Month: September 2026

Beijing vows to boost economic growth as domestic consumption lagsBeijing vows to boost economic growth as domestic consumption lags

Chinese officials vowed to bolster flagging growth as a real estate downturn hampers domestic consumption. Though Beijing has largely resisted economists’ calls for fiscal stimulus, the pressure has piled on policymakers, who signaled today they will move to stabilize the property sector, boost employment, and support household spending, which ING’s ...

‘Online sex workers literally have to bare it all’: why Patricia Nilsson is exposing the world’s biggest porn bosses‘Online sex workers literally have to bare it all’: why Patricia Nilsson is exposing the world’s biggest porn bosses

As a business journalist, Nilsson began rigorously reporting on the power players of the adult industry, who prefer to remain in the shadows. Along the way, she uncovered how porn has shaped the internet – and our lives as a whole There was a time, a few decades ago, when ...