There’s a strange accounting trick behind one of China’s largest property deals ever

Major Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda is selling a bunch of its theme parks and hotels for $9.3 billion to Sunac, a Chinese property developer. That is projected to be the one of the largest Chinese real estate deals ever, and it features an interesting quirk: Wanda...

LeEco-backed Faraday Future moves SUV production as work halts on Las Vegas plant

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Startup Faraday Future said it would move production of its luxury electric SUV to a new location, from a planned $1 billion Las Vegas factory where construction has ground to a halt amid financial woes of key investor Chinese entrepreneur Jia...

If no one listens to us, the NHS will face its own Grenfell-style disaster | Rachel Clarke

All we know is that the victim is young, female and unconscious. Hit by a lorry, we’ve been told, while walking through town. We’re poised and waiting in gloves and gowns when the paramedics burst through the swing doors. We descend as one and, in a matter...

Amazon says customers ordered more than three times as many Echo speakers than during Prime Day 2016

Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday its Prime Day sale was on track to be the biggest shopping event in its history by sales. The world’s largest online retailer said customers ordered more than three times as many Echo-family speakers than during Prime Day 2016,...