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US Retail Sales Drop and Consumer Confidence Slide; Hong Kong GDP Forecast Lifted to 4.5% Top End
July US retail sales fell 0.6% and the Michigan consumer sentiment index came in at 51, missing forecasts, while Hong Ko...
OPPO Launches Reno16 Series in UAE With Matcha Event, Up to 7,000mAh Batteries and Bundles
The Reno16, Reno16 Pro and Reno16F are now on sale in the UAE with 50MP selfie cameras, up to 200MP sensors and launch b...
Alshaya Group Brings Chipotle to Saudi Arabia with First Riyadh Restaurant
Alshaya Group is launching Chipotle Mexican Grill in Saudi Arabia with a Riyadh debut at Sidra, next to Granada Mall, ex...
US Inflation Stays at 3.4% as 25-Year-High Bond Yields and Soft Jobs Data Test the Fed
US inflation is stuck at 3.4%, long-term Treasury yields have hit 25-year highs above 5%, and weak job creation is compl...
Chile's Constitutional Court Upholds Tax Stability in Reconstruction Law, Rejects Salmon Clauses
Finance Minister Jorge Quiroz called the Constitutional Court ruling 'unequivocally satisfactory' after it upheld tax in...
Chile's Court Keeps Investment Tax Breaks, Kills Environmental Compensation Clause
Constitutional ruling leaves most investment invariability intact but strikes state compensation for revoked environment...
Egypt Confirms August 2026 Salary Payment Dates for State Workers
The finance ministry says public-sector salaries will be available from August 23, with separate arrears dates of August...
US Touts Timber-Trafficking Crackdown at APEC Forestry Ministerial in China
The US delegation says it negotiated a joint forestry statement and used recent illegal-timber prosecutions to press APE...
Ethiopian Airlines Extends CEO Mesfin Tasew's Mandate by One Year
Africa's largest carrier keeps Mesfin Tasew in place for another year as it pushes ahead with fleet renewal and the $12....
Senegal's Bilingual Schools Report 30% Exam Gains as Africa Rethinks AI Language Data
Yidan Prize winner Mamadou Amadou Ly argues national-language instruction and locally built AI are strategic assets as S...
Germany’s Frühstartrente: €10 a Month to Give Every Child a Pension Start
Germany’s cabinet has approved a state-funded child retirement account: €10 per month from age 6 to 18, with no separate...
Brazil Central Bank Liquidates Simpala Finance Company and Consórcio Administrator
Deposits at Simpala S.A. Crédito, Financiamento e Investimento are covered by Brazil's FGC within limits, but consortium...
BHP Group's Latest Metrics: A$311.7B Market Cap and a 3.19% Forward Yield
A snapshot of BHP Group Limited (BHP.AX) shows the ASX-listed resources giant trading between A$60.87 and A$61.48, with ...
US places Brazil in group accused of helping China evade Trump tariffs
A White House report puts Brazil among more than 40 countries it says help reroute Chinese goods to dodge US tariffs, al...
ADNOC's Post-OPEC Blitz: Spot Sales, New Buyers and a Risky Hormuz Shuttle Redraw Gulf Oil Marketing
Abu Dhabi's state oil giant has started selling spot cargoes, courting trading houses and reworking contract terms after...
Texas Would Be the World's No. 4 Oil Producer if It Were a Country
EIA data show Texas averaged 5.75 million barrels per day in 2025 — 42% of U.S. crude — enough to outrank Canada, Iraq a...
Can Trump’s New Solar Tariffs Fix the U.S. Polysilicon and Wafer Gap?
The Section 232 order puts 15% tariffs and price floors on imported polysilicon, wafers, cells and modules from Dec. 4, ...
Kassab Says Flávio Bolsonaro's Election Chances Are 'Zero' and Centrão Is With Lula
PSD president and Caiado running mate Gilberto Kassab dismissed Flávio Bolsonaro's presidential bid, saying Centrão part...
Eastern Indonesia Earthquake Kills 38, Triggers Tsunami Alert and Aftershocks
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake off Indonesia's eastern coast killed at least 38 people, forced 2,000 from their homes and pr...
DFW Industrial Leasing Sets First-Half Record at 40.3M SF on Data Center Demand
Dallas-Fort Worth signed more than 72M SF of new industrial leases over 12 months, pushed average rents up 13% to $9.19 ...
Long Island IDA Housing Tax Breaks Face Mounting Opposition as Supply Gap Widens
Developers warn that moves to strip housing from IDA charters could stall multifamily projects in a region already permi...
The Blackout Premium: Why Grid Stability Is Becoming Energy’s New Value Driver
After national blackouts in Spain, Portugal, Chile and Brazil, Actis argues investors will pay a premium for grid-formin...
C&S Wholesale Grocers to Take Majority Control of Winn-Dixie
The deal, expected to close early next year, deepens the wholesaler's push into Southeast grocery retail and adds the Fl...
Cyclospora Outbreak Forces H-E-B Produce Suppliers Toward Closures and Layoffs
Revol Greens and 80 Acres Farms face closure and layoff plans after a cyclospora outbreak linked to Taylor Farms de Mexi...
What Jewish Voters Want in 2026: Domestic Issues and Safety, Not Just Israel
New polling shows Jewish voters remain firmly Democratic, but safety fears and kitchen-table worries now compete with Is...
Trump's Border Project Pushes Roads and Barriers Into Big Bend National Park
Construction has begun on about 200 miles of patrol roads, barriers and surveillance in the Texas park after environment...
Iowa Farmland Auction Outlook: Stable Prices, More Sellers This Fall
Iowa's farmland market is flat but liquid, and Hertz Farm Management expects stable values and $4.50 corn could coax mor...
A Missouri Couple Rebuilt a 200-Year-Old Barn From Three Historic Frames
Jim and Mary Dierberg spent years researching German farm heritage before assembling a stone-and-timber barn in Hermann,...
Claas Positions Precision Ag Beyond Data Collection as Decision Speed Becomes the Selling Point
The equipment maker is pitching CLAAS connect as a single operational view; its argument is that today's farms lack deci...
Norway's Builders Lose Polish Workers as Germany Faces 400,000 Construction Job Gaps
A NAV-backed survey puts Norway's skilled construction shortfall at 4,750 workers, while Germany reports up to 400,000 m...