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US-Iran ceasefire collapse proves businesses cannot wait out the war

US investment in AI last year accounted for at least 40% of GDP growth, estimated Financial Times.
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Governments must implement reforms before the next big financial crisis

Almost 800 people guessed the weight of an ox at a country fair in 1906. Individually, the results were mediocre, but collectively, the median estimate was within 0.8% of the true weight.
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How crowds become stupider

People experience the organisation largely through their supervisors. 
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The solution to employee disengagement is human

New Fed chair Kevin Warsh has arrived with a sweeping reform agenda, immediately announcing the establishment of five task forces.
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A different type of G7 central bank divergence

AI will have such a profound impact on businesses’ cost and pricing structures that failure to adopt rapidly will prove existential for a large swathe of the economy.
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If you thought the global financial crisis was bad...

Unitree Robotics' humanoid robots put up a martial arts display in the company's headquarters in Hangzhou, China.
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Unitree’s IPO will test the ‘embodied AI’ valuation shortcut

Kevin Warsh (above) is taking the reins of the Fed after five years of above-target inflation – unlike the virtuous circle Greenspan inherited.
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Greenspan’s stumbles hold lessons for Warsh’s Fed

The vulnerabilities of South-east Asia's cities are exacerbated by climate change, which is increasing the intensity of extreme rainfall events.
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Will climate risk derail South-east Asia’s US$564 billion data centre boom?

Researchers have argued, with justification, that the EU can exploit a variety of Chinese dependencies on Europe.
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If Brussels starts a trade war, Beijing will finish it