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EU freezes ~€210bn; windfall profits flow, not principal Route proceeds via EU/G7 loans to steady, education-first support Preserve trust: strict legality, transparency, shared risk A single number now shapes the conversatio

Trump 2.0 tariffs: 10% floor, 15% for dealmakers Campus costs climb—labs, AI gear, construction—equity gaps widen Plan for persistence: pool procurement, secure exemptions, fund aid and labs We often hear that tari

Reddit files lawsuit against Australian government, citing “infringement of free expression” Major studies find links between social media use and declines in adolescents’ cognitive function Malaysia to implement similar measures next year; UK also reviewing the model

China’s defense budget contains numerous off-the-books items, making its true scale difficult to determine Geopolitical tensions intensify as Asian countries accelerate military spending A series of recent military provocations targeting Taiwan, the Philippines, and Japan

Funds Continue Channeling Capital Into Chinese AI Companies Focus on the Innovative Potential of China’s AI Ecosystem Power Infrastructure Advantage and the Impact of U.S.

LP capital piles into big-name VCs in Korea, squeezing smaller firms Sanctions mount as access to the fund of funds tightens, feeding a vicious cycle Cash-starved Korean startups fall into “death valley,” one after another Korea’s venture cap

Benefits and working conditions make up a third to two-fifths of pay Unions shift value into enforceable rights when cash is tight, boosting retention Measure and fund non-monetary compensation to stabilize schools According t

Omnibus simplification risks deepening Big Tech lock-in Bind it to portability, open APIs, and switching If others copy, copy the guardrails—not consolidation Europe spent roughly €61 billion on cloud services

The New International Order Map Drawn by Trump’s Second-Term NSS “EU at the Stage of Civilizational Erasure,” a Withering Broadside Washington Formalizes Self-Interested Isolationism The second administration of U.S.

SK On and Ford to run plants independently after dissolving BlueOvalSK GM halts LG Energy Solution joint plant as U.S.

Eroding purchasing power and falling sales volumesDeflation warnings from two years ago begin to materialize

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European Commission Notifies Google of Preliminary Findings for Alleged “DMA Breach” AI Overviews Drive Sharp Click-Through Declines, Accelerating “Zero-Click” Search and Deepening Fears of a Publisher Ecosystem Breakdown Trump Administration’s Retaliatory Tariff Warnings Collide With a Hardening EU Line, Intensifying U.S.-EU Trade Frictions

EU-Bonds cost more than Bunds due to design and index rules Make them sovereign: permanent issuance, one agency, hedging tools, clear own resources Tighter spreads free billions for education and investment In mid-2025, the European

Treat blind hiring policy as a targeted tool, not a cure-all Recent pilots show anonymity widens access while quality holds steady Use a tiered process—Stage-1 blind scoring, controlled unblinding, and outcome audits—to balance equity and excellence

Nationalist politics inflates Japan–China business costs, risking $292.6B in trade Controls and bans snarl inputs, travel, and seafood, squeezing factories and SMEs The fix: de-risk, don’t decouple—transparent dashboards, precise licenses, targeted insurance

AI boom sends DRAM and HBM prices soaring Data-center investment surges across Asia, keeping memory demand on a steady rise U.S.

Microsoft, Google, Amazon Roll Out Successive Hyperscale Projects World’s No.

India and Russia have maintained an alliance for more than 60 years since the Cold War era Cooperation extends beyond energy and defense to joint development of icebreakers Tariff talks with the United States also accelerating, likely to conclude within the year

Policy rate cut by 25bp to 3.50–3.75% November private payrolls hit by ‘negative growth shock’ Aggressive rate cuts likely if chair is replaced The U.S.