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Professor of Economics & Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals. Founder & co-President of the Millennium Promise Alliance.

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Will the EU Follow Suit as Germany Asks Apple and Google to Ban DeepSeek?

DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup that made waves earlier this year with its low-cost model, is now staring at a bleak future in Europe after Germany’s data...

Investing

Analysts Trim Tesla’s Delivery Estimate Ahead of Q2 Update

Tesla (NYSE: TSLA) will release its Q2 delivery estimates next week. Several analysts have trimmed Tesla’s delivery estimates ahead of the report as multiple data points show weak sales...

Analysis

Bakkt Registers $1 Billion Shelf Offering, Eyes Bitcoin Entry Despite Financial Risks

On June 26, 2025, Bakkt Holdings Inc., a prominent crypto software firm, submitted a shelf registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), authorizing the company to...

Analysis

Citibank Under Fire for Allegedly Ignoring $20M Crypto Pig-Butchering Romance Scam

Citibank faces a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court after plaintiff Michael Zidell accused the bank of “turning a blind eye” to suspicious transactions tied to a $20 million crypto...

Analysis

South Korea’s Banks Set to Launch Won-Pegged Stablecoin Amid Currency Policy Concerns

South Korea plans to introduce a stablecoin tied to its fiat currency (Won), and big commercial banks are set to lead the effort. On June 24, Bank of Korea...

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Apple Reportedly Discussing Acquiring Perplexity Amid Concerns That It Slackened in AI

According to a Bloomberg report, Apple executives internally discussed acquiring artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity. The reports come at a time when Apple stock has been underperforming its tech...

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Fed Holds Rates Steady for Dot Plot Calls for Two More Rate Cuts in 2025

In a widely anticipated move, the US Fed kept its benchmark interest rates unchanged in the range of 4.25% to 4.5% after its June meeting concluded yesterday. This marks...

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China’s May Retail Sales Surpass Estimates Amid Subsidies and ‘618 Shopping Festival’

China’s May retail sales jumped 6.4% YoY in May and far exceeded the 5% growth that analysts were expecting as the massive subsidies provided by the Chinese government and...

Markets

DayTraders.com Unveils Futures Trading Platform With TradingView Integration

DayTraders.com, a trading technology company based in Las Vegas, has introduced a new platform for futures trading designed to enhance trade execution and provide traders with greater control. The...

Markets

Scope Prime Unveils New Broker Partnership With ZXCM

Scope Prime, part of the Rostro Group, has launched a new Partnership Programme designed for brokers who serve retail clients. The first to join is ZXCM, a Seychelles-based brokerage...

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President of World Bank Group, Islamic Development Bank, African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Development Bank respectively.

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The World Needs A New Trade Pact: Robert Zoellick et al.

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Following a career as a photographer and video producer, Alice began working in financial services as an IFA in 2007. She began her career as an investment writer and financial journalist in 2009, working for a number of top financial institutions while obtaining extensive expertise writing for a range of industries and audiences. Alice went to St Andrews University to study English and Russian.

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Argentina’s Energy Secretary in 2002, and subsequently its World Bank representative. Alieto Guadagni has a doctorate in economics from the University of Chile. In 1991 he undertook the role of undersecretary of Production for Defense in the Ministry of Defense in Argentina, and consequently became secretary of International Economic Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Relations. In 1993, Guadagni was appointed an official ambassador of Brazil. He has worked as a consultant for international organisations such as the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank, the Organization of American States, and the United Nations, in addition to being a researcher at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.

Alieto Guadagni

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The YPF Takeover Will Not Solve Argentina’s Energy Problems: Alieto Guadagni

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Founding members of Columbia University’s Center on Capitalism and Society. Amar Bhide is a Visiting Professor at Harvard Business School, currently teaching ‘Lessons from Transformational Medical Advances’. Edmund Strother Phelps (born July 26, 1933) is an economist who won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2006.

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Fiscal Fallacies – The Root of All Sovereign Debt Crises: Amar Bhidé & Edmund Phelps

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Amy Griffin enjoys writing about social media, other marketing strategies, and finance. Some of her best-known work includes educational content related to finance and economics.

Amy Griffin

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How to Improve Your Credit Without Using a Credit Card

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Chief Economist at NGP Energy Capital Management Dr. Anas F. Alhajji is a Managing Partner of Energy Outlook Advisors and was previously the Chief Economist at NGP Energy Capital Management. He was in charge of the firm’s macro-analysis of the oil, natural gas, and associated markets, as well as the general economy. Dr. Anas F. Alhajji is a leading expert on the energy markets, and has published over 900 papers, articles, and columns.

Anas F. Alhajji

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High Oil Prices: Caught in a Sea of “Vicious Cycles”

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Senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Adjunct professor at Georgetown University. Per Anders Aslund is a Swedish economist and a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. Additionally, he is the chairman of the International Advisory Council at the Center for Social and Economic Research. From 2003 Aslund was the director of the Russian and Eurasian Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His work mainly focuses on the economic transition from centrally planned to market economies. Anders Aslund has been dubbed by David Frum as ‘one of the world’s leading experts on the collapse of the planned Soviet economy.’

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The BRICs Party Is Over

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Andrea Edwards has worked in marketing and communications all over the globe for 20 years, and is now focused on her passion – writing. A gifted communicator, strategist, writer and avid blogger, Andrea is Managing Director of SAJE, a digital communications agency, and The Writers Shop – a regional collaboration between the best business writers in Asia Pacific

Andrea Edwards

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