Asia’s year in review: Who had it good — and who had it bad — in 2023

Asia’s year in review: Who had it good — and who had it bad — in 2023

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Curtis S. Chin, a former U.S. ambassador to the Asian Development Bank, is managing director of advisory firm RiverPeak Group. Jose B. Collazo is an analyst focusing on the Indo-Pacific region. Follow them on X at @CurtisSChin and @JoseBCollazo. As 2023 comes to a close, we … Read more

China’s reopening is ‘good news’ for growth – but could lead to inflation, Davos economists warn

China’s reopening is ‘good news’ for growth – but could lead to inflation, Davos economists warn

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE The reopening of China was one of the most discussed topics at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images DAVOS, Switzerland — The reopening of China’s economy could boost global growth, but business leaders and policymakers at the World Economic Forum … Read more

A protracted disease crisis threatens the UK economy

A protracted disease crisis threatens the UK economy

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A row of ambulances outside the emergency department of the Royal London Hospital on November 24, 2022 in London. In the UK, the number of “economically inactive” people – those who are neither working nor looking for work – between the ages of 16 and 64 … Read more

Asian Year in Review: Who did well and who did poorly in 2022

Asian Year in Review: Who did well and who did poorly in 2022

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE In July, police officers step on the ruined doors of the presidential palace in Sri Lanka. The country was hit hard by the economic crisis. Abhishek Chinnappa | News Getty Images | Getty Images Curtis S. Chin, former US ambassador to the Asian Development Bank, is … Read more

China could reopen in March, but without Covid, confidence in supply chains is shaken, economist says

China could reopen in March, but without Covid, confidence in supply chains is shaken, economist says

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE While Chinese authorities could gradually lift restrictions in March, the zero-infection policy is starting to damage global confidence in the country’s industrial supply chains, said Li Daokui, Mansfield Freeman Professor of Economics at China’s Tsinghua University. In the short term, supply chains will be largely unaffected … Read more

Watch live: U.S. Attorney Merrick Garland briefs reporters on DOJ lawsuit challenging Idaho’s abortion law

Watch live: U.S. Attorney Merrick Garland briefs reporters on DOJ lawsuit challenging Idaho’s abortion law

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE (Attorney General Merrick Garland is scheduled to begin speaking at 1:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if the video above is not playing at that time.) The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block Idaho’s new restrictive abortion law because it violates federal … Read more

China could accumulate more debt as prisons have hit the economy

China could accumulate more debt as prisons have hit the economy

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Covid’s prisons have hit the Chinese economy and the Asian giant may have to issue more debt to continue to achieve its growth goal. Kevin Frayer Getty Images News Getty Images China may have to issue more debt as it tries to continue growing amid the … Read more

Covida’s Chinese policy is locking up a city three times the size of New York City

Covida’s Chinese policy is locking up a city three times the size of New York City

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE The Huangpu River divides the Chinese city of Shanghai between an older settlement in the west and a newer financial center in the east. Johannes Eisele Afp | Getty Images The last Chinese wave of restrictions on Covid has forced millions of people – about three … Read more

Watch live: Biden discusses proposed tax on ultra-rich and defense spending in 2023 budget

Watch live: Biden discusses proposed tax on ultra-rich and defense spending in 2023 budget

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE [The stream is slated to start at 2:45 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Joe Biden is scheduled to unveil his federal budget for 2023 at the White House on Monday afternoon. The budget … Read more

Bill Gates and John Kerry stress the “urgent” need for companies to join the climate fight

Bill Gates and John Kerry stress the “urgent” need for companies to join the climate fight

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Bill Gates speaks during the global investment summit at the Science Museum on 19 October 2021 in London, England. Leon Neal Getty Images News Getty Images Bill Gates stressed the urgent need for companies to strengthen and invest in emerging green technologies as the fight against … Read more

China’s policy without Covid could deal another blow to global supply chains, Moody’s says

China’s policy without Covid could deal another blow to global supply chains, Moody’s says

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE According to an economist at Moody’s Analytics, supply chain disruptions are prolonged mainly due to a strict Chinese policy without Covid. The bottlenecks have been going on for about a year now, but are expected to “significantly decrease” in the first months of this year, ”said … Read more

Germany was Covid’s “poster child”. He now notices 50,000 cases a day, prompting a dramatic warning

Germany was Covid’s “poster child”.  He now notices 50,000 cases a day, prompting a dramatic warning

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Medical staff care for a Covid-19 patient in the Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit at the Community Hospital (Klinikum Magdeburg) in Magdeburg, East Germany, on April 28, 2021. RONNY HARTMANN AFP | Getty Images Germany was once seen as a poster child on how to deal with … Read more

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