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Weaker demand to test automakers amid industry change

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INTERNATIONAL

Automakers are cutting costs to invest in the electric, connected and autonomous technologies on which they are staking their future. Risks are high: new firms are challenging…

UK stock market revival plan will struggle for success

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UNITED KINGDOM

The United Kingdom, Europe’s longtime leader in raising private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC), has lost ground to rivals. Hunt's proposals aim to shift pension fund…

Seoul’s quest for new growth engines may prove elusive

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SOUTH KOREA

The New Growth Strategy 4.0 is the latest of several industrial strategies over the past decade and a half, as successive presidents have sought responses to gradually slowing GDP…

Japan will become more internationally competitive

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JAPAN

In the 1980s, the country's high-cost and high-price economy was much discussed. Decades later, Japan looks like a comparatively low-cost, low-price and low-income developed…

Inert anodes offer aluminium decarbonisation advance

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INT

Highlighting the importance of decarbonising the sector, demand for aluminium is expected to rise by 40% by 2030. Decarbonisation of alumina refining is dependent on renewable…

Emerging solutions may decarbonise long-haul transport

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INTERNATIONAL

Low-carbon fuels are the main option, and require cost reductions, scale-up and logistical improvements. Shipping and aviation are international businesses where certain countries…

EU faces dilemma over wind energy

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EUROPE

The initiative indicates the degree to which the sector has assumed strategic importance in terms of both energy security and the achievement of climate change targets, although…

Latin American remittances growth will slow this year

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LATIN AMERICA

Despite the slowdown, growth in remittances in 2022 still reached double digits. This was mainly due to the strength of the labour market in the United States, where the majority…

Indian edtech sector faces full shake-out

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INDIA

Flagging that uncertainty is the difficulty facing market leader Byju’s. The firm’s problems seem endless: inability to meet debt service commitments, legal battles over…

Australian foreign property rules are mainly political

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AUSTRALIA

The new rules, which include steeper taxes on foreign purchases of existing domestic properties, are part of a Labor strategy intended to free up more housing stock. The…