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Job cuts at Jaguar Land Rover show how a sensible corporate strategy is not always enough
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (770+ words) Jaguar Land Rover’s decision to cut thousands of jobs comes after years of dealing with some extremely tough terrain in the world of car sales. Tough obstacles have included weakening demand from China, a shortage of vital semiconductors and the…...
Receipts, memes and supermarket shelves: how Iranians are documenting the economic cost of war online
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (643+ words) What does economic pressure on Iran look like? On social media, people are documenting it one receipt at a time. A washing machine. A bag of groceries. A packet of chips. On Iranian social media, everyday items are being used…...
How ‘egalitarian’ Sweden became more comfortable with wealth
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (557+ words) Sweden is imagined as the land of equality, modesty and Jantelagen – the unwritten rule that no one should think they are better than anyone else. But there has also been a fascination within Sweden with its billionaires, especially those who…...
No diesel, no power: why the global oil shock is hitting NZ’s small Pacific neighbours hard
1+ mon, 21+ hour ago (791+ words) When Tuvalu recently moved to declare a state of emergency, it laid bare a major vulnerability long faced by New Zealand’s small and far-flung Pacific neighbours. That is their heavy reliance on imported fuel – delivered through long and often fragile…...
The lesson Canada’s prime minister learned from Brexit is helping in its trade rift with US
1+ week, 3+ day ago (935+ words) The trade conflict between Canada and the United States is heating up and has moved beyond rhetoric. After the latest round of negotiations failed, the US imposed 50% tariffs on around C$27.6 billion (£14.68 billion) of Canadian goods on August 22. Canada is…...
The US has struck a deal to control Venezuela’s oil reserves. It probably won’t help bring down fuel prices
1+ week, 4+ day ago (900+ words) US President Donald Trump has announced an agreement with Venezuela that he called the “biggest oil deal in world history”. The Trump administration says the agreement will double US oil reserves and lower fuel prices for all Americans. But questions…...
DR Congo’s riverboat economy – how a floating transport system tells the country’s story
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1007+ words) Road transportation in the Democratic Republic of Congo has received much scholarly attention. Some studies have examined the urban landscape (p.142). Others have studied transportation in the context of armed conflict in the east of the country, where roadblocks are a…...
China opens new Arctic trade route – but obstacles will prevent its wider use
3+ week, 1+ day ago (906+ words) Sea Legend, a Chinese shipping line, recently announced it was launching a regular container service between China and Europe via the Arctic. The announcement follows a trial crossing in 2025 that saw a container ship travel from the port of Ningbo-Zhoushan…...