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How one city in the Balkans has ridden boom times and economic declines thanks to its mines
By Francisco Garcia
Financial Times, Dec. 12, 2025
Committee chair warns the decision risks undermining Washington’s strategic advantage over Beijing in cutting-edge AI
By Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington
Financial Times, Dec. 13, 2025
President Trump’s secretary of state and national security adviser has long sought to cripple or topple Cuba’s government, which has close security and economic ties to Venezuela.
By Michael Crowley and Edward Wong
The New York Times, Dec. 12, 2025
Initially, GE referred to the business as Renewable Energy & Power, and when it unveiled the name Vernova in 2022 ... GE Vernova is delivering gas turbines the size of houses, as many as it can make, at ever-higher prices, with a backlog that’s approaching the end of the decade ... artificial intelligence is driving demand for electricity, and firing up more natural gas is the easiest way for utilities to meet demand. That’s part of it, and the AI glow might help explain why shares are up about 400% since the spinoff.
By Jack Hough
Barron`s, Dec. 12, 2025
Lawmakers pass levies targeting countries that Mexico has no trade agreement with, including China
By Jonathan Cheng in Beijing and Santiago Pérez in Mexico City
The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 11, 2025
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Legal challenge is first shot across the bows as Brussels aims to use funds for €90bn loan to Ukraine
By Max Seddon in Berlin
Financial Times, Dec. 12, 2025
Move backed by Brussels would transform the bloc’s approach to admitting new members
By FT
Financial Times, Dec. 12, 2025
Investment in manufacturing, infrastructure and property is expected to fall this year, a remarkable turn for an economy whose growth reshaped the world.
By Daisuke Wakabayashi and Amy Chang Chien
The New York Times, Dec. 12, 2025
The economy is looking resilient and there are bargains below the AI surface. Where to invest in the new year.
By Paul R. La Monica
Barron`s, Dec. 12, 2025
Mineral production company Ionic says it discovered 16 different rare earth and critical minerals that will help the U.S. compete with China
By Clara Hudson
The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 11, 2025
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A New Hampshire municipal issue stretches the bounds of what state borrowing is for
By Brendan Greeley
Financial Times, Dec. 12, 2025
Young Bulgarians turned out in protests that helped unseat their government. Whether that will translate into higher turnout in upcoming elections is up to them.
By Lara Jakes and Boryana Dzhambazova
The New York Times, Dec. 12, 2025
The official line is that the central bank’s new buys of $20 billion of Treasury bills a month doesn’t represent anything other than ordinary management of money-market conditions. Some veteran Fed watchers aren’t so sure. In particular, the central bank purchases seem part of a coordination with the Treasury to help fund the massive U.S. budget deficit and tamp down longer-term bond yields.
By Randall W. Forsyth
Barron`s, Dec. 12, 2025
It’s been quite the year for systematic investors
By Robin Wigglesworth
Financial Times, Dec. 12, 2025
The Continent practices values that are different from America’s. Yet it is still worth defending.
By Joseph C. Sternberg
The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 11, 2025
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