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You might have seen viral videos of Wendy's drive-thru customers in the United States ordering their fast food from the firm's generative AI bot Wendy's FreshAI. Most show a very human-like transaction punctuated with cries of amazement at how fast, accurate and polite the system is.

For decades, the construction industry has been largely driven by financial feasibility—focusing on cost optimization and return on investment.

There is a long history of planned city building by both governments and the private sector from Brasilia to Islamabad.

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Luckin Coffee reported a negative operating margin of 1% in the first quarter this year as the escalation of a price war in China's coffee industry

The head of Polestar on competing with Tesla and the future of EVs.

Robinhood could soon face legal action from the SEC.

A bill sitting on Gov. Ron DeSantis' desk would end the state's support of renewable and clean energy and keep Florida reliant on fossil fuels, critics say.

Emrullah Karaca has made brakes for the past 20 years, but he is now learning to assemble heat pumps instead, as the Continental factory where he works in northern Germany is slated to close.

In the latest round of their decades-long battle for dominance in commercial aircraft, Europe's Airbus established a clear sales lead over Boeing even before the American company encountered more fallout from manufacturing problems and ongoing safety concerns.

Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Nier, and more are available for as much as 70% off at GMG.

Jeff Beacher and Kelly Osbourne are officially bringing "Beacher's Madhouse" back ... telling a photog the variety show's returning -- but, only for a limited time.

At WWDC this year, we’re going to hear a lot about AI. Here’s what Apple might say.

Yiwu, the world’s largest wholesale market for small commodities located in East China’s Zhejiang Province, is embracing a surge in exports of sporting goods as the Paris 2024 Olympic Games draws near. Some merchants in the city said sales have jumped by about 30 percent year-on-year driven by orders from France.

Experts warned on Sunday that it is unrealistic that the Philippines wants Chinese companies to invest, but also provokes China at sea and hypes the China threat at a trilateral summit with the US and Japan, after Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Saturday insisted that business deals that the Philippines secured at a summit with Japan and the US will not affect China's investments in the country.

The issuance of panda bonds, or yuan-denominated bond issued by foreign financial institutions in China, has reached 66 billion yuan ($9.12 billion) as of April 14 this year, up 128.36 percent year-on-year, data from financial information service Wind showed, underscoring the allure of China's low-cost borrowing market for offshore issuers.

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A number of foreign banks and institutions have upgraded forecasts for China’s GDP growth for 2024 after the economy expanded by an impressive 5.3 percent in the first quarter, well above market expectations.

The economic and financial working groups of China and the US held their fourth meeting in Washington DC on Tuesday, shortly after US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wrapped up a high-stakes six-day visit to China last week, which led to new areas of consensus in the economic and financial fields. The meetings come ahead of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s reported visit to China.