspected crimes.
Californians say jobs, the economy, and inflation are the most important issues facing the state today, according to a new poll. Two out of three Californians said they expect bad economic times in the next 12 months; and that California is going in the wrong direction, according to a Public Policy Institute of California poll
Argentina’s poverty rate reached 40.1 per cent in the first half of 2023, as the South American economy descended into its worst crisis in two decades. The figure, released by Buenos Aires on Wednesday, comes four weeks ahead of Argentina’s high-stakes presidential election. The poverty crisis is at its worst since the height of the
Pull your sats out of Minecraft now Back in our July edition, we announced Satlantis, an independent Minecraft server run by the game’s fans, enabled players to earn Bitcoin by completing in-game quests using play-to-earn functionalities. We noted Minecraft developer Mojang’s previous NFT ban and concluded, “Time will show how this integration fairs against the
Receive free Airlines updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Airlines news every morning. Airline passengers in Europe face the prospect of higher ticket prices following a rally in the price of oil which has threatened carriers’ booming profits. Crude oil has risen to $95 per barrel this week,
The customers of bankrupt cryptocurrency lending platform BlockFi are one step closer to being paid out after a United States Bankruptcy Court in New Jersey approved its liquidation plan. Bankruptcy Judge Michael A. Kaplan approved BlockFi’s third amended Chapter 11 plan in a Sept. 26 court hearing, a filing on the same day shows. Sept.