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The hiring bar raised simultaneously by the economic slowdown and the spread of AI Employers favor experienced workers with proven validation skills over entry-level candidates Gap between job openings and actual hiring widens amid persistently low layoffs

LG Electronics Ends Two-Decade Laptop Business in Brazil Chipmakers Concentrate Production Capacity on AI Server Memory Shrinking Commodity DRAM Supply Drives Up Finished-Product Costs LG Electronics is withdrawing from Brazil’s laptop market a

LCH Adds Offshore Renminbi-Denominated Chinese Government Bonds to Eligible Collateral Trade Settlement Lays the Foundation for Renminbi Internationalization Renminbi Financial Ecosystem Expands into Global Capital-Market Infrastructure London’

Surging AI accelerator demand pushes TSMC’s CoWoS capacity to its limit Nvidia may allocate some next-generation GPU production to Intel’s EMIB SK hynix and Samsung Electronics expand wafer and back-end capacity in tandem The bottlenec

Iran’s mass deployment of low-cost drones accelerates depletion of US interceptor stockpiles Pressure to preserve combat power drives wider use of one-way attack surface drones and AI-enabled kill chains Benchmark for warfighting capability shifts from weapons performance to production and replenishment capacity

Issuance and reserve-asset rules established under the GENIUS Act Stablecoin demand linked to U.S.

AI boom constrains commodity DRAM supply, reinforcing price downside rigidity South Korea secures market advantage and pricing power as China and Japan accelerate pursuit Major manufacturers benefit from AI-driven surge in NAND flash demand

France, Germany, and Spain’s FCAS fighter development program ultimately collapses UK-Italy-Japan GCAP secures crucial funding after repeated setbacks US presses ahead with independent sixth-generation fighter development, while mid-tier defense powers focus on fifth-generation capabilities

Record Number of Tourists Visit Korea for Medical Treatment “Affordable and Low-Burden” Dermatology Accounts for More Than Half of Treatment Demand End of VAT Refunds for Cosmetic Medical Services Erodes Price Competitiveness The number of

BYD turns to local production in response to tighter restrictions on Chinese EVs Approaches Renault in 2024 and 2025, seeking control beyond a conventional partnership Localization strategy runs into defenses of management control, regional sourcing requirements and a high-cost production environment

Vulnerability in Spain’s Foreign Procurement Exposed by Dependence on Proprietary Ammunition and Parts Growing Buyer Demand for Wartime Readiness and Domestic Industrial Capacity Defence Competition Shifting From Finished-Product Sales to Joint Production and Long-Term Sustainment

The “Export Boom Paradox” as Margins Collapse Despite Rising Orders Policy Financing Helps Absorb Losses as Firms Expand Overseas Market Share A Protracted War of Attrition Squeezing Manufacturing Bases in South Korea, Germany and Japan China’s man

High rents are turning Europe’s free movement into a costly privilege Housing costs now block job matching before workers move Affordable housing must be treated as labour-market infrastructure After years of fre

‘Worst-Ever’ Heat Wave Sweeps EU, Hitting Wheat and Corn Output Extreme Heat and Drought Fuel Large Wildfires in Spain and France “Emissions Cut, Adaptation Neglected”: Limits of EU ESG Policy Laid Bare Extreme weather sweeping across Europe is c

Shein’s Hong Kong IPO Push Following Failed U.S.

Sluggish Chinese smartphone sales during the peak 618 shopping festival Surging memory prices compound cost pressures, triggering successive price increases Accelerating development of high-performance devices tailored to on-device AI demand

Narrowing Performance Gap Among Frontier AI Models Growing Adoption of Task-Specific Model Combinations and Orchestration Shift in Market Competition From Model Performance to Cost per Task The rules of competition in the artificial intelligence

Three-Model Lineup Spanning Flagship Sol to Lightweight Luna Routing, Caching and Batch Processing Built Into GPT-5.6 Intensifying Price Competition Among Providers Shifts Battleground to Deployment Capabilities Price competition encompassing both mod

Private-market valuation surpasses $1.2 trillion AI model market increasingly shifts toward Chinese providers Widening gap between corporate valuation and market competitiveness U.S.

Official inflation can fall while household price pressure remains high Different spending baskets create different inflation experiences Policy should pair CPI with clear perceived-inflation indicators A country can show a low