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The Majority Report • Dec 12, 2025
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Semafor • Dec 12, 2025
Chinese phone maker's $1B IPO points to Africa ambitions
Transsion, the biggest seller of phones in Africa, could raise up to $1 billion via an initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Semafor • Dec 12, 2025
The UAE is outpacing the US as Africa's investment partner
The UAE said it will invest $1 billion toward AI infrastructure and services across Africa, but the relationship between the two still has a deeply problematic dimension.
Semafor • Dec 12, 2025
Saudi Arabia and Qatar plan high-speed rail link
Officials say the trip would take around two hours, compared to a 90-minute flight, and services are expected to begin in six years.
Semafor • Dec 12, 2025
UAE's LuLu currency exchange quickly becomes top player
A currency exchange affiliated with the UAE supermarket chain LuLu has quickly become a top player in the market, moving $19.7 billion in remittances last year.
Semafor • Dec 12, 2025
UAE advances EU trade deal
The deal will build on the UAE’s more than 30 CEPAs, free-trade-style pacts that incorporate services and other forms of economic cooperation.
Scheer Post • Dec 12, 2025
Lax Oversight, Few Inspections Leave Child Farmworkers Exposed to Toxic Pesticides
Child laborers and other farmworkers in California are being exposed to toxic pesticides, in part because of splintered enforcement of safety regulations.
Semafor • Dec 12, 2025
IMF urges China to enact economic reforms
The head of the International Monetary Fund this week urged Chinese authorities to address the country's economic imbalances.
Mother Jones • Dec 12, 2025
The Man Who Broke Offshore Wind
This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. David Stevenson stood in a circle of friends and colleagues in an Orlando, Florida, hotel lobby. Everyone but him wore a lapel pin that read “I ♥ Fossil Fuels.”  “You want one?” asked a conference attendee, offering me the […]
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Michigan Lawsuit Calls Big Oil a “Cartel” That’s Driving High Energy Bills
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Why corporate America is mostly staying quiet as federal immigration agents show up at its doors
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Has Little Caesars Arena boosted economic activity in Detroit? We looked at hotel and short-term rental industry data to find out
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Bad Bunny, Billionaires, and the Business of Sports
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Data centers told to pitch in as storms and cold weather boost power demand
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Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms
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Ignoring China’s Poverty Alleviation Success Is Costing Us All
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3 things to know about Kevin Warsh, Trump’s nod for Fed chair
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Mamdani Announces New Settlement Securing Backpay for Delivery Workers
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