China's Crude Oil Imports Hit A Record High In 2023 By Tom Kool of OilPrice.com China’s crude oil imports hit a record high in 2023, rising by 10% year-over-year and breaking the previous record from 2020 when the world’s top crude oil importer took advantage of the price crash to gorge on cheap crude. Last year, China’s crude oil imports averaged 11.3 million barrels per day (bpd), up by 10% compared to 2022, according to Chinese customs data compiled by Bloomberg and the U.S....
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BlackRock's assets under management surged 15% year-on-year to a record $10.5 trillion in the first quarter, as more people trusted the company to put their cash to work and markets performed well.The Wall Street titan grew its AUM by $1.4 trillion in 12 months, its first-quarter earnings revealed on Friday. The increase reflected a big net inflow of client funds and a positive market backdrop.BlackRock's revenue increased 11% to $4.7 billion, which helped boost its operating income by 18% to...
The agreement between the stakeholders addresses concerns regarding AI-generated music and mandates clear consent from and compensation for music artists before their voice is digitally replicated
Hollywood performers and media professionals have reached a tentative deal with major record labels such as Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment that includes increases in minimum salaries and protections against the use of AI. The deal covers the five-year period from 2021 to 2026 and has been unanimously approved by the executive committee of SAG-AFTRA, which represents roughly 160,000 actors and other media professionals, the union said in a statement on its website. AI has emerged...
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Oil prices jumped more than 3% after reports of explosions near the Iranian city of Isfahan.
Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries surged to a record in February, its fifth straight monthly rise, Treasury Department data released on Wednesday showed. Holdings totaled $7.965 trillion, up from a revised $7.945 trillion in January. Treasuries owned by foreigners rose 8.7% from a year earlier.
Cocoa Prices Hit New Record High As Talks In Ghana Suggest Delayed Deliveries Of Beans Cocoa futures jumped to a record high in New York on Thursday morning as traders confronted new supply problems in Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa producer. Bloomberg reports that the Ghana Cocoa Board, the regulator, is speaking with major commodity traders about delaying the delivery of 150,000 to 250,000 tons of cocoa until the next growing season due to dwindling bean supplies. The...
The yellow metal has repeteadly climbed to all-time highs in recent weeks.
Among other things, the deal requires an artist's consent for their voice to be used in AI-generated content Source
Nothing Uncovered jumped in the ratings last night -- both nationwide and in Seoul -- grabbing its highest rating yet by a sizeable amount. International viewers have always been rating the K-drama high.