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Apple’s Modem Shift Keeps Qualcomm’s Patent Power Intact

Apple’s Modem Shift Keeps Qualcomm’s Patent Power Intact

Companies

Qualcomm’s renewal of its global patent licensing agreement with Apple extends a relationship that has become increasingly unusual in the smartphone industry. Apple is steadily reducing its dependence on Qualcomm hardware by designing more of its own cellular technology, yet it continues to license Qualcomm’s intellectual property. The latest agreement therefore shows how separating chip supply...
Australia’s Housing Slowdown Hits Businesses as Fewer Homes Change Hands

Australia’s Housing Slowdown Hits Businesses as Fewer Homes Change Hands

Markets

Australia’s housing downturn is becoming an economic problem beyond falling property values. The more consequential damage for many businesses is coming from a decline in transactions, because every completed home sale normally triggers a chain of spending on moving, furniture, repairs, legal work, cleaning, landscaping, insurance and other services. When households postpone buying or selling,...
US Sanctions Fail to Sever Chinese Textile Links to American Apparel

US Sanctions Fail to Sever Chinese Textile Links to American Apparel

Markets

The movement of cotton apparel from Vietnam into the United States through manufacturers linked to sanctioned Chinese textile company Esquel Group highlights a difficult weakness in modern trade enforcement: restricting a company is considerably easier than proving that its wider commercial network has been separated from the prohibited supply chain.   Esquel was added to the United States...
Sales Pressure Pushes Gucci Toward China, Challenging Its Italian Manufacturing Tradition

Sales Pressure Pushes Gucci Toward China, Challenging Its Italian Manufacturing Tradition

Companies

Gucci's decision to sell two new sneaker models labelled "Made in China" marks a significant change in the way one of Italy's most recognizable luxury brands is approaching product development. The move does not represent a broader withdrawal from Italian manufacturing, but it does challenge an assumption that has long been central to Gucci's identity: that luxury products carrying the Gucci name...
AI Control Warnings Bring Tech Leaders Before the UN Security Council

AI Control Warnings Bring Tech Leaders Before the UN Security Council

Markets

Artificial intelligence is moving deeper into the international security debate as the United Nations Security Council prepares to hear directly from executives of some of the world's leading AI companies. The meeting reflects growing concern that increasingly capable systems could become more autonomous, interact with other systems in unexpected ways and create security consequences that extend...
US Diesel Export Ban Could Deepen the Global Fuel Supply Crisis

US Diesel Export Ban Could Deepen the Global Fuel Supply Crisis

Markets

The debate over a possible United States ban on diesel exports comes at a particularly difficult moment for global fuel markets. American diesel prices have reached record levels, inventories remain unusually tight, and disruptions to refining and shipping in several major producing regions have reduced the availability of refined products. Against that backdrop, restricting exports may appear to...
UPI Fees Could Strengthen India’s Biggest Payment Platforms

UPI Fees Could Strengthen India’s Biggest Payment Platforms

Markets

India’s decision to introduce a merchant fee on selected Unified Payments Interface transactions marks a significant change in the economics of the country’s most important digital payment network. For six years, UPI grew under a model in which merchants and consumers were largely shielded from transaction charges. From October 15, that model will change for higher-value merchant payments,...
Meta’s Human Backup Reveals the Limits of AI Phone Agents

Meta’s Human Backup Reveals the Limits of AI Phone Agents

Companies

Meta's decision to test human contractors behind its new Muse personal AI agent exposes one of the most difficult problems facing the next generation of artificial intelligence: making autonomous systems work reliably in the unpredictable real world. Muse is designed to move beyond answering questions and actually perform tasks for users, including making phone calls to businesses. Yet the need...
Middle East Disruptions Push Europe Toward South Korea as Jet Fuel Gap Widens

Middle East Disruptions Push Europe Toward South Korea as Jet Fuel Gap Widens

Markets

Europe’s jet fuel market is revealing a deeper supply problem: finding replacement cargoes is possible, but replacing a disrupted regional supply system on a lasting basis is much harder. The emergence of South Korea as a major supplier to Europe shows how far traders are now willing to travel for aviation fuel, while the projected fourth-quarter deficit indicates that additional cargoes may...
Footbal Sar Mbappe Leaves Nike for On, but Company Growth Faces a Tough Test

Footbal Sar Mbappe Leaves Nike for On, but Company Growth Faces a Tough Test

Markets

Kylian Mbappe's move from Nike to On gives the Swiss sportswear company something it cannot easily create through advertising alone: immediate credibility on the world's biggest football stage. But the partnership also exposes the scale of the challenge facing On as it attempts to enter a market dominated by established brands with decades of product development, player relationships, club...
AI Security Risks Push Washington and Beijing Toward Direct Dialogue

AI Security Risks Push Washington and Beijing Toward Direct Dialogue

Markets

The growing strategic importance of artificial intelligence is pushing the United States and China toward a form of communication that neither side has yet managed to establish on a lasting basis. During economic talks in New York, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent proposed creating a bilateral mechanism through which Washington and Beijing could notify each other about artificial intelligence...
Disciplined Capital Allocation Built Warren Buffett's Investment Legacy

Disciplined Capital Allocation Built Warren Buffett's Investment Legacy

Markets

Warren Buffett's rise from a young investor to the architect of Berkshire Hathaway's transformation was not built around one spectacular stock purchase or a single investment formula. His record developed through a combination of disciplined capital allocation, patience, insurance economics and an unusual willingness to hold businesses for very long periods. The transformation of Berkshire...

World

Trump’s Iran Threats Put Diplomacy Under Pressure

Trump’s Iran Threats Put Diplomacy Under Pressure
The latest confrontation between the United States and Iran is revealing a sharp contradiction at the centre of the conflict: Washington is combining threats of further military escalation with an...

Srait of Hormuz Standoff Deepens as Trump and Iran Lose Diplomatic Ground

Srait of Hormuz Standoff Deepens as Trump and Iran Lose Diplomatic Ground
The widening gap between Washington and Tehran over negotiations and the Strait of Hormuz is becoming the clearest sign that the conflict with Iran is moving away from a temporary military...

New Fronts Deepen Gulf War Pressure

New Fronts Deepen Gulf War Pressure
The latest round of military operations involving the United States, Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq suggests that the conflict in the Gulf is expanding beyond its original...

Houthi Fee Proposal dfor Red Sea Vessels Signals Bid for Economic Control: Reports

Houthi Fee Proposal dfor Red Sea Vessels Signals Bid for Economic Control: Reports
The possibility that Yemen's Houthi movement could begin charging commercial vessels for transiting the Bab el-Mandeb Strait is emerging as more than another development in the Red Sea conflict....

US-Iran War Expands Through Regional Pressure

US-Iran War Expands Through Regional Pressure
The war between the United States and Iran has entered a broader and more dangerous phase as military operations increasingly extend beyond direct attacks on each other's forces. Following another...

People

Fiscal Signals and Social Engineering Shape China’s New Push to Reverse Demographic Decline

Fiscal Signals and Social Engineering Shape China’s New Push to Reverse Demographic Decline
China entered 2026 with a subtle but symbolically charged shift in its demographic policy toolkit: the removal of a long-standing tax exemption on contraceptive drugs and devices. By applying the...

Reagan’s Enduring Shadow: How an Old Conservative Ideal Still Defines and Challenges Trump’s Presidency

Reagan’s Enduring Shadow: How an Old Conservative Ideal Still Defines and Challenges Trump’s Presidency
A smiling portrait of Ronald Reagan, framed in gold, hangs behind the Resolute Desk — a silent observer of Donald Trump’s presidency. For Trump, the image is both inspiration and burden. While Reagan...

South Korean Workers Recount Ordeal After U.S. Immigration Raid on Hyundai Plant

South Korean Workers Recount Ordeal After U.S. Immigration Raid on Hyundai Plant
South Korean workers caught in the sweeping U.S. immigration raid at a Hyundai-LG battery plant in Georgia have described in vivid detail the fear, humiliation, and uncertainty they endured. Their...

Federal Judge Likely to Stand Guard Over Fed’s Independence in Cook Dispute

Federal Judge Likely to Stand Guard Over Fed’s Independence in Cook Dispute
The legal and political battle over President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is moving into a Washington courtroom, where a federal judge is preparing to hear...

When Allies Turned Adversaries: The Dramatic Implosion of the Trump–Musk Alliance

When Allies Turned Adversaries: The Dramatic Implosion of the Trump–Musk Alliance
The alliance between former President Donald Trump and tech magnate Elon Musk—once hailed as an unlikely marriage of populist politics and Silicon Valley ambition—crumbled in a matter of days this...