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BEIJING — The coastal Chinese city of Shantou on Thursday joined parts of Taiwan in shutting down schools and offices as Typhoon Doksuri brings heavy wind and rain to the Taiwan Strait and surrounding areas. Doksuri weakened further on Thursday,…
NEW YORK — The squeeze is on for profits at big companies. After enjoying a strong run where they could keep raising prices to boost their profits, companies are now stuck in a vise. On one end, revenue is under…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The months-long publicity blitz and box-office triumph of “Barbie”—which earned a hundred and fifty-five million dollars on its opening weekend, giving the director Greta Gerwig and the nascent Mattel Films the…
BEIJING — Indonesian President Joko Widodo arrived Thursday in China and planned to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The two will discuss investments and “various strategic projects for Indonesia and China," including in trade and health, as well as…
FRANKFURT, Germany — Volkswagen saw after-tax earnings fall by 20% in the first half of the year, to 8.5 billion euros ($9.45 billion), as the automaker tries to engineer a rebound in China. The decline from the same period last…
