The race for copper has brought a wave of mining mega-mergers – The Economist
Mining mergers are back in style. Rio Tinto, the industry’s fourth-most valuable company, has confirmed it is in talks to acquire Glencore, a Swiss competitor,
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Mortgage rates fall to lowest level in more than three years – CNN
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 6.06% for the week ending January 15, according to Freddie Mac. The last time home borrowing rates were
🎧Price panic: the truth about affordability
Ahandpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. Voters are furious about prices, and politicians are racing to fix an affordability crisis.
Getting the AI Story Right
As AI moves from experimentation to real-world applications, the limits imposed by the physical world, capital markets, and political systems clearly matter more than its
UK borrowing costs drop to lowest level in more than a year – The Guardian
UK borrowing costs have dropped to their lowest level in more than a year, as investors were encouraged by more stable government finances and the
AI is transforming the pharma industry for the better – The Economist
Drug development is notoriously failure-prone. Only one in every ten drug candidates that enter human trials eventually goes onto the market. Turning a promising molecule
Thailand Approves New Data Center Projects Worth $3.1 Billion – Bloomberg
Thailand approved proposals worth 96.9 billion baht ($3.1 billion) to build new data centers and data-hosting projects, underscoring the Southeast Asian nation’s emergence as a
Home Sales in December Jump 5.1%, Biggest Gain in Nearly 2 Years – WSJ
Home sales finished 2025 with surprisingly strong momentum, rising 5.1% in December for the biggest gain in nearly two years. But even with last month’s
2026 chaos has set gold and silver ablaze – CNN
Trump is threatening to take “strong action” against Iran just after capturing the leader of Venezuela. His administration is criminally investigating the chair of the
10 AI dangers and risks and how to manage them
Artificial intelligence (AI) has enormous value but capturing the full benefits of AI means facing and handling its potential pitfalls. The same sophisticated systems used