The National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, China’s top legislative body, will convene in Beijing on Monday to discuss a wide range of issues. A large fiscal stimulus, recommended by several prominent economists and hotly anticipated by investors, is likely to be among them. As markets speculate over the potential size of a fiscal package … Read more
On Thursday October 31, SCMP executive editor Chow Chung-yan, China editor Wendy Wu and North America Bureau chief Robert Delaney shared their insider knowledge in a subscribers-only event moderated by managing editor for content Yonden Lhatoo. Below is an edited version of the main questions from subscribers and the panel’s responses. To watch the webinar … Read more
Question: Our long-term, well-liked employee just quit, saying she’s been struggling with depression and anxiety for over a year. Her supervisor mentioned a few months ago that she was using sick leave more frequently and he noticed she hadn’t seemed like herself, but he didn’t follow up … Read more
Dear Dave, I just finished paying off all my consumer debt in Baby Step 2. It took a long time, but I finally did it. Now, it’s time to grow my $1,000 beginner emergency fund to a full-funded emergency fund. I’ve been working on this for a while, and I’m glad I’m doing … Read more
OpenAI and Anthropic have signed an settlement with the Nationwide Institute of Requirements and Know-how’s (NIST) AI Security Institute (AISI) to grant the federal government company entry to the businesses’ AI fashions, NIST introduced Thursday. The Memorandums of Understanding signed by the creators of the ChatGPT and Claude generative AI platforms present a framework for … Read more
