According to research firm Canalys, incorporation of artificial intelligence technologies into new devices is expected to drive an 8% growth in the worldwide PC market next year. Analysts of the company forecast that consumers will begin updating the gadgets they bought during the COVID-19...

According to Trading Economics, the price of lithium carbonate in China dropped to 97.5 thousand yuan ($13.64 thousand) per ton, the lowest since August 2021. The main cause of the over 80% decline from the previous year is believed to be an increasing overstock. Experts claim that during the...

With year-end confidence high on expectations that major central banks including the U.S. Federal Reserve will start slashing interest rates early next year, global equities surged to their highest levels since late 2022 on Wednesday.   A day after the S&P 500 reached its highest...

While overall manufacturing improved, China's industrial profits in November showed double-digit rises. However, lacklustre demand continued to restrain expectations for business expansion, strengthening the case for additional macro policy support.   The increase in profits of 29.5%...

Predictions regarding 2023 were almost unanimous: a recession was on the horizon.   As the year draws to an end, the anticipated economic slowdown has not materialised.   What then awaits us in 2024?   Experts suggest there may still be a chance for an economic downturn....

In order to address national security concerns over chips sourced from China, the U.S. Department of Commerce said that it will begin an investigation into the country's defence industrial base and semiconductor supply chain.   The purpose of the poll is to determine how American businesses...

The latest shipping corporations to do so after attacks by Yemen's Houthi group on vessels interrupted global trade and led to the formation of a naval task force were Germany's Hapag-Lloyd and Hong Kong's OOCL on Thursday, announcing their intention to stay out of the Red Sea.   The Suez...

Since Western sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine cut off supplies of essential parts and maintenance services, Russia has provided more than $12 billion in state subsidies and loans to keep its aviation sector afloat, according to a Reuters study.   Due to its reliance on...

In an effort to maintain its hegemony over a number of important metals, China, the leading processor of rare earths in the world, prohibited the export of technology on Thursday that would allow for the extraction and separation of the vital components.   A class of seventeen metals known...