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Korea’s Refining and Petrochemicals Sector Builds In-House Power Plants to Cut Energy Costs Using Lower-Carbon Fuels Like LNG to Boost Clean-Competitiveness GS Caltex Speeds Up Decarbonization by Building a Palm-Oil-Based Biodiesel Value Chain <

Renewed debate over growth expectations inflating valuationQuestions raised over sustainability of continuous capital raising

South Korea’s Five Guys to Be Acquired by H&Q Equity Partners at an Estimated $45–55 Million After a String of Failed Bets Including Esquire and 11st, Is Five Guys a Comeback Play? Securing Japan Rights Through Equity Purchase—Could It Become the Next Burger King Japan?

End-of-weak-yen signals heighten market-wide tensionAssessments say incentives for abrupt capital flight remain limited

Equipment move-in schedule at Arizona Fab 2 brought forward Simultaneous pressure from surging AI demand and advanced packaging bottlenecks Strategic overhaul amid signs of customer defection TSMC has abruptly accelerated the timeline for moving

“Largest-Ever Deal” Trump Administration Approves $11.1 Billion Arms Sale to Taiwan US Shifts From Longstanding Cross-Strait Balancing, Turn Accelerates From Biden Era Taiwan Deepens US Ties as Defense Worries Grow and Regional Support Falls Short

Moderate quakes cause deep, unpriced losses through financing gaps Price mid-risk and pre-fund rapid recovery with layered instruments Trigger cash to schools to cut spreads and speed rebuilding Earthquakes are a relentl

Strong laws; complex compliance stalls EU growth Simplify: one rulebook, one portal, safe patterns Tie public compute to pre-cleared controls; update annually EU’s digital rules now have teeth.

Manufacturing wanes; services must absorb workers Shift factory skills into productive service roles Fund wage insurance, fast training, placement targets The decline of manufacturing in Germany isn’t just a predict

A deal largely aimed at easing SK Group’s financial burdenAcquisition capacity shaped by Doosan subsidiaries’ earnings

Oracle’s $10 billion data-center financing disrupted by Blue Owl’s withdrawal Financial institutions reassessing AI infrastructure as high-risk assets Optimism around AI moderates as financial strain grows and valuation sorting begins Warni

Semiconductor inventory shortfalls leave required volumes unsecured Production halts extend from North America to China and Japan U.S.

Asian nationals dominate employment gainsConcentration in SMEs and regional manufacturing sites

Germany’s Bundestag approves a $55 billion military procurement package and accelerates rearmament by loosening constitutional debt limits Under NATO’s unprecedented “5% of GDP” agreement, the EU injects funding through joint borrowing such as 45-year SAFE loans Debt-laden Europe faces a “guns-and-butter” dilemma, cutting welfare budgets to finance security

Ripple Acquires Gtreasury to Upgrade Cross-Border Payments Targeting SWIFT’s Limits, a “Gradual Convergence” Looks More Likely Than a Full Replacement Low-Volatility Stablecoins Could Still Threaten XRP’s Position Ripple has acquired GTreasury

Judiciary Puts the Brakes on Tesla’s Autonomous Driving Marketing Gap Confirmed Between Technological Reality and Advertising Claims Regulatory Tightening Poised to Spread Across the EV Industry Photo=Tesla

“Will Allow Nvidia H200 Exports to China” Trump’s Hardline Move US Pushback Grows, While Self-Reliant China Responds Coolly US Chip Export Strategy Seen as Losing Leverage Over China As US President Donald Trump moves to ease semicondu

A textbook attempt to shore up short-term FX supply and demandTension between market stability and financial institutions’ autonomy

China–Japan Tensions Spill Into the Military Domain Japan to Set Next-Year Defense Budget at a Record $60 Billion Missiles, Drones, and Expanded Force Projection Signal Strategic Shift As tensions between China and Ja

Ford–LG Energy Solution Scraps Battery Supply Deal Worth About $6.5 Billion Renault Picked as Europe Partner, Set to Cooperate on EVs and Light Commercial Vehicles Renault Chooses Envision AESC as Battery Supplier, With Limited Ties to LG Energy Solution