People walk outside a shopping mall during a week-long National Day holiday in Beijing on October 7, 2025. Greg Baker | Afp | Getty Images China's economy gathered steam in the first quarter, as robust exports growth offset tepid domestic demand, though the Iran war-fueled energy shock clouds growth outlook, threatening global demand. Gross domestic product grew 5% in the three months to March, da...
People walk outside a shopping mall during a week-long National Day holiday in Beijing on October 7, 2025. Greg Baker | Afp | Getty Images China's economy gathered steam in the first quarter, as robust exports growth offset tepid domestic demand, though the Iran war-fueled energy shock clouds growth outlook, threatening global demand. Gross domestic product grew 5% in the three months to March, data from the National Statistics Bureau showed Thursday, accelerating from 4.5% in the prior quarter and exceeding economists' forecast for a 4.8% growth in a Reuters poll. Beijing had lowered its growth target this year to a range of 4.5% to 5%, the least ambitious goal on record going back to the early 1990s, in a tacit acknowledgement of demand slowdown and lingering trade tensions with the U.S. "We should be aware that the external environment is becoming more complex and volatile," the statistics bureau said in a statement, warning of "acute" imbalance between "strong supply and weak demand." Separately, urban fixed-asset investment, including real estate and infrastructure investment, climbed 1.7% in the first quarter from a year earlier, missing expectations for a 1.9% growth in a Reuters poll. Investment in the property sector dropped 11.2%. In March, China's retail sales grew 1.7% from a year earlier, slowing from a holiday-boosted 2.8% increase in February and undershooting economists' forecast for a 2.3% growth. Industrial output expanded 5.7% last month from a year ago, stronger than analysts' expectations for a 5.5% rise, and compared with 6.3% expansion in February. The urban survey-based unemployment rate in March was 5.4%, picking up from 5.3% in February. As the world's largest oil importer and a heavily export-reliant economy, China is vulnerable to an oil shock that's already slowing trade, pushing up factory costs, and darkening the outlook for the rest of the year. In the first quarter, China's exports grew 14.7% from a year earlier in terms of U.S. doll...
Gabbard Sends Criminal Referrals For 2019 Trump Impeachment Whistleblower, IG Coverup On Monday, DNI Tulsi Gabbard and the House Intelligence Committee released declassified transcripts revealing that the whistleblower whose complaint about Trump and Zelensky's 'perfect call' as an extreme parisan who had a "prior professional relationship with one of the Democratic Presidential candidates," and d...
Gabbard Sends Criminal Referrals For 2019 Trump Impeachment Whistleblower, IG Coverup On Monday, DNI Tulsi Gabbard and the House Intelligence Committee released declassified transcripts revealing that the whistleblower whose complaint about Trump and Zelensky's 'perfect call' as an extreme parisan who had a "prior professional relationship with one of the Democratic Presidential candidates," and despite those facts, former-Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) Michael Atkinson claimed "I did not find the complainant (whistleblower) was biased." Tulsi Gabbard, director of national intelligence, during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on July 23, 2025.Eric Lee / Bloomberg via Getty Images Well, tonight they're the recipients of two criminal referrals . Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesady referred who is believed to be former CIA analyst Eric Ciaramella - along with the former intelligence community inspector general who fast-tracked it - for potential criminal investigation, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence announced Tuesday. The referrals to the Justice Department, first reported by Fox News and confirmed by multiple officials familiar with the matter, come days after Gabbard’s office declassified more than seven-year-old transcripts and supporting documents that Democrats and the intelligence community had kept under wraps since the fall of 2019. The newly public records raise fresh questions about the origins and handling of the complaint that accused Trump of pressuring Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter. NEW RECORDS VIA @DNIGabbard @RepRickCrawford ATKINSON TRANSCRIPTS - First Trump Impeachment + Whistleblower Motive Whistleblower met with Democrats on House Intelligence Committee (then led by Adam Schiff) BEFORE reporting his allegations to the Intelligence Community… pic.twitter.com/x7A1IxHLLO — Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) April 13, 2026 Ci...
Micron Technology has entered long term, volume based agreements with major hyperscalers and OEMs. These contracts commit most of its advanced memory capacity, including high bandwidth memory and DRAM, through 2027. The arrangements mark a structural shift in how memory is sold, with more visibility on volumes and pricing. For investors watching NasdaqGS:MU, this news comes on top of a very strong...
Micron Technology has entered long term, volume based agreements with major hyperscalers and OEMs. These contracts commit most of its advanced memory capacity, including high bandwidth memory and DRAM, through 2027. The arrangements mark a structural shift in how memory is sold, with more visibility on volumes and pricing. For investors watching NasdaqGS:MU, this news comes on top of a very strong share price run, with the stock at $456.23 and up 44.6% year to date. The company’s 3 year and...
Malaysia is preparing to amend its environmental laws to give authorities greater power to curb illegal electronic waste as the country seeks to avoid becoming a global dumping ground for discarded components, according to a local media report . Malaysia is preparing amendments to its Environmental Quality Act that will be submitted to the parliament early next year, according to a report in The S...
Malaysia is preparing to amend its environmental laws to give authorities greater power to curb illegal electronic waste as the country seeks to avoid becoming a global dumping ground for discarded components, according to a local media report . Malaysia is preparing amendments to its Environmental Quality Act that will be submitted to the parliament early next year, according to a report in The Star, citing Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Arthur Joseph Kurup. The proposed changes include setting up enforcement units under the Department of Environment at Malaysian ports, according to the report. A cabinet paper on the policy is expected to be submitted next week, it said. The minister said the department currently faces manpower constraints, the newspaper reported. Read: Malaysian Agency Impounds 40 Containers of Illegal Waste: Report