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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Banknotes of Japanese yen and U.S. dollar are seen in this illustration picture taken September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar advanced on Monday after…

Soft gripper grasps succulent. Credit: Harvard Microrobotics Lab/Harvard SEAS If you've ever played the claw game at an arcade, you know how…

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: Publishing date: Oct 20, 2022  •  21 minutes ago  •  3 minute read  •  Join the conversation Article content SINGAPORE — Sterling edged lower on…

Jayanth R. Varma advocated for a bigger rate increase to 6% at last month’s meeting before a pause to enable transmission of the rate increases since policy ‘acts with lags’ Jayanth R. Varma advocated for a bigger rate increase to 6% at…

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: Reuters Joice Alves and Rae Wee Article content LONDON/SINGAPORE — Sterling fell on Thursday, marching towards Wednesday’s almost two-week low, as…

By ANITA SNOW and JAY REEVES - Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Older people with limited mobility and those with chronic health conditions requiring the use of electrically powered medical…

Neurons often get most of the credit for keeping our brains sharp and functioning -- as well as most of the blame when it comes to brain diseases. But star-shaped cells called astrocytes, another abundant cell in the human brain, may bear…

Sichuan’s power shortage shows that hydropower, usually seen as the most stable renewable source, is still not as reliable as coal, according to Hanyang Wei, an analyst with BloombergNEF. That raises doubt about how smoothly China can shift…

Wan Jinjun, a 62-year-old retiree who has swum the Yangtze River almost every day for the past decade in Wuhan, said he’s never seen a drought like this before. An extreme summer has taken a toll on Asia’s longest river, which flows about…

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business China’s factory activity unexpectedly contracted in July while property sales continued to shrink, highlighting the fragility of the economy’s recovery amid sporadic Covid outbreaks and adding…