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Circular Economy Surges from Niche to Mainstream as Resource Pressures Mount
Companies specialising in reuse, repair and recycling are poised to benefit as raw material constraints and waste crises...
Investing in the Silver Economy: Why Demographics Aren’t Enough
By 2025, 43% of Europeans will be over 60, a market of 222 million consumers with above-average purchasing power. Themat...
Russia's Record Cash Demand: Digital Fears and Tax Shifts Fuel a 643 Billion Ruble July Surge
Cash in Russian circulation jumped by a record 643.4 billion rubles in July, pushing the liquidity deficit to a three-ye...
The Silver Economy: Why Aging Populations Remain a Compelling—But Risky—Investment Theme
By 2025, Europe alone will count 222 million over-60 consumers. The silver economy spans healthcare, finance, and leisur...
Wine Sector Thematic: The 40 Stocks Spanning Vines, Glass and Cork
A thematic equity screen maps about 40 listed companies across wine production, suppliers and specialist retail, highlig...
Russia's Parallel Imports Steady at $1.7 Billion a Month, List Unchanged — Official
Deputy Trade Minister Roman Chekushov says monthly parallel imports into Russia have stabilized at $1.7 billion, with no...
Sellers Seek Tax Relief After Drone Attacks Hit Wildberries Hubs
E-commerce vendors hit by drone strikes on Wildberries warehouses ask for deferrals on taxes and social contributions. M...
Russia's Telecom Regulator Seeks to Lock Down M2M SIM Cards to Stop Fraud
Russia's Ministry of Digital Development has proposed a decree that would force companies to register M2M SIMs on the Go...
Marketing Is Finally Learning Before Spending: The AI Shift from Volume to Simulation
For decades, marketing has learned by spending first and analyzing later. Now, advances in AI simulation—as demonstrated...
AI Model Generates Entirely New Viruses, Opening Medical Promise and Biosecurity Fears
Stanford and Arc Institute researchers trained an AI model on 9 trillion nucleotides, then produced functional viruses n...
Gold Surges 2.7% to $4,415 After Weak US Payrolls Erode Rate Hike Bets
A sharp drop in US employment growth sent gold and silver soaring on Friday, with bullion heading for its best weekly ga...
Brazil's First Canned Oysters: How UFSC Research Is Turning Florianópolis' Mariculture into a Shelf-Stable Souvenir
A partnership between chefs and scientists in Santa Catarina has produced Brazil's inaugural canned oysters, giving tour...
Iran Seeks US Compensation for Hormuz Violations as Oman Deal Looms
Iran and Oman are close to a deal on a new shipping route through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, but Tehran insists the...
El Niño Threatens to Send Brazil Food Inflation to 9.5% in 2027
A Super El Niño could push food-at-home inflation in Brazil to between 7.5% and 9.5% next year, with a peak of 11% betwe...
Apex Partners Founder Ousted as Financial Irregularities Trigger R$975 Million Court Shield
Brazilian investment platform Apex Partners removed its founder and CFO after an internal investigation uncovered financ...
Iran Sets Preconditions for Reopening Strait of Hormuz, Putting Oil Markets on Edge
Tehran's demand that the U.S. lift sanctions, withdraw troops, and pay reparations before ending the naval blockade thre...
WhatsApp Mass Bans Wipe Out 10 Years of Messages, Push Small Business Owners to Sue Meta
A wave of account bans, including some stretching back to June, has cut Brazilian users off from family memories and liv...
Ruble Weakens Against Yuan on Moscow Exchange, Weekly Loss Hits 51 Kopecks
The Chinese currency rose to 12.24 rubles on Friday, marking a 0.51 ruble gain over the week as demand for yuan persiste...
Oil Climbs 1% but Weekly Rout Exposes Hormuz Deal Anxiety
Brent and WTI edged higher on Friday but remained on track for a second straight weekly decline of over 7% as traders wa...
Zaluzhny Breaks Kyiv’s NATO Illusion, Declares Membership Impossible
Former Ukrainian commander Valeriy Zaluzhny publicly stated that Ukraine will never join NATO, directly contradicting th...
Yuan Hits Five-Month High as Russia's Finance Ministry Ramps Up FX Purchases
The Chinese yuan surged to 12.25 rubles, the strongest since March, after the Russian Finance Ministry unexpectedly incr...
Jorge Messi, the Man Behind Lionel Messi's $1.8 Billion Empire, Dies at 68
Jorge Messi, father and long-time business manager of Lionel Messi, has passed away in Argentina at 68. His death leaves...
France Extends Fuel Grant Deadline for Low-Income Heavy Commuters to 31 August
A €100 fuel subsidy for low-earning workers who drive long distances each day gets a one-month deadline extension as pum...
France's Partial Solar Eclipse on August 12: What You Need to Know
A partial solar eclipse will darken French skies on the evening of 12 August, reaching up to 99.6% obscuration in the so...
Explosive Drone Crashes Near Bulgaria’s Trans-Balkan Gas Pipeline
An armed drone resembling a Ukrainian decoy model crashed and detonated close to a critical gas compression station in n...
Todd Blanche Confirmed as Attorney General After 50-49 Senate Vote
The former Trump personal lawyer will lead the Justice Department after a razor-thin confirmation, having already used t...
Spain Imposes Border Controls on Italy, EU Presses Meta and TikTok Over Ceuta Disinformation
Spain has begun checking travellers from Italy after Rome suspended free movement for non-EU nationals, while Brussels u...
Russian Disinformation Pivots to Influencer-Led Attacks on French Centrist Candidates
Researcher Darren Linvill warns of faster, cheaper influence operations using established influencers instead of troll f...
Kumamoto Earthquake Relief: Water Still Out for 30,000 Households as Govt Ramps Up Housing, Security
Ten days after the quake, PM Takaichi outlines progress in restoring utilities and accelerating temporary shelters, but ...
Kumamoto Earthquake: Government Relief Portal Offers Health Tips, Recovery Steps
Japan's Prime Minister's Office launched a central resource for survivors of the Reiwa 8 Kumamoto earthquake, consolidat...