Chinese women face ‘invisible screening’ and new AI threats in the workplace, Reports Show 00:00 00:00 /00:00 您的浏览器不支持 audio 标签。 Listen to this article 1x A man and a woman look out a window in an office. Photo: VCG The workplace environment for Chinese women is showing incremental progress, though significant hurdles remain. China’s overall gender gap index stands at 68.6%, up 0.2 percentage poin...
Chinese women face ‘invisible screening’ and new AI threats in the workplace, Reports Show 00:00 00:00 /00:00 您的浏览器不支持 audio 标签。 Listen to this article 1x A man and a woman look out a window in an office. Photo: VCG The workplace environment for Chinese women is showing incremental progress, though significant hurdles remain. China’s overall gender gap index stands at 68.6%, up 0.2 percentage points from the previous year, according to the World Economic Forum’s 2025 Global Gender Gap Report. The slight improvement was driven primarily by gains in political empowerment and health and survival equality. You've accessed an article available only to subscribers Subscribe today for just $.99. VIEW OPTIONS Unlock exclusive discounts with a Caixin group subscription — ideal for teams and organizations. Subscribe to both Caixin Global and The Wall Street Journal — for the price of one. Share now and your friends will read it for free!
Indonesia’s stocks and government bonds fell on concern Prabowo Subianto ’s administration is moving closer to removing the long-held deficit ceiling for the state budget. The Jakarta Composite Index of shares slid as much as 3.1% to an eight-month low after ministers said in a cabinet meeting on the weekend that the budget deficit limit of 3% of gross domestic product is difficult to maintain as ...
Indonesia’s stocks and government bonds fell on concern Prabowo Subianto ’s administration is moving closer to removing the long-held deficit ceiling for the state budget. The Jakarta Composite Index of shares slid as much as 3.1% to an eight-month low after ministers said in a cabinet meeting on the weekend that the budget deficit limit of 3% of gross domestic product is difficult to maintain as the Iran war pushes up oil prices. Prabowo said he would only consider temporarily exceeding the deficit cap for emergency situations, speaking in an interview with Bloomberg on Saturday. “They’re saying the 3% budget deficit cap is hard to keep,” said John Foo , founder of Valverde Investment Partners Pte. in Singapore. “Something has to give. You either increase the gap, or cut back on growth. Whatever happens, it’s not good.” Transport and property stocks were among the biggest losers in the benchmark index, which is heading for a fourth day of losses. The nation’s 10-year bond yield jumped 11 basis points to its highest level in 10 months, while the rupiah weakened 0.2% to 16,985 per dollar. Here are some comments from analysts about Indonesian assets and its fiscal situation. Felix Darmawan , Panin Sekuritas “The surge in oil prices could add strain to the fiscal outlook if it stays above the levels assumed in the state budget” With the long Eid holiday period coming up, investors tend to hold back and wait for clearer signals, which adds to the selling pressure “Transaction value has been noticeably lower in the past few days and the market feels quieter than usual, another sign that investors are stepping back and waiting for clarity” Suryaputra Wijaksana , PT UOB Kay Hian Sekuritas Indonesia “For fixed-income investors, yield risk is materializing” and foreign outflows from bonds are intensifying and could accelerate if global risk sentiment deteriorates further “The combination of rising global yields, worsening risk perception following outlook downgrades from rat...
Singapore home sales fell in February as the Lunar New Year holiday kept buyers and developers on the sidelines during one of the property market’s traditionally quieter months. Developers sold 246 new private units in February, according to figures released Monday by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. That compares with 1,597 units sold in the same month last year, when the holiday period started...
Singapore home sales fell in February as the Lunar New Year holiday kept buyers and developers on the sidelines during one of the property market’s traditionally quieter months. Developers sold 246 new private units in February, according to figures released Monday by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. That compares with 1,597 units sold in the same month last year, when the holiday period started in January and two major project launches drove transactions. A softening of Singapore’s housing market rally is clouding the outlook for developers, which are also bracing for the effects of the Middle East conflict. Shares of Singapore real estate firms tumbled on Monday as fears about the economic impact of the US-Israel war with Iran led JPMorgan Chase & Co. analysts to downgrade some of the country’s largest developers. Shares of City Developments Ltd. dropped as much as 6.8%, the most in almost a year after JPMorgan cut the firm to neutral from overweight. Analysts cited the impact of the Iran conflict on tourism and its hotel segment, as well as potential delays in divestments. UOL Group Ltd. slid as much as 7.5%, the most since 2018. Real estate shares had reached multi-year highs in Singapore in recent months, propelled by the housing boom. The Lunar New Year typically curtails showroom visits and transaction activity. The slowdown comes after almost 11,000 private homes were sold in all of 2025, the most in years, even as price growth eased to 3.3% . Still, transactions are due to pick up this month. Almost 500 new units have been sold in March so far, according to separate data published by the URA, with the bulk of them in a new project being built in River Valley, a rising middle-class enclave on the city center fringe.
Midnight Studio U.S. President Donald Trump said his planned trip to China later this month may be postponed as Washington pushes Beijing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting a renewed flashpoint in an already fragile bilateral relationship. In an interview with the Financial Times on Sunday, Trump said he expected China to help unblock the strait before he travels to Beijing for a su...
Midnight Studio U.S. President Donald Trump said his planned trip to China later this month may be postponed as Washington pushes Beijing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting a renewed flashpoint in an already fragile bilateral relationship. In an interview with the Financial Times on Sunday, Trump said he expected China to help unblock the strait before he travels to Beijing for a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, which had been scheduled for March 31 to April 2. Trump added that the two weeks to the meeting were a “long time” and that Washington wanted clarity before then. “We may delay,” Trump told the FT, without elaborating on timing. The remarks came as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met his Chinese counterpart, He Lifeng in Paris for talks about the planned summit. Beijing has yet to confirm the dates and typically announces such plans closer to their scheduled start. Trump said Sunday aboard Air Force One that China sourced about 90% of its oil through the strait, framing Beijing’s cooperation on Hormuz as a matter of self-interest. He has suggested other countries could help escort tankers through the waterway, naming nations including China, France, Japan, and South Korea. Iran effectively shut the strait after the U.S. and Israel launched attacks against it more than two weeks ago. About a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas normally passes through the Strait of Hormuz , a narrow passage of water between Iran and Oman. Brent crude ( CO1:COM ) was up 1.3% at $ 104.47 a barrel in Asian trade on Monday, and U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate ( CL1:COM ) also advanced, trading around $99.31. Dear Readers: We recognize that politics often intersect with the financial news of the day, so we invite you to click here to join the separate political discussion. More on markets, etc. CXSE: Ex-State-Owned China Stocks Offer Less Alpha These Days U.S. Energy Chokehold: How Interventions In Venezuela And Iran Are Reshaping China's G...
ZenSaBi/E+ via Getty Images Article Thesis My last article about Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ( AMPH ) was in July, last year. This is a small pharma company with a combined portfolio of generic and proprietary drugs, which I found undervalued last year, and my strategy was twofold. I had a small bull Put position through options (partially covered 22.5 Put) expiring this April, but this week I...
ZenSaBi/E+ via Getty Images Article Thesis My last article about Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ( AMPH ) was in July, last year. This is a small pharma company with a combined portfolio of generic and proprietary drugs, which I found undervalued last year, and my strategy was twofold. I had a small bull Put position through options (partially covered 22.5 Put) expiring this April, but this week I decided to roll it down (to 17.5 Put expiring September), with enough credit from this rolling to still target a nice profitability with the stock above $17.5 until September (more details below), even with the stock significantly down. I also had a small stock position, at an average cost of $26.03 (in February-April last year) as described in my article, which is down ~30% today, and I must say that this is probably the first strategical mistake that I had in the last about 18 months. We could say that we should wait at least three years for better assessing a long-term position. Even in less than a year a lot of up and down swings can happen. For example, my position in Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ), initiated at ~$99, briefly went down to ~$80 before surging and it’s about double today (and still holding most of it). Or my position in Teradyne ( TER ), initiated at ~$109, went down to around $80 when I added more, then I sold it for about 80% return in less than a year (and today it would have been even more). However, I think there are some structural differences for Amphastar, which I will try to detail below, together with other examples when buying shares was the right strategy. On the other hand, I don’t want to imply that I was otherwise perfect, that I didn’t have any other mistake in about one year and a half. For example, my small position in Cormedix ( CRMD ) is down even more, about 40%, from my average cost of $10.81, following a bleak short-term outlook post-TDAPA (Transitional Drug Add-On Payment Adjustment). But in that case, I argue that buying shares ...
(RTTNews) - Indian shares were modestly higher in early trade on Monday after having suffered a sharp setback last week amid an escalating U.S.-Iran conflict. Investors continued to assess the potential impact of global energy disruptions after U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said the United States may carry out additional strikes on Iran's Kharg Island oil export hub "just for fun". An Ir...
(RTTNews) - Indian shares were modestly higher in early trade on Monday after having suffered a sharp setback last week amid an escalating U.S.-Iran conflict. Investors continued to assess the potential impact of global energy disruptions after U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said the United States may carry out additional strikes on Iran's Kharg Island oil export hub "just for fun". An Iranian military spokesperson warned that ports, docks and "American hideouts" in the United Arab Emirates could be targeted. The benchmark BSE Sensex was up 335 points, or half a percent, at 74,889 while the broader NSE Nifty index edged up by 96 points, or 0.4 percent, to 23,247. Among the top gainers, Adani Ports, Bajaj Finance, SBI, HDFC Bank, Tata Steel and UltraTech Cement surged 1-3 percent. Jindal Stainless fell about 1 percent after informing that its plants are operating at a reduced capacity because of fuel shortages amid disruptions from the Middle East War. Adani Power added 1.7 percent after winning a significant Letter of Award from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company. Seamec gained 1.5 percent on bagging a contract worth Rs. 410.74 crore from ONGC. Bajel Projects soared 11.5 percent on securing a ultra-mega engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) order worth over Rs. 700 crore from Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company. Airline InterGlobe Aviation rose 1.6 percent as Citi maintained a Buy rating on the stock with a Rs. 5,100 target. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Nigerian regulators are reviewing free-float requirements for listed companies to boost liquidity, deepen the equity market and attract investors. Many of Nigeria’s largest listed firms are tightly held by controlling shareholders, which limits liquidity and heightens the risk of sharp swings in prices. Nigeria requires large companies to have a minimum public shareholding of 20% or at least 40 bi...
Nigerian regulators are reviewing free-float requirements for listed companies to boost liquidity, deepen the equity market and attract investors. Many of Nigeria’s largest listed firms are tightly held by controlling shareholders, which limits liquidity and heightens the risk of sharp swings in prices. Nigeria requires large companies to have a minimum public shareholding of 20% or at least 40 billion naira ($29 million) of shares available for trading. Free float came into focus this year when MSCI Inc. decided to tighten its definition of the measure. That prompted passive investors to dump stocks in nations such as Indonesia — which has Asia’s smallest average proportion. Nigeria will introduce rules to ensure more companies meet the requirement, said Temi Popoola , chief executive officer of the Nigerian Exchange Group . The bourse is working with Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission on “reviewing issues around free float and market liquidity,” Popoola said in an interview at his office in Lagos. “This includes assessing how we optimize existing free-float levels, ensuring the accuracy of free-float data captured by the exchange and evaluating whether current free-float requirements remain appropriate as the market evolves.” Dangote Cement Plc has a free float of about 11%, while Bua Cement Plc , Nigeria’s second-largest company by market value, has less than 3% available for trading. The companies meet the requirement though because they have more than 40 billion naira of publicly traded shares. Nigeria can learn from India, which faced a similar challenge in 2010, when authorities moved to address unease over dominant controlling shareholders and limited stock availability. The South Asian nation mandated listed companies to maintain a minimum public shareholding of 25%. Firms below the threshold were compelled to raise free float by at least five percentage points a year, while newly listed companies were given three years to comply. The measures hel...