Cash-strapped LeEco reportedly sees 1.2 billion yuan in assets frozen over unpaid debts

Chinese firm LeEco’s downward spiral continues after unpaid debts lead a Shanghai court to freeze 1.2 billion yuan ($180 million) in assets owned by its subsidiaries, chairman and CEO Jia Yueting and his wife, according to various local media reports citing...

As diplomatic crisis swirls around Qatar, standoff could last ‘many more months’

Qatar is likely to reject the bulk of the demands put forward by Saudi Arabia and its allies after a damaging blockade that’s left the region in crisis, a former U.S. ambassador to the country said Tuesday. Chase Untermeyer, who was ambassador to the country...