German economy faces challenge from China’s support for competing industries
MOOSBURG, Germany (AP) — The heart of the German economy is making and exporting the big-ticket, complex goods…
Chinese manufacturing slows in July in first contraction in 5 months
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s factory activity unexpectedly slowed in July, the first such contraction in five months,…
South Korea’s Kospi share index falls 7%, as investors dump more AI-related stocks
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed but South Korea’s Kospi stock index dropped 7% on Wednesday as…
Chinese chipmaker CXMT shares soar in blockbuster Shanghai IPO
HONG KONG (AP) — Shares of CXMT, China’s largest memory chipmaker, shot skyward Monday as they began trading…
Iranian strikes hit Kuwait desalination plant, exposing Mideast water vulnerability
Iranian strikes on Friday hit a power and water desalination plant in Kuwait, damaging one of the key…
UK nationalizes British Steel to save jobs, protect national interest
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government has nationalized British Steel to protect the nation’s steelmaking capacity after the…
EPA inks clean-up agreement with Columbia Falls aluminum plant
The owner of a sprawling, long-shuttered aluminum plant in Columbia Falls has agreed to pay $57.6 million to…
Israel’s strikes and Trump’s blockade have battered Iran’s economy
CAIRO (AP) — In the heartland of Iran’s famed carpet-making industry, manufacturing has ground to a near halt.…
Chemical leak at a West Virginia plant kills 2 people, sends 19 to hospital, officials say
INSTITUTE, W.Va. (AP) — A chemical leak at a West Virginia silver recovery business on Wednesday killed two…
China factory activity rebounds in March as Iran war looms over growth
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s factory activity expanded in March, ending two months of contraction, the government said…