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How The U.S. Government's "Big Beautiful Bill" Will Impact Travel
The contentious tax cuts and spending bill could imperil the turnout of international inbound travel in the U.S., a tumultuous era for the travel industry, according to some tourism groups, especially since American tourism is still trying to...

Argentina Asks US Appeals Court to Delay YPF Turnover Order
Argentina asked a US appeals court for an emergency delay of an order requiring it to hand over by a Monday deadline its controlling stake in energy company YPF SA to help satisfy a $16 billion judgment. The government of Argentine President...

LAMEA Neuromorphic Computing Market Trends And Strategies Report 2025-2032
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Brazil leads the market, with LAMEA's growth fueled by demand for low-power AI solutions in sectors like healthcare and smart cities. Key players include Intel, IBM, and BrainChip Holdings. Dublin, July 16, 2025...
Argentina appeals U.S. court ruling in energy company YPF's expropriation case
BUENOS AIRES, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The Argentine government on Thursday filed an appeal against a recent ruling by a U.S. court that ordered the country to hand over a 51 percent controlling stake in its state-run energy company Yacimientos...

Corn continues to find light support
Market News Corn continues to find light support Soybeans were modestly lower on fund and technical selling. 70% of the U.S. crop is rated good to excellent, up 4% on the week and the highest rating for this point of the season in a few years,...

SMM Insights: 2025 H1 Lithium Carbonate Market Review and H2 Outlook
I. Price Review Price review in stages: Early January 2025 - Late January 2025: Pre-Chinese New Year stockpiling drives active market transactions and price increases In the first half of January, downstream material plants were still in the...

Argentina files emergency appeal in US to put YPF stake turnover on hold
By Jonathan Stempel and Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Argentina on Thursday filed an emergency appeal of a U.S. judge’s order that it turn over its 51% stake in oil and gas company YPF to partially satisfy a $16.1 billion court...

Argentina Faces Loss of Over 430,000 Jobs Amid Unchecked Trade Liberalization Policies
Uncontrolled import liberalization risks massive job losses in Argentina’s manufacturing sector.Photo:EFE. July 10, 2025 Hour: 5:07 pm Argentina’s aggressive import liberalization under the Milei government threatens more than 430,000 jobs,...

Top Pricing Execs to Watch in 2025: KBR’s Chip Dirth
Chip Dirth, KBR Pricing Director, National Security Solutions, KBR Chip Dirth is director of pricing for KBR’s National Security Solutions business, which has over 3,600 employees delivering mission engineering, digital integration, rapid...

Argentine cement shipments rise in June 2025
Argentina: Cement shipments rose by 12% year-on-year to 0.81Mt in June 2025, according to Portland Cement Manufacturers Association (AFCP) data. The total includes 0.81Mt for domestic use, up 12% year-on-year, and 5250t for export. Imports, which...

Argentina’s economy sees year-on-year growth following Milei’s controversial austerity measures
Medellín, Colombia – Argentina’s economy recorded a surge of 7.7% in April 2025 compared to the same month last year, outperforming projected growth rates for the Latin American nation. Since the second half of 2024, the country has continued to...

Prices in Buenos Aires City rose 2.1 percent in June
Monthly inflation in Buenos Aires picked up in June to 2.1 percent, according to data released by City Hall official statistics bureau. The figure is a half-point on the preceding month, when consumer prices rose 1.6 percent. April had seen hikes...

Argentina, Haiti, Lebanon, 11 others send new envoys to Washington
The latest crop of 14 new ambassadors in Washington includes diplomats from two former Soviet republics, two Caribbean nations, three African countries and three Arab ones. The biggest of these 14 countries by size is Argentina, the world’s...
Argentina to peak at 180 Mmcd, becoming regional gas supplier and LNG exporter, says Wood Mackenzie
Argentina is strengthening its position as the next major regional gas supplier while eyeing a prominent role in the global LNG market. Backed by significant unconventional gas reserves, the country’s production could peak 180 million cubic feet...

Argentina: PM Modi pays tribute at San Martin Memorial in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires [Argentina], July 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute at the San Martin Memorial in Buenos Aires on Saturday morning (local time) after arriving in Argentina on the third leg of his five-nation tour. The Monumento al...

Argentina Hosts Largest Deposit of Copper, Gold and Silver
In a major mineral discovery across the Andes Mountains, there is something exciting cropping up that may permanently alter the trajectory of mining when it comes to South America. Geologists have gone on to identify the largest deposit of copper,...

Mission Critical: 2025 marks inflection point for batteries
The battery metals sector faces a brutal paradox where everyone knows long-term demand is massive, but right now oversupply crushes prices across the lithium, nickel, and graphite markets. The implications ripple through every link in the energy...

Prepaid Card And Digital Wallet Market Intelligence Report 2025 Market To Surpass $3 Trillion In 2029 - Fintech Innovations And Expanding Digital Payment Adoption Fueling Growth
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) The global prepaid card and digital wallet market is poised for significant growth, projected to expand at an annual rate of 11.3%, reaching $2.13 trillion by 2025. From 2020-2024, the market experienced a 13.6%...

Socialist Communes and Anti-Imperialism: The Marxist Approach
“The direct antithesis to the empire was the Commune.” –Karl Marx, The Civil War in France Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, which has gone hand in hand with ruthless assaults on the West Bank, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen, and Syria, all of it...

We may have finally solved an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray puzzle
An artistic rendering based on a real image of the IceCube neutrino detector at the South Pole IceCube/NSF We are zeroing in on the true composition of the rarest, highest-energy cosmic rays – which could help reveal their unknown origins. The...