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Purchase prices, rental indices and construction figures.
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Schneider–PTC: the industrial data integration test behind the deal
Schneider’s proposed PTC acquisition links engineering data and operating software. Integration, financing and approval conditions shape the value test.
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Russia’s draft budget raises spending and borrowing plans
Russia’s draft budget raises spending and borrowing plans
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Russia Sets the 2027 Minimum Wage at 28,935 Rubles, Up 6.8%, on the Way to 35,000 by 2030
Finance Minister Siluanov said Russia's minimum wage will rise 6.8% to 28,935 rubles in 2027, matching forecast wage growth, en route to 35,000 by 2030.
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The Triple Lock on Trial: Britain's 154 Billion Pound State Pension Promise Faces Its Toughest Budget Test
With the October 28 budget looming, the BCC, IFS and Resolution Foundation pile pressure on the triple lock, while 12 million pensioners bank a 4.8% April rise.
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Malaysia's Construction Engine Keeps Running: Work Value Up 8.8% in Q2 2026
Work done in Malaysian construction rose 8.8% y/y to RM47.8 bln in 2Q 2026, led by special trades and non-residential building, DOSM data show.
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EAEU Returns Titanium Scrap to Zero Duty: A Tariff Signal for the Secondary Metals Loop
The EEC restored a zero import duty on titanium waste and scrap until August 2028, cutting input costs for EAEU metallurgy after the 2024 measure lapsed.
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Russia Rewires University Admissions: Employer-Bound Target Places, 47,000 Paid Seats Cut and a New Quota Ladder
Russia's 2026 admissions cycle cut 47,000 paid places in economics, law and media, tied about 83,000 target places to named employers and regions, and rerouted unfilled quotas toward military families.
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Britain's 'Lost Generation': The Milburn Review Puts a £125bn Price on Youth Worklessness
Alan Milburn's interim review warns one in six young Britons could be out of work and training within five years as NEETs pass one million and cost the economy £125bn a year.
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UK Youth Unemployment Reaches 16.2%, the Highest Since Late 2014, as Amazon's UK Boss Calls It a System Problem
UK unemployment edged up to 5% and the 16-24 rate hit 16.2%, the highest since late 2014; Amazon's UK boss called youth joblessness a system problem.
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The Subsidy Cliff Bites: ACA Marketplace Enrollment Headed for a Five-Million-Person Drop in 2026
KFF sees ACA marketplace enrollment falling from 22.3 mln to about 17.5 mln in 2026 as premiums rose 58% and deductibles jumped 37% after subsidies lapsed.
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The Eco-Fee Coefficient: How Russia's 2026 EPR Rules Split One Packaging Market in Two
From 2026 Russian producers can cut their environmental fee with recycled-content coefficients, while Belarusian importers pay in full — a dispute now at deputy-PM level.
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The 5 Percent Circular: How Mass-Balance Accounting Turned Fossil Plastic Into 'Recycled' Packaging
Brands sell packaging as recycled while most of it stays fossil-based: pyrolysis oil, mass-balance credits and avoided-emission maths do the rest, a Guardian investigation found.
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Silver's Industrial Squeeze: When Record Prices Meet Buyers Who Cannot Pay
Silver outran gold in 2025 and set fresh records in 2026, but solar and electronics buyers are starting to cut usage and substitute, testing the rally's limits.
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A Kind of 'Perfect Storm': Russia's Pulp and Paper Industry Counts the Cost of 2025
Ilim Group's chairman describes a 'perfect storm' in Russia's pulp and paper industry: narrowed markets, Chinese overcapacity, a strong ruble and a rate policy that blocks investment.
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The Goods Recession: How Tariff Frontloading Left U.S. Freight Facing a December Cliff
U.S. monthly imports fell below 2 million TEUs for the first time since March 2023 as tariff frontloading unwound, leaving ports, trucking and dock labor facing a structural reset of freight demand.
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Russia's Road-Construction Machinery Market Slows Its Fall to 41% After Nine Months
Sales of Russian road-construction machinery fell 41.3% to RUB 32.4bn in Jan-Sep 2025, but the decline is slowing and experts believe the bottom is behind.
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Record Price Tags: How Russia's Car Market Entered Winter 2025 at All-Time Highs
New and used car prices in Russia set all-time records in October 2025 as pre-hike buying, shrinking discounts and model shortages lifted the average new car to 3.43 million roubles.
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In Search of New Markets: Record Russian Fertilizer Exports Meet a Falling Price Cycle
Russia heads for a record 45 mln t of fertilizer exports in 2025 as world prices fall, EU tariffs loom and Rabobank sees a prolonged demand slump.
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One Trillion Kilowatt-Hours in a Month: China's July Power Use Sets a Global First
China's July power use topped 1 trillion kWh for the first time, up 8.6% y/y on heat waves, lifting January-July consumption 4.5% to over 5.86 trillion kWh.
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A 50% Tariff Split the Copper Market in Two: Record US Prices, a $2,600 Premium and a Bill for the Economy
Trump's 50% copper tariff sent US prices to a record $5.69/lb while the LME barely moved, opening a $2,600/t premium and stoking inflation fears.
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Russia's Industrial Development Fund Adds 20 Billion Rubles: How 3% Money Is Financing Machinery Import Substitution
In June 2025 Russia allocated another 20 billion rubles to the Federal Industrial Development Fund for 3-5% loans to 50 more manufacturers, with machinery first among priority sectors inside a 300-billion-ruble recapitalization plan running to 2030.
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Blue Granaries: How China Is Building Marine Ranches to Feed 1.4 Billion People
China has built more than 180 national-level marine ranches, Shandong leading with 71, as automated cages, feeding science and ranch tourism turn the sea into a food security asset.
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Russia's Power Demand Runs 4% Hot Ahead of the 2024-2025 Winter
Russian energy consumption grew 4% y/y since January 2024 and is set to rise 3.3% in fall-winter, the Energy Ministry said after a readiness meeting.
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Russia's Sunflower Oil Exports Jump 28% to 3.8 Million Tonnes in Eight Months of 2024
Agroexport puts Jan-Aug sunflower oil exports at 3.8 mln t, +28%, led by India, Turkey and China, with a tentative 5.7 mln t target by 2030.
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The South Took Power at Record Prices: How a Heatwave Stress-Tested Russia's Wholesale Electricity Market
In July 2024 southern Russia set nine daily records on the day-ahead power market as heat, outages and gas tariff indexation lifted the average price to 2.59 thousand roubles per MWh.
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The 99.6 Percent Market: How Russia's Exchange Forex Trading Rebuilt Itself Around the Yuan After the June 2024 Sanctions
After OFAC sanctioned the Moscow Exchange and its clearing center in June 2024, the yuan took 99.6% of exchange forex trading while OTC volumes held steady.
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Russia Resets Its Construction Agenda: 33 Square Meters per Person by 2030
Reconfirmed minister Faizullin outlined a programme: 33 sq m of housing per person by 2030, 38 by 2036, faster investment cycles and utility upgrades.
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The Eastern Polygon's Third Stage: Why Russia Is Rebuilding the BAM for a 270-Million-Tonne Decade
At the BAM's 50th anniversary Russia launched the third stage of BAM and Trans-Siberian development: continuous second routes, 300-plus sites and 270 million tonnes of Eastern Polygon traffic in ten years.
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