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Puerto Rico's political duopoly is frustrating voters

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PUERTO RICO

The local power company has blamed transmission line failures and says most customers have been reconnected. However, the outage has underscored the fragility of the island’s…

Healthcare woes will challenge Argentina policymaking

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ARGENTINA

The sharp price rises, facilitated by the sector’s concentration, collided with the steady fall in inflation that is currently one of Milei’s main achievements. The price hike…

China’s elderly care sector will grow

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CHINA

The surging growth in the elderly population has increased care needs at a time when economic and social change has put more onus on the state to provide or support care. Although…

Saudi Arabia’s spending strains banks’ balance sheets

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SAUDI ARABIA

Previously in April, Saudi banks put together a SAR10bn (USD2.7bn) revolving credit facility for NEOM, the largest of a cluster of ‘giga-projects’ backed by the PIF. This…

AI will transform supply chains

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INTERNATIONAL

Rapid AI adoption in industrial and commercial supply chains is enabling companies in industries as diverse as retailing, auto manufacturing and food and beverage production to be…

CCUS is gathering momentum in Europe

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EUROPE

Although business models are yet to be fully developed, governments are putting agreements in place for the cross-border transportation and storage of CO2, targeting industry as…

Peru's Boluarte will focus on China relations

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PERU

China is Peru’s most important trading partner and its main source of foreign investment. Closer relations with China represent one of the few foreign policy successes of the…

US climate risk disclosure rule doubts will persist

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UNITED STATES

In April, the SEC voluntarily suspended the rule's implementation pending the review. Eleven legal cases brought before various courts by companies, states and NGOs challenging…

Expropriation risks for foreigners in Russia will rise

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RUSSIA

Operating restrictions on Western firms since 2022 have expanded into expropriation risks over the last year. This month Putin signed a decree to authorise the seizure of US…

Concerns over Chile's China dependence will mount

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CHILE

More recently, the complexities of maintaining this approach have increased in the face of incipient concern about the possible strategic implications of Chinese investment in…