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High corporate debt risks Brazil's post-COVID recovery

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BRAZIL

Small companies have been the most affected. Government programmes have supplied credit but struggled to channel funds to the neediest companies, especially at the beginning of…

UK plan to curb online harms may prove too broad

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UNITED KINGDOM

The OSB will impose a duty of care on internet companies, particularly social media firms and search engines, to protect their users from a range of online harms, both legal and…

May election will guide UK business stance on 'Brexit'

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UK/EU

How the UK business community views the UK-EU relationship.

Recovery plan will meet EU priorities not Greek needs

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GREECE/EU

The plan, otherwise known as Greece 2.0, is reportedly the most detailed national plan EU officials have yet seen. It contains 175 investment projects and reforms. Green…

Unplanned urbanisation to raise India's disaster costs

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INDIA

The cost of natural disasters to India.

Russian corporate recovery varies by company profile

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RUSSIA

Recovery in the corporate sector is unevenly divided between large and smaller companies. More robust global demand and rising commodity prices boosted the profitability of large…

Smaller firms at heart of China's development strategy

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CHINA

These companies account for more than 80% of urban employment, 60% of GDP and 50% of tax revenue. They exert enormous influence on the national economy, and the wellbeing of small…

Oil majors’ US shale portfolios will grow

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UNITED STATES

The world’s oil majors were slow to recognise the rise of the shale industry, which was driven by smaller independent producers. Now the majors are following the path forged by…

Competition in the AI value chain will be fierce

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INT

This follows a similar launch by Databricks, a cloud-based AI data management platform. Companies along the AI value chain are increasingly launching new GenAI models to funnel…

Cybersecurity of US firms is improving but unevenly

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UNITED STATES

Partly due to this pressure, in 2021, global spending on cybersecurity surpassed USD150bn for the first time. This year, regulatory pressure and government warnings have…