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Plan to ramp up heat pump and EV use under threat as UK electricity price doubles
Britain’s switch to greener energy is wobbling as new figures show the country is lagging behind most others in its use of electricity to power cars, homes and industry – with the cost doubling over 20 years.…
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Factoring Market to Reach USD 6.3 Trillion by 2031 with Europe Holding 58.56% Share in 2025, Says Mordor Intelligence
HYDERABAD, India, May 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — According to Mordor Intelligence, the factoring market size is on a steady growth trajectory, projected to expand from USD 4.68 trillion in 2026 to USD 6.30 trillion by 2031, at a CAGR of 6.12%.……
Key Events This Week: Payrolls, Quarterly Refunding, Confidence, And More Earnings
Key data releases this week will be the US April jobs report and the University of Michigan’s consumer survey. Other economic events feature the US Treasury quarterly refunding announcement and rate decisions in Australia, Norway and Sweden.…
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The new matcha flooding coffee shops
Jeffrey Cesari grew up eating ube, a purple yam native to the Philippines, whenever he visited his relatives there. But seven months ago, when he encountered it in a latte at a Turkish cafe, it suddenly sparked a business idea.…
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Inside the complex, secretive business of buying ube, the internet’s new favorite food
Jeffrey Cesari grew up eating ube, a purple yam native to the Philippines, whenever he visited his relatives there. But seven months ago, when he encountered it in a latte at a Turkish cafe, it suddenly sparked a business idea.…
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What exactly is white phosphorus and why is it controversial?
Israel has been accused this week of again using white phosphorus in southern Lebanon, firing shells near towns and villages.
Human rights monitors say such operations constitute indiscriminate attacks that violate …
Trump likes the idea of government owning some US companies but took a pass on Spirit Airlines
Washington: President Donald Trump had no qualms about a government takeover of Spirit Airlines, so long as the terms could be portrayed as a financial victory in what would have been the latest addition to a taxpayer-backed conglomerate of business i…
From RCEP exit to embracing Five Eyes economies, how India reimagined geo-trade
As India seals its trade pact with New Zealand, after concluding similar deals with Australia and the United Kingdom earlier, and is advancing talks with the United States and Canada, a Five Eyes-aligned trade architecture is coming into being to repla…
China drops tariffs on African countries except Eswatini
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A China policy giving Africa’s biggest economies tariff-free access to its market for the next two years came into effect Friday while its economic rival the United States seeks to impose new import taxes under U.S.…
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China grants Africa’s biggest economies tariff-free access
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A China policy giving Africa’s biggest economies tariff-free access to its market for the next two years came into effect Friday while its economic rival the United States seeks to impose new import taxes under President …