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The AI-Fueled Chip Shortage Could Raise Smartphone Prices, Counterpoint Research Warns

Counterpoint Research has warned that the insatiable demand for chips driven by the artificial intelligence (AI) boom could lead to a surge in smartphone prices and a subsequent decline...

Markets

Gold Hits New Record High Above $2,800 on Safe-Haven Demand

Gold prices surged to fresh all-time highs on Monday, December 22, 2025, breaking above $4,400 per ounce as investors flocked to the precious metal amid escalating geopolitical tensions, expectations...

Markets

Private Credit Markets See Record Issuance as Rates Stabilize

Private credit funds completed another bumper week of dealmaking Tuesday as direct lending issuance hit fresh records for 2025. Over $25 billion in new loans were priced across leveraged...

Markets

Oil Climbs Above $71 as Inventory Drawdowns Surprise Markets

Crude oil prices advanced Tuesday after weekly U.S. inventory data revealed larger-than-expected drawdowns across crude and products. The EIA reported a 4.2 million barrel decline in crude stocks, far...

Markets

Google Faces Fresh EU Antitrust Charges Over Ad Tech Dominance

Alphabet's Google received formal antitrust charges from the European Commission Tuesday over alleged abusive practices in its advertising technology stack. The statement of objections focuses on Google's dominant position...

Markets

Bitcoin Pushes Toward $105,000 as Regulatory Optimism Builds

Bitcoin continued its upward march Tuesday, briefly touching $105,000 before settling around $104,200 as market participants grew increasingly confident about regulatory tailwinds in the new year. The cryptocurrency has...

Markets

Emerging Markets Rally on China Stimulus Optimism and Weaker Dollar

Emerging market assets extended recent gains on Monday as positive sentiment around Chinese policy measures combined with a softer U.S. dollar to drive capital flows. The MSCI Emerging Markets...

Markets

Treasury Yields Ease Ahead of Heavy Auction Week as Investors Assess Demand

U.S. Treasury yields dipped modestly on Monday as markets prepared for a busy auction schedule that will test investor appetite for government debt at current levels. The benchmark 10-year...

Markets

Oil Prices Firm on Winter Demand Hopes and Tighter Supply Signals

Crude oil prices extended gains on Monday as forecasts for colder winter weather across key consuming regions combined with signs of tightening physical markets to support sentiment. Brent crude...

Markets

Microsoft and OpenAI Extend Landmark Partnership with Multi-Billion Dollar Commitment

Microsoft and OpenAI announced a significant deepening of their strategic alliance on Monday, extending their partnership through 2030 and committing tens of billions in additional funding for AI research...

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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.

Al-Madani - Kuroda - Mirow - Moreno - Zoellick

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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.

Alice Briggs

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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.

Amar Bhide and Edmund Phelps

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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.’

Anders Åslund

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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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