BEIJING: China is intensifying its efforts to bolster intelligent construction equipment, so as to realise a leapfrog upgrade from manual construction to intelligent construction. At a construction site in Nanjing, capital of East China’s Jiangsu province, state builders from China Railway No 4 Engineering Group Co Ltd (CREC4) are using a cantilever intelligent bridge building
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 4, 2025 9:04 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Home sales in the Greater Toronto Area remained weak in May while inventory levels were up — giving more negotiating leverage to potential homebuyers. The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says 6,244 homes were sold in May,
Marc Faber, a longtime investor who says his nickname is “Dr. Doom” (not to be confused with this Dr. Doom), has been buying gold for decades and telling other people to stock up for just as long. The gold bug regularly appears on videos extolling the metal’s virtues while sounding alarms about economic collapse. He’s eyeing a
Economy Materials 23 May 2025 22:21 (UTC +04:00) The Central Bank of Azerbaijan acquired intangible assets worth 1.7 million manat ($1 million) last year, marking a decline of more than 50 percent compared to 2023. Intangible assets, which provide long-term economic benefits despite lacking physical form, are key to supporting the bank’s future
“Impossibly unaffordable”. That’s how international researchers describe Australia’s housing market. Australia’s major cities keep beating other global cities as one of the most unaffordable places in the world to buy a home. The 2025 Demographia International Housing Affordability report released each year examines markets in Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom
NEW YORK — US stocks are drifting lower, while US bonds and the value of the US dollar are falling more sharply on Monday following the latest reminder that the U.S government seems to be hurtling toward an unsustainable mountain of debt. The S&P 500 was 0.4 percent lower in morning trading after Moody’s Ratings
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To comply with changed norms for getting interest-free capex loans from the Centre in 2025-26, states will seek modalities of uploading project details in the Public Financial Management System (PFMS) portal. Lack of knowledge in this regard is hindering states from providing the required information, which may lead to a delay in getting funds for
The share of outstanding U.S. consumer debt that’s in delinquency rose in the first quarter to the highest in five years, reflecting an end to the pandemic-era pause on reporting delinquent student loan payments on credit reports. Some 4.3% of debt was delinquent in the first three months of this year, the most since 2020
Have you ever wanted to know what your cat is really saying? A Chinese tech firm is exploring whether artificial intelligence can help decode feline vocalisations and translate them into human speech. Baidu, the company behind China’s largest search engine, has filed a patent with the China National Intellectual Property Administration for a system designed