When Chinese president and Communist Party chief Xi Jinping gave a speech on cybersecurity and information technology last month, international media noted that even as Xi called for greater tolerance of online criticism, censors were restricting Chinese internet users from posting negative comments about his remarks. However, foreign reporters overlooked other important points in the April 19 speech, including ...

  BLOOMBERG Financial markets reawakened to the risk of the Federal Reserve expediting interest-rate increases, buoying the dollar while crimping emerging markets and commodities. U.S. stocks were little changed after slumping on Tuesday. The dollar climbed to a seven-week high and Treasuries fell, pushing two-year yields to highest since April, before Wednesday’s release of minutes from the Federal Open Market ...

  Bloomberg The world’s mines and steel plants got so devalued during the commodity slump that some were just given away by owners struggling to cut losses or debt. But there’s at least one metal that’s been attracting a lot of attention. Niobium — named for a Greek goddess who became a symbol of the tragic mourning mother — is ...