Chinese consumer brands look to crack the global market with Singapore as a testbed

Chinese consumer brands look to crack the global market with Singapore as a testbed

Hangzhou-based toy company Dodo Sugar, pictured here at the Pop Toy Show in Singapore on Aug. 23, 2024, is expanding to Thailand and other parts of Southeast Asia. CNBC | Sonia Heng Chinese consumer brands are using Singapore as a cultural testbed in their quest to expand globally, thanks to the city-state’s unique blend of … Read more

How to get relief from unexpectedly high medical bills

How to get relief from unexpectedly high medical bills

NEW YORK — Unexpectedly high medical bills are common in the United States, but there are ways to get relief. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, one in five Americans are affected by outstanding medical debt, for a total cost of $88 billion. In a 2022 study, the bureau found that roughly 20% of … Read more

Vermont Legislature overrides governor, passing overdose prevention, renewable energy, tax measures

Vermont Legislature overrides governor, passing overdose prevention, renewable energy, tax measures

The Democratic-controlled Vermont Legislature on Monday overturned a number of the Republican governor’s vetoes, passing measures to prevent drug overdoses, restrict a pesticide that’s toxic to bees and to require state utilities to source all renewable energy by 2035. But the Legislature failed to override Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of a data privacy bill that … Read more

Monster energy drink stock is best performer of the last 30 years

Monster energy drink stock is best performer of the last 30 years

The best-performing stock of the past three decades is not one of the tech titans you’d assume. It’s actually an energy drink company: Monster Beverage.  Monster’s stock has climbed for decades, along with sales, which have grown consistently for 31 years straight.  Between Feb. 14, 1994, and Wednesday, Monster’s stock appreciated by about 200,000%. That … Read more