The Chinese have always lived by the saying “better broken jade than intact tile.” This explains why Chinese TV anchor Liu Xin picked out jade earrings and a jade pendant necklace to wear in her much-hyped debate on the US-China trade war with Fox anchor Trish Regan. The meaning of the jewelry, apparent to millions of Chinese who watched the ...

Greece’s banks have staged a spectacular stock market rally this year. Shares of two of the country’s top four lenders – Piraeus Bank SA and National Bank of Greece SA — have more than doubled. The possibility of a change in government has spurred the latest bump — but investors’ optimism may be premature. Fundamentally, little has changed since last ...

Economists tend to categorise countries by their per-capita income levels. The best known is the World Bank’s system, which classifies countries into low, lower-middle, upper-middle and high income, according to the per capita gross national income: Other international development agencies, like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the United Nations, tend to adopt the World Bank’s taxonomy when distinguishing countries ...