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SpaceX and Pentagon Discuss Data-Center Deal

SpaceX discusses a major Pentagon data center deal, leveraging Starlink for secure, distributed military computing. Crucial for global real-time data & AI.

By Marcus Penniford · 3 min read · July 17, 2026

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Hormuz Stockpiles Are Running Thin as the Strait Closes — The Shock Absorber That Held Brent in Check Through Spring Has Been Depleted

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Hormuz Stockpiles Are Running Thin as the Strait Closes — The Shock Absorber That Held Brent in Check Through Spring Has Been Depleted

Commercial crude buffers that muted the early-conflict spike are drawing down fast. With the strait shut for a third week, the physical market — not paper — now sets Brent.

By Adaeze Okonkwo · 2 min read · July 16, 2026

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Colombia's Local-Currency Debt Has Returned to Foreign Portfolio Buyers — Petro Fiscal Discipline Has Been Better Than Priced

The peso-denominated TES market that lost foreign real-money participation in 2022 has quietly seen those buyers return, and the fiscal underperformance the market feared has not materialized.

By Theo Bodden · 1 min read · July 16, 2026

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Australia's Critical Minerals Production Tax Credit Has Made Its First Payouts — And the Framework Is Now the Template for Downstream Capital

The 2024 production-linked tax credit for critical minerals processing has moved from legislation to disbursement, and downstream project economics have repriced.

By Lina Brennan · 1 min read · July 16, 2026

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Brazil's Vale Has Widened Its High-Grade Iron Ore Premium — And the Carajás Product Mix Is Now the Structural Trade Against Australian Fines

The steelmaking decarbonization shift toward direct reduction and blast furnace efficiency has widened the premium on Carajás high-grade product structurally.

By Adaeze Okonkwo · 2 min read · July 16, 2026

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Ireland's Corporate Tax Windfall Has Persisted Longer Than Consensus Modeled — And Pharma Reshoring Is the Structural Explanation

The corporate tax receipts that were supposed to normalize after the 2023 spike have instead persisted, and reshored pharma manufacturing is the structural driver.

By Marcus Penniford · 2 min read · July 16, 2026

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Sweden's Northvolt Has Restarted Under New Ownership — And the Cell Restart Is Producing the Output the Original Investors Never Saw

The Northvolt insolvency reset has produced a leaner ownership structure, and the restarted Skellefteå cell lines are now generating the output the original capital never delivered.

By Adaeze Okonkwo · 1 min read · July 16, 2026

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Israeli Tech Has Reopened Its Venture Cycle — And the Late-Stage Round Cadence Has Returned to Pre-2023 Levels

By Eleanor Bromley-Hawke · 1 min read · July 16, 2026

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Greece's Piraeus Port Under COSCO Has Extended Its Regional Franchise — And the Eastern Mediterranean Logistics Map Has Been Redrawn

By Lina Brennan · 2 min read · July 16, 2026

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India's PLI 2.0 for EV Cells Has Delivered Its First Deliverables — Ola, Reliance and Exide Are Now Shipping Domestically Made Cells

The second-generation production-linked incentive framework for advanced chemistry cells has moved past the announcement phase, and domestic cell shipments have crossed a threshold that materially changes the sourcing map.

By Adaeze Okonkwo · 2 min read · July 16, 2026

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The Swiss National Bank Has Returned to Negative Rates — And the Franc Has Not Weakened the Way the 2015 Playbook Would Have Predicted

By Theo Bodden · 1 min read · July 16, 2026

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Nigeria's FX Reform Has Reached Its Endpoint — The CBN's Dollar Backlog Is Cleared and the Naira Is Now Trading Cleanly

The two-year effort to unwind the multiple exchange rate system and clear the accumulated dollar demand backlog has concluded, and the naira is now finding a clean market-clearing price.

By Lina Brennan · 2 min read · July 16, 2026 · Investigation

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Nigeria's FX reform under the Tinubu administration and the CBN has reached the endpoint the reform architects promised in 2023. The dollar demand backlog that had accumulated over years of multiple exchange rates has been cleared, the parallel market premium has collapsed to near zero, and the naira is now trading at a market-clearing price that both impor

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Elon Musk Takes Stand in Second Day of Trial Against OpenAI

Elon Musk testifies in the high-stakes OpenAI trial, alleging the company breached its founding mission for profit. Learn how this lawsuit could reshape AI's future.

By Lina Brennan · 3 min read · April 29, 2026

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Saudi Aramco's Chinese Refining JVs Have Reached Full Contribution — Downstream Integration Has Landed the Margin Capture the Upstream Story Missed

By Eleanor Bromley-Hawke · 2 min read · July 16, 2026

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China's Monthly Car Exports Just Cleared One Million Units — The Auto Sector Has Quietly Become Beijing's Most Reliable Export Engine

By Marcus Penniford · 2 min read · July 16, 2026

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Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund Has Formalized Its AI Thematic Tilt — And the Portfolio Reallocation Is Larger Than the Fund Has Disclosed

By Marcus Penniford · 1 min read · July 16, 2026

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Mexico's Nearshoring Wave Has Moved Into Tier-Two Supplier Buildout — And the Bajio Corridor Is Where the Second-Order Investment Is Landing

By Sarah Chen · 2 min read · July 16, 2026

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Malaysia's Data Center Boom Has Hit a Power Constraint — And TNB's Grid Capex Response Is the Trade the Market Missed

By Adaeze Okonkwo · 1 min read · July 16, 2026

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Indonesia's Nickel HPAL Cost Curve Has Reset the Battery Industry's Assumptions — And the Chinese Operators Are Where the Value Now Sits

By Eleanor Bromley-Hawke · 2 min read · July 16, 2026

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ASM International's Hybrid Bonding Position Has Repriced Semiconductor Advanced Packaging — And the Dutch Second Line Now Has a Global Franchise

By Sarah Chen · 1 min read · July 16, 2026

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Canada's Oil Sands Emissions Cap Has Bitten — And the Pathways Alliance Carbon Capture Project Is Now the Compliance Path That Actually Delivers

By Theo Bodden · 1 min read · July 16, 2026

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From the Columnists

The offshore world deserves coverage as rigorous as Wall Street.

AI infrastructure is the new sovereign asset class.

Why CARICOM's digital dollar will arrive before the EU's.

Seven Mile's next decade belongs to mid-rise.

Markets at a Glance

Colombia's Local-Currency Debt Has Returned to Foreign Portfolio Buyers — Petro Fiscal Discipline Has Been Better Than Priced

Australia's Critical Minerals Production Tax Credit Has Made Its First Payouts — And the Framework Is Now the Template for Downstream Capital

Brazil's Vale Has Widened Its High-Grade Iron Ore Premium — And the Carajás Product Mix Is Now the Structural Trade Against Australian Fines

Ireland's Corporate Tax Windfall Has Persisted Longer Than Consensus Modeled — And Pharma Reshoring Is the Structural Explanation

From the Cayman

Sweden's Northvolt Has Restarted Under New Ownership — And the Cell Restart Is Producing the Output the Original Investors Never Saw

Israeli Tech Has Reopened Its Venture Cycle — And the Late-Stage Round Cadence Has Returned to Pre-2023 Levels

Greece's Piraeus Port Under COSCO Has Extended Its Regional Franchise — And the Eastern Mediterranean Logistics Map Has Been Redrawn

Global Wire

India's PLI 2.0 for EV Cells Has Delivered Its First Deliverables — Ola, Reliance and Exide Are Now Shipping Domestically Made Cells

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China's Monthly Car Exports Just Cleared One Million Units — The Auto Sector Has Quietly Become Beijing's Most Reliable Export Engine

Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund Has Formalized Its AI Thematic Tilt — And the Portfolio Reallocation Is Larger Than the Fund Has Disclosed

Mexico's Nearshoring Wave Has Moved Into Tier-Two Supplier Buildout — And the Bajio Corridor Is Where the Second-Order Investment Is Landing

Malaysia's Data Center Boom Has Hit a Power Constraint — And TNB's Grid Capex Response Is the Trade the Market Missed

Indonesia's Nickel HPAL Cost Curve Has Reset the Battery Industry's Assumptions — And the Chinese Operators Are Where the Value Now Sits

ASM International's Hybrid Bonding Position Has Repriced Semiconductor Advanced Packaging — And the Dutch Second Line Now Has a Global Franchise

Canada's Oil Sands Emissions Cap Has Bitten — And the Pathways Alliance Carbon Capture Project Is Now the Compliance Path That Actually Delivers