INT

  • Jul 17
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Data scarcity challenges AI developers globally

Leading tech companies are reported to have been using data YouTube videos to train AI models without authorisation

International
  • Jul 17
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World GDP and trade growth is weaker than past decades

The IMF sees modest global growth this year and next, with US activity slowing markedly next year

International
  • Jul 17
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Battery production can sustain long-run overcapacity

Despite rapid demand growth, lithium-ion battery production capacity is far in excess of consumption

International
  • Jul 17
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Drug busts have pros and cons for Ecuador’s Noboa

The association of banana exports with cocaine trafficking could become uncomfortable for the president

Ecuador
  • Jul 16
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More tech IPOs are on the cards as global rates fall

Financial software developer OneStream Software will seek to raise up to USD465.5mn in its forthcoming Nasdaq listing

International
  • Jul 15
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Solution to global online extremism remains distant

CEOs of 'Big Tech' companies have repudiated political violence following the attack on Donald Trump

International
  • Jul 15
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China’s economic imbalances widen amid steady growth

As the Third Plenum economic policy meeting began it was reported that China’s growth slowed to 4.7% in April-June

China
  • Jul 15
  • 2 min read

French political stalemate threatens EU fiscal stress

France faces political and economic stalemate and the possibility of debt turmoil after indecisive snap elections

France