AI’s existential fears meet Wall Street financing Fomo in Europe
Banks expect $5bn to $10bn in European data-centre bonds this year as the region accelerates its AI infrastructure build-out.
Why your strategy may already be out of date
Leaders can no longer afford to wait for the next planning cycle to respond to a rapidly changing business environment.
Britons rush to tax-free savings accounts at fastest pace since pandemic
UK savers are increasingly turning to stocks-and-shares ISAs, with 4.89 million accounts receiving contributions in 2024/25, up 802 000 year on year.
US AI boom needs $110bn of new power plants, Moody’s says
America's data centre boom will require $110bn in new power generation by 2030, with natural gas expected to supply most of the additional 45GW needed to meet soaring electricity demand.
Africa’s air travel is reliant on distant hubs
Why it’s time to fix this.
Banking scandal rocks Brazil’s politics and the country’s presidential election in October
The collapse of Banco Master has spiralled into an institutional crisis weeks before Brazil's October election, drawing in the Supreme Court, Lula and rival Flávio Bolsonaro.
Food prices present fresh risk to global bonds after selloff
Markets are increasingly treating food inflation as a potential second wave of the inflation shock.
Raw sewage is flowing in nearly every metro
Sewage treatment scores have dropped in seven out of eight metro municipalities
Global banks’ financing of energy rose to $2.3trn in 2025
Driven by rising energy demand from AI data centres, cooling technologies and EVs.
N1 town’s decade of decay
Beaufort West municipality says it does not have enough money to fix its ageing infrastructure. But the problem is self-inflicted