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Image: Pexels: Marcelo Dias The fifth in a series of extracts from Global Government Forum’s new study on future-proofing digital capability examines how a strong internal workforce alone is not enough – governments must also harness external capability effectively The Future-proofing government digital capability study, led by Kevin Cunnington, executive advisor at GGF and former director general…
Facing a 7% GDP contraction, the socialist island nation opens up to private banking and investment. In June, the Cuban National Assembly unanimously passed 176 economic reforms aimed at staving off an economic crisis partly caused by U.S. sanctions. Prime Minister Manuel Marrero announced the reforms, which aim to reduce the state’s presence in the…
en English Longer Reads Jul 31, 2026 Antonin Bergeaud and Robin Rivaton The AI race is no longer just about building better models. As competition shifts from scientific discovery to deployment, success increasingly depends on computing power, advanced semiconductors, physical infrastructure, and…
The semiconductor sector, as summarized by the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX +0.07%), had a rough go of it in July. The exchange-traded fund plunged a stunning 23% from its highs in just one month, with many of the ETF’s components down by much more. No doubt, these stocks had run up a stunning 112.8% in…
Brown Brothers Harriman’s Elias Haddad notes the British Pound (GBP) remains heavy versus the US Dollar (USD) and Euro (EUR) after a mixed United Kingdom (UK) June Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, with headline inflation cooling but core and services measures still sticky. Markets price 75 bps of Bank of England (BoE) tightening over twelve…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Defence said that two UAE national tankers, the Mombasa and Al Bahiyah, were targeted by two Iranian cruise missiles in the southern lane of the Strait of Hormuz, in Omani territorial waters, Reuters reported on Tuesday. The source added that one Indian crew member was killed and eight…