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For Zhu Zhangjin, the boss of a furniture factory in eastern China, the cost of finance is still one of the “mountains” weighing on his business’s profitability. Borrowing costs are the “highest among all major economies,” said Zhu, chairman of Zhejiang province-based Kasen International Holdings Ltd., naming rising labor expenses and tax rates as other headaches. Zhu’s company, which employs about 5,000 people and exports sofas and car seats to
NEW YORK (AP) — David Letterman is packing his final 28 shows as a late-night host with a who’s who of Hollywood names and favorites leading up to his May 20 swan song.
NEW YORK (AP) — The first few years after the Beatles split, Ringo Starr had bragging rights on his mates.
Mike Santoli has a few things to watch today as you get your trading week started.
“American Warlord: A True Story” (Alfred A. Knopf), by Johnny Dwyer
“Coal Wars: The Future of Energy and the Fate of the Planet” (Palgrave Macmillan), by Richard Martin
Apple’s first foray into the world of the smartwatch generated nearly 1 million pre-orders in the United States Friday, according to early estimates.
NEW YORK (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II is on Broadway — and her son will soon join her.
NEW YORK (AP) — A Cuban-American actress who attended the same Miami high school as Gloria Estefan and an actor who stars on USA’s “Sirens” have been chosen to star on Broadway as Gloria and Emilio Estefan in a musical based on the groundbreaking entertainers’ lives.
ConocoPhillips is preparing the sale of noncore oil and gas producing acreage in the United States, in the latest sign that oil majors are becoming more accepting of lower oil prices, according to people familiar with the matter. While the world’s oil and gas companies have been looking to buy assets on the cheap since oil prices plummeted, epitomized by Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s agreement earlier this month to buy
