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WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM – TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK

World Economic Forum (June 29, 2025): This week’s top stories of the week include:

0:15 Top technologies to watch in 2025 – From digital trust to clean energy, 2025 is seeing breakthrough innovations with wide-ranging impact. Here are five of the most promising technologies this year.

2:50 How to close the gender gap in tech – Ayumi Moore Aoki is CEO of Women in Tech Global, an organization that works to increase gender equality in STEM. She says that amid all the talk of what AI can do, we must also consider what it cannot.

6:09 This robot could change all factories – Meet CyRo, a 3-armed robot designed to handle objects with the dexterity of a human – without the need for pre-programming. Its adaptive vision system mimics the human eye, allowing it to operate under varying lighting and handle tricky materials like glass or reflective surfaces.

7:33 Start-up plans data centres in space – As AI energy demands soar, one pioneering start-up is taking data infrastructure off the planet. Starcloud is building space data centres to tap into the vast, uninterrupted solar energy available in orbit.

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BARRON’S MAGAZINE —— JUNE 30, 2025 PREVIEW

BARRON’S MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘How Trump’s Tariffs Could Upend the U.S. Auto Industry’…

How Trump’s Tariffs Could Upend the U.S. Auto Industry

President Trump wants an all-American car. U.S. vehicle sales could plunge by as much as 20% if he uses massive levies to get one.

Bonds Have Underperformed. Why You Should Own Them Now.

Barron’s has long favored dividend-paying stocks for those seeking income. But bonds now deserve a hard look because they are so attractively priced.

This Investing Pro Delivers a 5.5% Yield With Low Volatility. Here Are His Secrets.

Ed Perks, manager of the 73-year-old Franklin Income Fund, is investing equally in stocks and bonds, often from the same companies. He shares some picks.

Nuclear Power’s Biggest IPO in Years Is on the Way

Holtec CEO says the plan is to go public within several months. The IPO may be coming at just the right time.

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JUNE 21, 2025 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (June 19, 2025): The latest issue features ‘How will this end?‘….

Where will the Iran-Israel war end?

In a worse place if Donald Trump rushes in

To keep Russia out and America in, NATO must spend more

European members need a hard date to boost their defence budgets

Japan’s government bonds: this time it won’t end well

Even as interest costs mount, politicians promise hando

Why MAGA’s pro-natalist plans are ill-conceived

Efforts to deliver a baby boom either fail or cost a fortune

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JUNE 14, 2025 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (June 12, 2025): The latest issue features ‘American disorder’

When a radical performance artist has command of an army

Donald Trump’s troop deployment in LA could yet backfire

The world must escape the manufacturing delusion

Governments’ obsession with factories is built on myths—and will be self-defeating

How to curb organised crime without shredding civil rights

Ecuador is a test case in the fight against global gangs

CHICAGO BOOTH REVIEW – SUMMER 2025 PREVIEW

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CHICAGO BOOTH REVIEW (June 10, 2025): The Summer 2025 issue features how fintech is changing the financial system, whether monopsony is skewing the labor market, and the potential effects of Donald Trump’s economic policies.

Banking Is Getting Easier, but Is It Riskier?

Fintech may be generating unintended consequences for consumers and the industry.

Does Fintech Threaten the Stability of the Financial System?

Regulating new financial products and platforms requires understanding their risks and vulnerabilities.

How AI Can Make Smarter Predictions

Researchers gave AI a way to evaluate and calibrate its own uncertainty.

Are Employers Playing a Game of Monopsony?

Labor’s share of national income has fallen, and competition for workers may have something to do with it.

MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW – SUMMER 2025

MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW (June 10, 2025): The Summer 2025 Issue features a special report on strategic thinking and long-term planning amid the challenges of disruption.

Time Well Spent: A New Way to Value Time Could Change Your Life

Leslie Perlow and Salvatore Affinito

Will AI Disrupt Your Business? Key Questions to Ask

Julian Birkinshaw

The Business Cost of the Shrinking STEM Research Pipeline

Chris Carr and Dave Christy

BARRON’S MAGAZINE – JUNE 9, 2025 INVESTMENT PREVIEW

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BARRON’S MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The Next Berkshire’…

Berkshire Hathaway Wannabes Are Coming. We Sized Up the Contenders.

These companies are seeking to replicate Warren Buffett’s formula as he prepares to retire. Some have been big winners.

Warren Buffett

Why the Trump Feud Won’t Push Musk Out as Tesla CEO

“Tesla without Musk would be a disaster for Tesla shareholders,” a longtime Tesla bull told Barron’s.

A Stablecoin IPO Soars and Bitcoin Keeps Climbing. Great Crypto Plays for Right Now.

This week’s blockbuster IPO of Circle, a leading issuer of stablecoins, shows how crypto is increasingly going mainstream. Here’s how to invest.

Despite Trade War, U.S. Drug Companies Turn to China for Key Cancer Treatments

U.S. drug companies are increasingly licensing experimental medicines invented by Chinese firms. The recent deals could be worth up to $25 billion.

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JUNE 7, 2025 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The June 7, 2025 issue features ‘Phew, it’s a girl!’ – The stunning decline of boy preference…

The stunning decline of the preference for having boys

Millions of girls were aborted for being girls. Now parents often lean towards them

America’s tax on foreign investors could do more damage than tariffs

Provisions in the Republican budget are a dangerous step

The West is rethinking how to fight wars

Ukraine’s daring raid on Russia has lessons for European armed forces. But they need cash, too

Myanmar is a demonstration of Chinese hegemony in action

China is playing all sides in the country’s bloody civil war

Africa’s most admired dictator rolls the dice

Kagame’s intervention in Congo threatens his legacy at home

The Economist Magazine – May 31, 2025 Preview

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (May 29, 2025): The latest issue features New, untested and dangerous – A special report on American finance…

American finance, always unique, is now uniquely dangerous

Donald Trump is putting an untested system under almighty strain

Pausing foreign applications to American universities is a terrible idea

The Trump administration hobbles a great American export

First he busted gangs. Now Nayib Bukele busts critics

El Salvador’s president has all the tools of repression he needs to stay in power indefinitely

India needs to turn the air-con on

If its awful air pollution is ever solved the country will get even hotter

Barron’s Magazine – May 12, 2025 Financial Preview

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BARRON’S MAGAZINE (May 10, 2025): The latest issue features ‘The New War Machines’ – Ai- enhanced weaponry is replacing long-established military programs. Which companies stand to gain.

Defense Stocks Are Under Fire. How to Play the New World Order.

Traditional contractors L3Harris and Northrop look like winners. Upstarts like AeroVironment, Karman, and Kratos are worth watching, too.

Sphere Entertainment Has a Dazzling Arena. The Stock Is Undervalued.

Sphere is part of the Dolan empire, and its shares look cheap relative to the company’s assets.

Trump’s Tariffs Rattle Small Businesses. Four Survival Stories.

Small, privately held businesses often lack the resources and financial strength to survive high tariffs against their trade partners. How some are coping.