With the movie box office hitting record high, intangible cultural heritage travel gaining traction,...

Chinese shoppers spend $139 billion during Singles' Day fest Chinese shoppers spent $139.1 billion during this year’s annual Singles’ Day shopping extravaganza, breaking last year’s record even though consumer spending slowed amid economic uncerta...

Neiman Marcus to spend $500M on new investments amid rebound Neiman Marcus is hoping to capitalize on rebounding luxury sales by investing more than $500 million over the next three years in refreshing stores, speeding up deliveries and acquiring new te...

Chinese consumers spent 692.8 billion yuan (about 107.22 billion U.S. dollars) over the course of a 15-day online shopping festival, official data shows. This represents a year-on-year growth of 26.7 percent, commerce ministry spokesperson Gao Feng told...

Go forth and spend: Call for action closes US climate summit In closing President Joe Biden's global climate summit, world leaders shared stories of their own nations' drives to break away from climate-wrecking fossil fuels By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, CHRISTIN...

Australia plans to spend $417M on hydrogen, carbon capture Australia’s prime minister has proposed spending an extra $417 million on hydrogen and carbon sequestration projects, seeking to burnish his government’s green credentials ahead of a climate...

The Associated Press FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2019, file photo, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks during his news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. Amazon said Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, that Bezos is stepping down as CEO later in the year, a...

Staycationing Chinese consumers spent 905.76 billion yuan (about $140.16 billion) on a month-long online Spring Festival shopping spree that concluded Thursday, official data shows. The 30-day period of online shopping, which ran from Jan 20 to Feb 18,...

Chinese shoppers have spent big over the Singles' Day shopping festival, showing the country's strong economic recovery following the COVID-19 epidemic. Sales on Alibaba's e-commerce platform Tmall exceeded 372.3 billion yuan (56.29 billion U.S. dollars...

Uber, Lyft spend big, win in California vote about driversUber, Lyft and other app-based ride-hailing and delivery services spent $200 million in California to keep drivers from becoming employees eligible for benefits and job protections By BRIAN MELLE...