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US manufacturing activity recovers

US manufacturing activity showed signs of recovery on Monday. Meanwhile, European manufacturing continued to struggle, and political turmoil in France added to market concerns. A tech rally propelled the Nasdaq to new record highs, despite a dip in the Dow Jones Industrial on Monday, while...

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Chinese manufacturing data boosts sentiment

Improved manufacturing activity in China lifted market sentiment on Monday, with the Caixin/S&P Global Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) surpassing market expectations. This positive momentum was reflected in Asian equity markets, which traded mostly higher on Monday. Meanwhile, investors are...
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Mild German inflation supports markets

German inflation came in below market expectations on Thursday, supporting equity markets, as investors saw in the data another justification for further interest rate cuts by the European Central Bank (ECB). European stocks closed higher, while Asian stocks were mixed on the last trading day...
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COP 29: Too little, too late

The international community could only reach a minimal consensus at the 29th UN Climate Change Conference in Baku. The results fall far short of expectations. While the world is heading for the hottest year on record and is likely to exceed the 1.5°C limit, progress on much-needed climate...

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The power of the sun: investing in clean energy

Producing vast amounts of cheap, clean energy, the sun is critical for global decarbonisation. But solar power also offers something more: attractive investment opportunities in everything from photovoltaics and batteries to the transmission lines and transformers that form the backbone of the...

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Saving lives in remote communities

How LGT Venture Philanthropy and the NGO Last Mile Health are driving equitable access to health care.
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These start-ups prevailed in the lion's den

Meet 13 companies that have seen business take off after taming the judges on investor-meets-entrepreneur reality TV formats.
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Investing in data centres, the factories of the digital age

The inexorable move to digitalisation, driven by technological breakthroughs like artificial intelligence and cloud computing, is propelling investment in the physical infrastructure needed to process and store all the newly created data.

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