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Vietnam Accelerates Nuclear Restart Amid Power Shortages and Carbon Neutrality Pressure Japan Withdraws Over Disputes on Next-Generation Reactor Adoption and Completion Timeline Russia Advances With Technology Transfer and Export Finance Package

Big Tech bets on India’s nuclear sector to secure data center power Indian government targets tenfold expansion of nuclear capacity led by SMRs Surging AI-driven power demand marks a global inflection point for nuclear energy India has moved

Ripple CEO Monica Long’s denial of IPO plans and large-scale whale sell-offs trigger a sharp drop in XRP prices Tron-based stablecoin settlement volume reaches $24.2 billion, surpassing Ripple’s remittance scale by more than tenfold Ripple pivots with RLUSD launch and Rail acquisition, raising concerns over XRP’s shrinking role amid a dual-track strategy

Headcount at Korea’s top 10 builders falls 6.5% in a year, signaling a real hiring collapse Property downturn, tighter PF rules, and soaring construction costs pile up, drying up demand for labor Major builders seek growth through overseas orders as the domestic market darkens

China’s EV-heavy support leaves gasoline cars stranded, fueling an export glut Over-subsidization sickens China’s EV sector as oversupply and price wars persist Local governments prop up zombie firms, distorting markets as debt pressure mounts

Growth Exceeds 4%, Yet Employment Cools Firms Opt for AI Over Hiring, Pursuing ‘Slimmed-Down’ Strategies AI Boosts Productivity but Weighs on Job Creation The prevailing keyword defining corporate hiring strategies in

TSMC’s 2nm node pulls in AI chip demand, tightening its grip on the market With 3nm capacity tapped out, TSMC pivots to a major 2nm investment expansion Samsung bets on 2nm, but yield and customer gaps remain clear constraints Taiwan’s TSMC, the

Tariffs may work for semiconductors, but they fail as a broad industrial policy Volatile tariff revenue signals deeper economic and institutional costs Punishment-based trade erodes trust that long-term investment needs

China’s free-trade rhetoric at APEC clashes with its ongoing industrial subsidies Without subsidy discipline, regional trust and fair competition cannot recover APEC’s credibility depends on rules, not gestures C

Chinese subsidies have tilted global markets in favor of state-backed firms WTO rules have failed to keep pace with this shift Fair trade now depends on coordinated reform and enforcement In the last decade, China’s indust

OECD–G20 overhaul exempts U.S.

Akio Toyoda’s philosophy of “preserving the engine” and Toyota’s securing of roughly $9 billion in investment firepower The electrification of automobiles: V2L and energy arbitrage If EV bottlenecks are resolved, high-efficiency engines could be isolated like Betamax

Legal Battle Intensifies Over Disclosure Obligations of U.S.-Listed Companies Key Issues Center on Knowledge and Concealment of Data Breach and Causal Link to Stock Price Distortion Company Expected to Activate U.S.

Investigation into antitrust violations over collusion on steel sales prices Years-long price manipulation uncovered through WhatsApp messages Protectionist public procurement framework seen as structurally incentivizing collusion

Multinational R&D specialization routes research, engineering, and production to best-fit locations Heckscher–Ohlin logic links talent hubs with supplier clusters and scalable manufacturing Schools should buy for resilience and upgrades, favoring evidence-backed, diversified supply chains

Digital cash resilience pairs fast digital payments with a cash fallback for shocks A privacy-safe, offline-capable digital euro can scale without draining deposits Schools should drill multi-rail payments, keep cash buffers, and pilot only cost-winning rails

Dollar stablecoins dominate liquidity; Asian rivals will struggle Europe’s MiCA and Korea’s stalemate show rules don’t build networks Win small: target local corridors with instant bank redemption and dollar swaps In cryptocurrency m

Trump Ally Myron Calls for More Than a 100-Basis-Point Rate Cut This Year Fed Officials Lean Toward Caution, Weighing Inflation and Labor Market Conditions Concerns Mount That President Trump’s Political Pressure Could Amplify Uncertainty Stephen

Department store sales increasingly concentrated in a handful of ultra-large flagship locations, intensifying the pull toward Seoul Beyond restructuring, the retail industry enters a phase of fundamental business model reconfiguration amid shifting consumption patterns Post-pandemic underperformance at U.S.

Daehan Cable Secures $74 Million Turnkey Project in California, Demonstrating Technical Credibility U.S.