Heat Pumps That Pay: How Industrial Process Heat Is Becoming a Cost-Saving Asset

Table of contents Why industrial heat is now a balance-sheet issue 1) The commercial frontier: process heat up to ~200°C Why 200°C is financially meaningful A CFO-style payback lens (illustrative) 2) The breakthrough beyond 200°C: sound-driven thermoacoustic heat pumps Why

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Otaviano Canuto: The US Economic ‘K’

Global GDP growth has proven resilient in 2025, despite the shocks caused by the trade policies implemented by United States President Donald Trump in the first year after his return to office. The gloomy projections offered by multilateral and private institutions in

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Earth Active Under Neil Jeffery: De-Risking Capital in Complex Markets

Earth Active operates at the intersection of environment, climate, governance and social performance, helping lenders, investors and developers deploy capital effectively in complex and high-risk markets. Under Chief Executive Officer Neil Jeffery, the firm has evolved from a specialist advisory

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The Venezuela Trade: Markets Move Faster Than Politics

The overnight capture of Nicolás Maduro has jolted geopolitics — and, almost immediately, reset the investment debate around Venezuela’s reopening. For global capital, the question is no longer whether a “reconstruction trade” could exist, but what it would take for

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Rolex vs Watch Flippers: How Certified Pre-Owned Became a Weapon of Pricing Power

Rolex has finally confronted the watch flipper economy — not by flooding the market or cutting prices, but by tightening control over trust in a resale ecosystem awash with counterfeits and speculation. The brand’s Certified Pre-Owned programme has become less

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2025: When Markets Made Renewables Dispatchable

For years, the energy transition was argued as much on ideology as on engineering. Supporters framed renewables as a moral imperative; critics framed them as an expensive, unreliable add-on that would always need a parallel fleet of fossil backup. In

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Accenture on Saudi Arabia’s AI Revolution: Leading the Next Wave of Enterprise Transformation

As the global technology landscape undergoes a seismic shift with the rise of agentic AI, Saudi Arabia stands at a pivotal crossroads. Accenture’s Technology Vision 2025 report highlights how enterprises worldwide are embracing this new paradigm—and the Kingdom is uniquely

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‘Sanaenomics’: The Abenomics 2.0 Shift from Deflation to Security

The economic platform of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, quickly dubbed ‘Sanaenomics’, is not a radical break but a clear continuation and evolution of the policies pioneered by her mentor, Shinzō Abe. Where Abenomics was primarily an aggressive strategy to combat

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A Handbag’s World: How Hermès Handbags Became Blue-Chip Assets

A new kind of currency has emerged in high finance—soft to the touch, exquisitely crafted and wrapped in mystique. The iconic Hermès handbags, notably the fabled Birkin and Kelly, have transcended mere accessory status to become an asset class in

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Clifford M Gross: From Lab to Leadership — Steering Tekcapital’s Commercialisation Engine

Since founding and leading three publicly listed companies and co-founding numerous other high-growth ventures, Dr Clifford M Gross now drives Tekcapital plc as CEO. His rare blend of academic, inventor and investor experience has shaped Tekcapital’s strategy: converting university research

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