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Markets keep calm despite global tensions
A strike that closed US east and Gulf coast ports will be suspended, and market reaction to escalations in the Middle East remains minimal. Plus, Ita…
2 years, 1 month ago
Displacement pushes Lebanon to the brink
UK house sales rise at the fastest rate in three years, mass displacement in Lebanon risks overwhelming a country battered by economic crises, and Br…
2 years, 1 month ago
A day of escalation in the Middle East
Iran fires missiles at Israel, hours after the IDF launches a ground offensive in Lebanon. France’s new Prime Minister Michel Barnier announced tax r…
2 years, 1 month ago
AI start-ups generate revenue at record pace
SoftBank will invest $500mn into OpenAI as part of a fundraising round that will give the start-up a $150bn valuation, and Chinese equities post thei…
2 years, 1 month ago
Hizbollah reels after the death of its leader
In the wake of Hassan Nasrallah’s death, Hizbollah looks for a way forward, and French far-right leader Marine Le Pen goes on trial for allegedly emb…
2 years, 1 month ago
Swamp Notes: Harris and Trump pitch their economic visions
Voters consistently tell pollsters that economic issues are their top electoral concern. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have spent the past few weeks…
2 years, 1 month ago
How extremist settlers in the West Bank became the law
UK chancellor Rachel Reeves may backtrack on a key tax plan, Saudi Arabia is ready to abandon its unofficial price target of $100 a barrel for crude,…
2 years, 1 month ago
Banks warm up to nuclear power
OpenAI’s chief technology officer is leaving the company, major banks pledge to increase their support for nuclear energy, and hopes of an M&A comeba…
2 years, 1 month ago
China unleashes stimulus blitz
The US Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, China has unleashed a swath of stimulus measures to jump-start growth and t…
2 years, 1 month ago
A hostile takeover looms in European banking
The US proposed effectively banning Chinese cars, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz came out against a UniCredit takeover of Commerzbank and Israel carri…
2 years, 1 month ago