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Over the next five years, Chinese courts plan to enhance their capacity to handle foreign-related cases and improve the legal business environment, with the goal of establishing China as a preferred venue for resolving intellectual property and international commercial disputes, an official from the nation”s top court said on Wednesday. During the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30), courts nationwide will adhere to the principle of equal protection for all market participants by refining mechanisms to identify and correct wrongful convictions involving businesses and by stepping up efforts against the misuse of criminal or administrative measures in economic disputes, Liu Guixiang,…

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​Its relationship with the WowMyCity Platform ecosystem drives it toward mass adoption, as customers receive Tokens for their daily actions: shopping, dining, leisure, etc. Similarly, users will accumulate their tokens and will also be able to pay for their purchases using them. It is a Utility Token designed for making purchases.To reward its customers, WowMyCity executes WYT purchases on the Exchange, ensuring a real market and product rotation. There will always be a demand for the token because WowMyCity’s revenue inevitably generates WYT buys on the Exchange, establishing a tangible market.WowMyToken grants rewards to customers for their daily purchases of…

Hong Kong is building its own gold-clearing infrastructure, and it wants to go head-to-head with London. The city plans to launch a government-backed clearing system in July 2026, designed to make it Asia’s primary bullion trading hub. The system will be operated by the Hong Kong Precious Metals Central Clearing Company, a government-owned entity backed by the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau. Think of it as Hong Kong’s attempt to do for gold in Asia what the London Bullion Market Association has done for decades in Europe: provide the plumbing that makes large-scale institutional gold trading actually work. How…

The Missner Group, in conjunction with financial partner Wylie Capital, has acquired three industrial properties totaling more than 840,000 square feet across Northwest Indiana and the Indianapolis market.The acquisition includes a two-building, 540,986-square-foot industrial portfolio at 9401 and 9602 Georgia Street in Merrillville, Indiana, as well as a newly constructed 302,545-square-foot logistics facility at 65 Commerce Park in Whitestown, Indiana. With the addition of these assets, The Missner Group will nearly double its industrial portfolio from approximately 1.2 million square feet to more than 2.2 million square feet.Built in 2021 and 2022, the Merrillville portfolio is 100% leased to four…

AbstractIntroduction: In economic theory economic surplus refers to two related quantities: Consumer and producer surplus. Applying this theory to health care “convenience” could be one way how consumer benefits might manifest itself.Methods: Various areas of economic surplus were identified and subsequently screened and analyzed in Germany, Spain, The Netherlands, and the UK: Cesarean births, emergency room visits (nights or weekends), drug availability after test results, and response surplus. A targeted literature search was being conducted to identify the associated costs. Finally the economic surplus (convenience value) was calculated.Results: The economic surplus for different health care areas was being calculated. The…

NEW YORK, May 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to grow its Private Equity Practice with the addition of Abigail X. Xu as a shareholder in the New York office. She joins from Paul, Weiss. Xu will augment Greenberg Traurig’s expanding Private Equity Practice, bringing a broad-based practice spanning acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs, equity investments, and activist defense. She has advised on both buy-side and sell-side transactions across a wide range of industries, including technology, infrastructure, energy, financial services, and insurance. “Abigail’s arrival reflects our continued focus on deepening our corporate Private Equity roster in New York…

U.S. stocks inched to more records Wednesday after oil prices fell and eased the pressure on households and businesses worldwide. The S&P 500 edged up by less than 0.1% and added to its all-time high set the day before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 182 points, or 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.1% as both indexes also set records. Stocks of companies with big fuel bills helped lead the way on hopes that lower oil prices will remove a big drag on their profits. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings climbed 6.1%, and United Airlines rallied 6.3%. Delta Air Lines…

Large mutual funds and passive index funds are setting aside additional cash and preparing to offload some existing holdings in large-cap stocks. This strategic move anticipates upcoming blockbuster initial public offerings (IPOs) from SpaceX and OpenAI. John Flood, managing director of Global Banking & Markets, FICC & Equities at Goldman Sachs, noted in a May 22 client brief that passive funds could be compelled to sell down current large-cap holdings due to the potential inclusion of newly public companies. Flood observed that U.S. equity mutual funds historically increased cash balances ahead of major past IPOs. This action by major asset…

Kevin McCoy, “Quantum”, 2014, Animated GIF, Non-fungible token. Image Courtesy of Jennifer and Kevin McCoy. NFTs made artists rich overnight, crashed spectacularly, and became shorthand for hype, speculation, and internet absurdity. Declared dead more times than anyone can count, they nevertheless changed the art world, forcing artists, collectors, museums, and institutions to rethink ownership, value, and what digital art could be. Kevin McCoy knows this better than anyone. Widely regarded as the inventor of NFTs, the artist never set out to create a speculative market. What he imagined instead was monetized graphics: a way for digital artists to own and…