Private equity giants Blackstone, Brookfield Asset Management, and KKR together are paying $16 billion to share a 49-percent stake in a joint venture involving all of Kuwait’s oil pipelines.
Category: TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT – Jul 28 2026
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SPECIAL REPORT: THE RACE FOR RARE EARTH METALS
What lithium is to batteries, rare earth metals are to electronic technologies.
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EUROPE STOCK MARKET RALLY IS DRIVEN BY JUST 10 STOCKS
The Stoxx Europe 600 Index has gained 8.8 percent this year, reaching its highest mark in more than five years.
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ECB FREEZES INTEREST RATE AS OIL PRICES SURGE
Last week, the European Central Bank (ECB) held its key interest rate steady at 2.25 percent, despite the resumption of the Iran War and the resulting spike in oil prices over $100 a barrel.
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RENEWED WAR BRINGS ENERGY CRISIS CLOSER, IEA WARNS
Renewed bombardment along the Persian Gulf has brought a global oil shortage even closer, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned.
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TRUMP LAYS NEW TARIFFS ON 60 COUNTRIES
Donald Trump has imposed tariffs of 10 to 12.5 percent on 60 countries, encompassing 99 percent of U.S. foreign trade to punish the countries for not doing enough to fight the use of forced labor around the world.
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GOING OUT OF BUSINESS TRENDS
The economic slowdown continues to spread from Wall Street to Main Street as a growing wave of closures, layoffs, and downsizing hits a wide range of industries from manufacturers and retailers to restaurants, schools, healthcare providers, and distribution centers.
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WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS, JOBS GO WITH IT
The job market continues to send troubling signals as major corporations across finance, technology, manufacturing, retail, transportation, and media slash thousands of positions.
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SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S MARCH TOWARD GLOBAL TECH DOMINANCE
China has begun a diplomatic initiative around AI development in developing nations.