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130,000 Drivers Short: Russia's Taxi Market Heads Into Year-End With a Deepening Deficit
Russia's taxi driver shortage may reach 130,000 by end-2024, up from 80,000 a year earlier, pushing fares up and forcing subsidies and new legal regimes.
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A 50% Tariff Split the Copper Market in Two: Record US Prices, a $2,600 Premium and a Bill for the Economy
Trump's 50% copper tariff sent US prices to a record $5.69/lb while the LME barely moved, opening a $2,600/t premium and stoking inflation fears.
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A Kind of 'Perfect Storm': Russia's Pulp and Paper Industry Counts the Cost of 2025
Ilim Group's chairman describes a 'perfect storm' in Russia's pulp and paper industry: narrowed markets, Chinese overcapacity, a strong ruble and a rate policy that blocks investment.
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Antidepressant Sales in Russia Hit a Five-Year High in Early 2024
Antidepressant sales in Russia reached 3.5 mln packs and almost RUB 3 bn in 11 weeks of 2024, a five-year high, on a shift in prescribing habits.
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Argentina's $7 Billion Grain Tax Experiment Lasted Two Days
Argentina's Sept 22 suspension of grain export taxes hit its $7 bn cap in two days; China booked 10+ soy cargoes as US farmers stayed shut out.
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Bangladesh's Export Engine Holds Its Pace: 47.5 Billion Dollars in Ten Months, Garments First
Bangladesh earned 47.47 billion dollars from exports in July-April of fiscal 2023-24, up 3.93%, with ready-made garments supplying 40.49 billion of the total.
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Barclays' £8.1 Billion Rebound: Record Pay, a £50 Billion Shadow and a Bank Refighting for Position
Barclays' 24% profit rise to £8.1bn in 2024 lifted CEO pay to £10.5m, even as a motor finance provision and a two-day outage tested the recovery.
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Battle for Survival: French Winegrowers Demand a Rescue Before a Fifth of Farms Close
After five stacked shocks and harvests among the worst in 70 years, French winegrowers demanded state rescue ahead of a late-November 2025 crisis meeting.
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Blue Granaries: How China Is Building Marine Ranches to Feed 1.4 Billion People
China has built more than 180 national-level marine ranches, Shandong leading with 71, as automated cages, feeding science and ranch tourism turn the sea into a food security asset.
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Bosch Braces for Another Tough Year and Pushes Its 7% Margin Target to 2027
The world's largest car-parts supplier warned of no let-up in cost and tariff pressure in 2026 and delayed its 7% margin goal after 2025 margin fell to 1.9%.
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Britain's 'Lost Generation': The Milburn Review Puts a £125bn Price on Youth Worklessness
Alan Milburn's interim review warns one in six young Britons could be out of work and training within five years as NEETs pass one million and cost the economy £125bn a year.
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Butter at 1,040 Rubles: How Russia's Most Expensive Staple Lost Its Cheap Shelf
Butter rose 25.9% year on year by October 2024 while its retail volumes fell; milk-fat hunger, the 2022 import hole and dead promotions explain the squeeze.
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Caterpillar Triples Its Power Bet: Gigawatt Data-Center Orders Rewrite a Machinery Company's Growth Plan
Caterpillar will triple large reciprocating engine capacity from 2024 levels, invest heavily in 2027-2029 and raise its 2030 targets to 6-9% annual growth as gigawatt-scale data-center, oil
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Coupang Admits Breach Exposing 33.7 Million Users, Nearly Its Entire Customer Base
Five months of undetected access exposed data of 33.7 million Coupang users; Seoul warns of phishing and weighs strict sanctions.
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DOM.RF Goes to Market: Inside the Planned Retail IPO of Russia's Housing Finance Institution
The Duma opened privatization of DOM.RF with the state keeping control; the government plans a retail-first IPO of 1-5% of shares worth up to 15 bln rubles.
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Deere Lifts Its 2026 Outlook by $250 Million as Data-Center Construction Fills Order Books
Deere raised its 2026 outlook by $250M as construction order books filled for the year on data-center demand, with backlogs running into fiscal 2027.
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Dubai Heads for a Record Handover Year: 38,174 New Homes and Values Up by a Third
ValuStrat sees Dubai handing over a record 38,174 homes in 2024 as villa values rise 33.4% a year and off-plan deals jump 61.4%.
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EAEU Returns Titanium Scrap to Zero Duty: A Tariff Signal for the Secondary Metals Loop
The EEC restored a zero import duty on titanium waste and scrap until August 2028, cutting input costs for EAEU metallurgy after the 2024 measure lapsed.
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Fast Retailing Books a Third Straight Record Year and Bets Its Next Decade on the West
Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing posted record fiscal 2024 results, with revenue above 3 trillion yen and operating profit up 31%, as chief executive Tadashi Yanai targets number one in North Ame
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Glamping Bookings in Russia Double Over Summer 2025 as Supply Spreads to New Regions
Summer 2025 glamping bookings in Russia doubled year on year, led by Moscow region, Tatarstan and Karelia, as supply passed 13,000 units, Avito Travel says.
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Half of China's Rail Bridge to Europe Now Crosses Two Xinjiang Checkpoints
Alashankou and Horgos passed 10,000 combined China-Europe train trips by late July 2025 - over half of China's total - with cargo up 3.7% and 20.3%.
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Hana Financial Sets a Record 3.76 Trillion Won Profit as Korean Banks Prove Fees Can Replace Margins
Hana Financial's record 3.76 trln won 2024 net profit came despite falling interest income, lifted by 15.2% fee growth and a 400 bln won buyback.
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If a Tree Falls in Canada: The Tariff Wall Closing on the North American Lumber Trade
Softwood duties rising to 34.45% and a possible extra 25% tariff meet a British Columbia forestry sector already crippled by its own regulatory tangle and a US housing deficit.
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In Search of New Markets: Record Russian Fertilizer Exports Meet a Falling Price Cycle
Russia heads for a record 45 mln t of fertilizer exports in 2025 as world prices fall, EU tariffs loom and Rabobank sees a prolonged demand slump.
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India's Cement Overhang: Capacity Is Being Built Faster Than Demand Can Fill It
Capacity additions of 115-125 mt over FY27-FY28 will outpace demand in India's cement industry, easing utilisation to 68-69% and testing pricing discipline.
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Japan Finalizes AU$10 Billion Frigate Deal With Australia, Its First Warship Export
Japan finalized an AU$10 billion deal to build three upgraded Mogami-class frigates for Australia, its first warship export, with delivery from 2029.
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KuibyshevAzot Drops Its Kursk Fertilizer Plant Site, Keeps the Project Vehicle Alive
The 75-billion-ruble ammonia-urea-UAN complex will not be built at the Kursk site; KurskAzot's capital was raised to 4 bln rubles as new locations are sought.
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Lada's Nine-Month Slide: Sales Down 24.9% as AvtoVAZ Cuts Its 2025 Production Plan
Lada sales fell 24.9% to 237,706 units in January-September 2025 while AvtoVAZ cut its yearly output plan from 500,000 to just over 300,000 cars.
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Lotte Chemical Pivots to Four Growth Pillars as Korea's Petrochemical Restructuring Advances
Lotte Chemical will nurture advanced materials, fine chemicals, battery materials and hydrogen while cutting NCC capacity at Daesan and Yeosu.
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Malaysia's Construction Engine Keeps Running: Work Value Up 8.8% in Q2 2026
Work done in Malaysian construction rose 8.8% y/y to RM47.8 bln in 2Q 2026, led by special trades and non-residential building, DOSM data show.
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Middle East Hotel Pipeline Hits Record 717 Projects as Saudi Arabia Leads the Build-Out
Middle East hotel pipeline hit a record 717 projects and 177,110 rooms in Q1 2026, up 12% y/y; Saudi Arabia holds 385 projects, Lodging Econometrics says.
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One Trillion Kilowatt-Hours in a Month: China's July Power Use Sets a Global First
China's July power use topped 1 trillion kWh for the first time, up 8.6% y/y on heat waves, lifting January-July consumption 4.5% to over 5.86 trillion kWh.
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One equity market, two currency measures
One equity market, two currency measures
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Palladium's 2024 Deficit Ballooned Past a Million Ounces as Supply Disappoints
WPIC sees a 1.28 Moz palladium deficit in 2024, over 1 Moz above its first forecast, with the surplus pushed to 2026 as mine and scrap supply disappoint.
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Putin Demands Affordable Fish for Russians as Retail Prices Climb 15%
Russian fish consumption remains below the recommended level as prices, distribution and product formats limit affordability.
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Record Month After Record Month: How New Liquefaction Capacity Made the US the Swing Supplier of Global Gas
US LNG exports hit an all-time 9.33 million tons in August 2025 as Plaquemines ramped up and Europe took two thirds of cargoes, LSEG data show.
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Record Price Tags: How Russia's Car Market Entered Winter 2025 at All-Time Highs
New and used car prices in Russia set all-time records in October 2025 as pre-hike buying, shrinking discounts and model shortages lifted the average new car to 3.43 million roubles.
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Renaissance Insurance Closes the Raiffeisen Life Deal and Picks Up a Second Life Insurer in the Same Week
Renaissance Life became sole owner of Raiffeisen Life on Oct 3 and won FAS clearance for 58.64% of VSK Life Line assets, adding ~30 bln rubles of portfolio.
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Rosoboronexport Signs Over $13 Billion in New Arms Contracts in H1 2026, Matching All of 2025
Rosoboronexport signed over $13 billion of new export contracts in H1 2026, equal to all of 2025, with a portfolio above $60 billion, its chief said in Egypt.
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Russia Resets Its Construction Agenda: 33 Square Meters per Person by 2030
Reconfirmed minister Faizullin outlined a programme: 33 sq m of housing per person by 2030, 38 by 2036, faster investment cycles and utility upgrades.
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Russia Rewires University Admissions: Employer-Bound Target Places, 47,000 Paid Seats Cut and a New Quota Ladder
Russia's 2026 admissions cycle cut 47,000 paid places in economics, law and media, tied about 83,000 target places to named employers and regions, and rerouted unfilled quotas toward militar
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Russia Sets the 2027 Minimum Wage at 28,935 Rubles, Up 6.8%, on the Way to 35,000 by 2030
Finance Minister Siluanov said Russia's minimum wage will rise 6.8% to 28,935 rubles in 2027, matching forecast wage growth, en route to 35,000 by 2030.
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Russia's 2024 School Uniform Season: A 10% Price Rise, Wide Regional Gaps and a Marketplace-Led Demand Boom
Fiscal-data and marketplace statistics from the 2024 back-to-school season in Russia show a 10% price rise in Siberia, sharp regional gaps and unit sales up to 2.5 times online.
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Russia's Cement Market Opens 2026 With Its Weakest Month in Over 15 Years
January cement consumption in Russia may fall 20-30% year on year after a 9% full-year decline in 2025, with frost and record snowfalls halting concrete works.
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Russia's Egg Market After the Price Shock: Six Months of Falling Output and a Stabilization Nobody Could Rush
Egg output fell 1.8% in Jan-Feb 2024 after a 1.6-fold price rise in 2023; duty-free imports, contracts and 15-year loans framed a slow recovery.
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Russia's Egg Market Turns Again: Wholesale Prices Rise 5-12% After a Summer of Losses
Varaksino, Volzhanin, Okskaya and Praxis-ovo notified chains of 5-12% wholesale egg increases from October-November 2024 after prices fell a fifth in H1.
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Russia's Grocery Retail Loses Speed: What the 2023 Top-10 Numbers Reveal About 2024
Top-10 FMCG chains grew 14.1% to 9.1 trln rubles in 2023 as inflation cooled: X5 accelerated while Magnit, hard discounters and hypermarkets lost pace.
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Russia's Industrial Development Fund Adds 20 Billion Rubles: How 3% Money Is Financing Machinery Import Substitution
In June 2025 Russia allocated another 20 billion rubles to the Federal Industrial Development Fund for 3-5% loans to 50 more manufacturers, with machinery first among priority sectors inside
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Russia's Pharmacy Chains Return to Deals: How the Top 20 Took Two-Thirds of the Market
Top-20 pharmacy chains took 66.4% of Russia's retail drug market in H1 2024 as M&A returned: Rigla, April, Neo-Pharm and BSS all bought networks.
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Russia's Power Demand Runs 4% Hot Ahead of the 2024-2025 Winter
Russian energy consumption grew 4% y/y since January 2024 and is set to rise 3.3% in fall-winter, the Energy Ministry said after a readiness meeting.
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Russia's Private-Home Mortgages Hit Record Share as IZhS Becomes the Market's Only Growing Segment
IZhS mortgages hit a record 12% share of Russia's market by number in February 2024; VTB sees 1 trln rubles of private-home lending for the year.
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Russia's Road-Construction Machinery Market Slows Its Fall to 41% After Nine Months
Sales of Russian road-construction machinery fell 41.3% to RUB 32.4bn in Jan-Sep 2025, but the decline is slowing and experts believe the bottom is behind.
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Russia's Sunflower Oil Exports Jump 28% to 3.8 Million Tonnes in Eight Months of 2024
Agroexport puts Jan-Aug sunflower oil exports at 3.8 mln t, +28%, led by India, Turkey and China, with a tentative 5.7 mln t target by 2030.
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Russia's Titanium Champion Between Growth and Isolation: VSMPO-Avisma's 2024
VSMPO-Avisma's Q1 2024 revenue rose 13.4% while its financial result fell 34%, a snapshot of Russian titanium between tariff shields and closed Western markets.
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Russian Court Seizes Raiffeisenbank Shares in 195 Billion Rouble Claim Over the Cancelled Strabag Deal
A Kaliningrad court seized shares of Raiffeisenbank as security for Rasperia's 195bn rouble claim tied to the cancelled €1.51bn Strabag stake deal.
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Russian Operators Route Around the YouTube Slowdown Without Waiting for an Official Word
With no official throttling announcement, Russian ISPs deploy bypasses as Google cache traffic to subscribers sits near 30% of July levels.
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Russia’s draft budget raises spending and borrowing plans
Russia’s draft budget raises spending and borrowing plans
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Samsung Biologics Posts a Record 2025 as CDMO Orders Top 6 Trillion Won
Q4 net profit jumped 74.1% to 453.1 bn won as plant No. 4 ramped up; 2025 CDMO orders exceeded 6 trln won and 2026 sales target is 5.32 trln.
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Schneider–PTC: the industrial data integration test behind the deal
Schneider’s proposed PTC acquisition links engineering data and operating software. Integration, financing and approval conditions shape the value test.
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Sebi Clears Jio Platforms' ₹35,000 Crore IPO, Setting Up India's Largest Listing
Sebi's observation letter clears Jio Platforms' all-fresh-issue IPO of ₹35,000 crore, above the records set by Hyundai Motor India and LIC.
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Segezha Group Closes a 113 Billion Rouble Share Issue and Cuts Its Debt Threefold
Segezha Group raised 113 bln roubles in a closed share issue, cutting debt threefold to about 60 bln; AFK Sistema kept control of the timber holding.
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Seven New Foreign Brands Opened in Russia in Q1 2024, With Fashion Leading the Queue
Nikoliers counts seven new international brands in Russian retail in Q1 2024, mostly in clothing and footwear, with at least ten more announced for the year.
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Silver's Industrial Squeeze: When Record Prices Meet Buyers Who Cannot Pay
Silver outran gold in 2025 and set fresh records in 2026, but solar and electronics buyers are starting to cut usage and substitute, testing the rally's limits.
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South Korea Puts the President in the Chair: The 30-Million-Visitor Bet and the Overhaul Behind It
After a record 18.93 million foreign visitors in 2025, President Lee Jae Myung chairs the first tourism strategy meeting led by a president since 2019, targeting 30 million inbound visitors
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South Korea's Dried Seaweed Exports Hit Record $281 Million in Q1 2025
Gim exports rose 21.1% to $281 mln in Q1 2025, the highest first quarter ever, with the US, China, Thailand and Japan all growing, data showed on April 21.
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Streamflation Completes the Circle: The Ad-Free Streaming Stack Now Costs What Cable Did
Eight major ad-free streaming services cost $139.41 a month in September 2026 — within about $4 of the inflation-adjusted 2016 cable bill.
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The 5 Percent Circular: How Mass-Balance Accounting Turned Fossil Plastic Into 'Recycled' Packaging
Brands sell packaging as recycled while most of it stays fossil-based: pyrolysis oil, mass-balance credits and avoided-emission maths do the rest, a Guardian investigation found.
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