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China will keep treating private firms with disfavour

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CHINA

The NPC Standing Committee that same week expanded the State Secrets Law. Information clampdowns denting business confidence undermine efforts to boost the private sector and…

Beijing will boost VC funding for key sectors

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CHINA

Beijing sees VC as key to its high-tech ambitions, but difficulties with realising initial public offerings (IPOs) and other exit options, as well as tense US ties, have depressed…

Regulation of fast-growing private loan market to rise

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INTERNATIONAL

Private credit fills the gap for firms that have grown too large for bank loans but are not large enough to tap bond and equity markets. While initially viewed as relatively…

US tech sector M&A could see a sharp expansion

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UNITED STATES

Large, publicly listed companies such as Hewlett Packard and IBM have led the way, looking to strengthen their positions in artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing and…

Global AI regulations will diverge

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INT

Despite a strong Chinese push on AI innovation, Beijing’s regulatory approach to AI sharply contrasts with the approaches of Western digital economies, notably the United States…

Mexico’s Sheinbaum will inherit major Pemex challenges

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MEXICO

Pemex is one of several major public finance challenges that Sheinbaum's administration will inherit when she takes office on October 1. Without major changes in its operational…

Antitrust tests of 'big tech' will get tougher

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INT

The move comes as regulators scrutinise the competition implications of large tech companies' ability to lock in customers by bundling their products, creating dependencies. The…

AI's promise and pitfalls will affect key domains

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INT

AI promises to drive economic efficiencies across sectors, improve the delivery of critical services such as healthcare, democratise access to knowledge and skills, and tighten…

EU and UK rules on financial trading will diverge

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INTERNATIONAL

Some of these rules will directly impact UK-based financial services firms enmeshed in UK markets, though the United Kingdom aspires to diverge from the common regulatory regime…

China’s elevated youth unemployment will persist

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CHINA

Youth unemployment has surged as an increasing cohort of graduates enters a job market troubled by stagnant consumption, a private sector clampdown, the real estate crisis and…