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Cocoa prices are easing. So why is chocolate still so expensive?

CNBC

Cocoa prices are easing. So why is chocolate still so expensive?

Chocolate firms look to win shoppers back with premium products and social media trends after poor weather conditions, tariffs, and the Iran war hit sales.

CNBC

War dries up unofficial dollar inflows

• Small exporters, manufacturers hit as inflows through hundi , hawala shrink sharply • Crypto investments divert billions of dollars from local market KARACHI: The country’s unaccounted foreign exchange inflows through the hundi and…

Investors use crypto exchanges to avoid Beijing’s controls on AI stocks

Investors use crypto exchanges to avoid Beijing’s controls on AI stocks

Perpetual futures let investors circumvent restrictions on foreign access to China’s equity market

Defence giants provide record backing for military start-ups

Defence giants provide record backing for military start-ups

As drones and autonomous systems transform the battlefield, traditional defence companies start to act more like venture capitalists

Maga’s creepy baby obsession won’t solve the fertility crisis

Maga’s creepy baby obsession won’t solve the fertility crisis

But neither will pretending that it’s merely an economic issue

Why workers are nostalgic for life before AI

Why workers are nostalgic for life before AI

Many white-collar professionals worry about the tech inhibiting creativity and making errors

‘Divide and conquer’: China exploits EU divisions over trade

‘Divide and conquer’: China exploits EU divisions over trade

Individual member states and companies vulnerable to coercion from Beijing, say analysts

China pours funding into green energy deals as Iran war hits oil demand

China pours funding into green energy deals as Iran war hits oil demand

Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative takes advantage of rise in appetite for renewables as Middle East conflict drags on

Uncertainty in Gulf likely to keep policy rate unchanged

Uncertainty in Gulf likely to keep policy rate unchanged

KARACHI: The State Bank is widely expected to keep its policy interest rate unchanged at its monetary policy meeting on Monday (July 27), as policymakers are unlikely to alter the benchmark rate amid heightened uncertainty following the…

Why new US tariffs threaten Trump government’s credibility in Asean

South China Morning Post

Why new US tariffs threaten Trump government’s credibility in Asean

A new wave of US tariffs that hit seven Southeast Asian countries is set to reinforce perceptions of Washington as an unreliable partner to the region, according to analysts. Citing what it said were forced labour practices uncovered in…

South China Morning Post

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Gatchalian calls for clear education agenda in SONA

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Gatchalian calls for clear education agenda in SONA

MANILA, Philippines — With President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. set to deliver his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian said Saturday he hopes the Chief Executive will lay out concrete measures…

Times of India