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Bill To Outlaw Trade In Dog Meat Passed By The Parliament Of South Korea

South Korea's parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to ban the consumption and sale of dog meat, outlawing the contentious centuries-old practice amid increased support for animal welfare. ...

The Two Priciest Cities In The World Are Singapore And Zurich

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has announced that Singapore and Zurich were tied for the most expensive cities in the world this year, followed by Geneva, New York, and Hong Kong....

Pocket wallets vs. smartphones: Can we replace cash with digital currencies?

The more than a decade-long history of cryptocurrency has clearly demonstrated that the world is keen on the new form of money. The crypto frenzy has even prompted leading central banks to work on...

Congo Tightens Mineral Exports to Force Higher-Value Processing

China’s Shift to Domestic Supply Widens Germany’s Trade Deficit

Enforcement Pressure Exposes Gaps in Meta's Age Ban in Australia

Lilly's Retatrutide Related Lawsuits Expose Limits of Online Drug Enforcement

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Lilly's Retatrutide Related Lawsuits Expose Limits of Online Drug Enforcement

Eli Lilly's decision to file six lawsuits against companies accused of selling unauthorized versions of retatrutide represents a sharp escalation in the pharmaceutical industry's effort to control the market for experimental obesity treatments before they reach patients through legitimate channels....

Enforcement Pressure Exposes Gaps in Meta's Age Ban in Australia

Meta's removal of more than 756,000 suspected underage accounts in Australia is being presented as evidence that the country's world-first social media age restrictions are working. Yet the scale of the removals also highlights a more difficult question: why have so many under-16 users remained...

Airbnb's Growth Engine Strengthens as Travel Demand and AI Deliver

Airbnb's latest results point to a broader shift taking place across the online travel industry: companies that can combine resilient consumer demand with better technology, broader supply and multiple sources of revenue are proving capable of absorbing shocks that would once have threatened...

New Mexico's $567 Million Fine Puts Meta's Youth Strategy Under Pressure

A New Mexico court's decision ordering Meta to pay $567 million and make substantial changes to Facebook and Instagram marks a significant escalation in the legal pressure facing the technology company over the treatment of young users. The immediate financial impact is important, but the more...

China Becomes Tesla's Global Production Hub

Tesla's operations in China have evolved far beyond serving the world's largest electric vehicle market. The company's Shanghai Gigafactory has become the foundation of its global manufacturing network, supplying vehicles to multiple international markets while demonstrating how localisation,...

AI Returns Lift Microsoft's Market Standing

Microsoft's record surge in market value reflected far more than a positive response to a strong earnings report. Investors rewarded the company because its latest financial results offered the clearest indication yet that years of heavy investment in artificial intelligence are beginning to...

Supply Constraints Redefine Apple’s Growth Outlook

Apple delivered another quarter of strong financial performance, surpassing market expectations on both revenue and profit as demand for its flagship products remained resilient despite higher prices and a challenging technology landscape. Yet the company's latest outlook underscored a growing...

AI Infrastructure Poses Meta’s Biggest Monetisation Test

Meta's latest financial results have reinforced an increasingly important reality in the artificial intelligence race: building computing infrastructure is no longer the biggest challenge. Converting that infrastructure into sustainable returns has become the far more difficult task. The social...

BMW’s Workforce Cuts Reflect Germany's Automotive Cost Reset

BMW's decision to reduce several thousand jobs in Germany through a voluntary redundancy programme has reinforced signs that cost restructuring is becoming a defining feature of the country's automotive industry rather than an isolated response by individual manufacturers. According to company...

China Slowdown and Tariffs Push Volkswagen Into Restructuring

Volkswagen's decision to abandon its expectation of sales growth marks more than a downward revision to its financial outlook. It reflects mounting pressure on one of the world's largest carmakers to adapt to structural changes reshaping the global automotive industry, where rising trade barriers,...

AI Infrastructure Race Drives Google's Expanding Capital Spending

Alphabet's latest earnings have reinforced a defining trend in the technology industry: artificial intelligence is no longer measured solely by breakthroughs in software but increasingly by the scale of computing infrastructure companies can build. According to company executives, analysts and...

Integrated Finance Becomes Samsung's Next Competitive Battleground

Samsung Electronics' decision to launch its first co-branded credit card in the United States marks more than the introduction of another consumer payment product. According to people familiar with the company's long-term plans and public statements from executives involved in the partnership, the...