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Broadcasters, streaming platforms, production studios and creative agencies are looking for investors and distribution partners to scale across South Asia, the…
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Flour prices were raised by Rs14 per kg, with retailers accusing millers of suspending supply to engineer a price shock, and petrol is now more expensive than d…
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The Competition Commission of Pakistan approved Fatima Fertilizer's agritech deal on October 6, and TPL Insurance has rebranded as JazzSure. Regional groups, Gu…
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The securities regulator is urging companies to hold annual general meetings by October 28 and wants more affordable insurance, while the Competition Commission…
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The government plans to offer risk-free power privatisation deals and to empower Nepra as solar adoption reduces grid demand, while electricity bills are set to…
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The maritime minister has announced that direct shipping between Karachi and major European ports has been restored, easing transit times and freight costs for…
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PPL is moving its entire business, with more than 500 staff, to Islamabad. Technology, energy, banking and manufacturing employers are exploring training, reloc…
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Hospital operators, diagnostic providers, pharmaceutical manufacturers and health-tech firms are raising capital to expand specialist capacity and connect patie…
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Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said a free trade agreement with the GCC is almost ripe, Pakistan and Bahrain agreed to operationalise joint working groups, Pakistan…
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Pakistan and the IMF reached a staff-level agreement on October 7 for a roughly $1.2 billion tranche, total reserves reached $26.797 billion, and Gulf investors…
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Fatima Fertilizer secured the top position at the UN Global Compact Network Pakistan Sustainability Awards 2026, and below-normal rains are expected to cause so…
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Institutions such as NUST, LUMS, IBA Karachi and the Aga Khan University are looking for partners to fund AI laboratories, digital campuses and shared computing…
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Hotel groups, resort owners and tour operators in Cartagena, Medellín, Bogotá, Santa Marta and the Coffee Triangle are looking for refurbishment capital, new ma…
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An international intelligence report says Colombia has become the main setting for explosive-laden drone attacks in Latin America. Security technology firms, te…
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Designer Laura Echeverri Giraldo of Pereira has won the 2026 James Dyson Award Colombia with Encaja, a prosthetic socket system designed to reduce production co…
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Developers and institutional investors are seeking land, joint venture partners and long-term funding for residential schemes, logistics parks, offices and mixe…
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Netflix's adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude generated US$162 million in Colombia. Producers, broadcasters, streaming platforms and creative agencies a…
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Retail, FMCG, e-commerce and fintech companies are acquiring or partnering with analytics firms to understand shifting consumer behaviour as tariffs and exchang…
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The World Bank expects Colombia to outpace Brazil and Mexico in 2026. Regional groups, multinationals and private equity funds are pursuing acquisitions, partne…
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Bruce Mac Master has resigned after more than a decade leading ANDI, Colombia's largest business association, amid tensions with the new government, while Decre…
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Colombia has suspended power exports to Ecuador over shortage risk, and freezing gasoline and diesel prices would cost more than US$3 billion a year. Solar, win…
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Since July 24 the US has applied an additional 12.5% tariff on certain Colombian imports, and talks to review the measure are due. Manufacturers, agribusiness e…
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Fast-growing technology, outsourcing, energy and financial services firms are expanding hiring and exploring training, nearshoring and recruitment platform part…
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Hospital operators, clinics, diagnostic providers, pharmaceutical firms and health-tech companies are raising capital to expand specialist capacity, connect pat…
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President Abelardo De La Espriella's government issued Decree 1444 of 2026 prohibiting imports of goods produced wholly or partly through forced labour, as the…
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The central bank surprised markets with a rate hike and meets again on October 30, while the COLCAP index slipped 0.59% to 2,515.02 on October 2 as financial sh…
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Environmental regulators and green finance bodies are building carbon credit frameworks and climate investment channels, while forestry, reforestation, biodiver…
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The UN has highlighted a young Bogotá robotics teacher working in the conflict-affected department of Guaviare. Institutions such as the National University of…
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Seto Inland Sea cruise tours are targeting wealthy visitors, and Japan Airlines has revamped its domestic lounge at Haneda Airport. Hotel groups, ryokan owners,…
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Semiconductor and AI shares have driven the market's recent strength, while data centre operators, telecoms firms and cloud providers look for capital and ancho…
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The Nikkei closed above 70,000 on October 6 for the first time in three months on AI and semiconductor buying, and venture funds, corporate investors and univer…
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Mitsui Fudosan intends to build a data center in an abandoned tunnel. Developers, REITs and institutional investors are seeking land, joint venture partners and…
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Broadcasters, streaming platforms, anime and game studios and creative agencies are looking for investors and distribution partners to scale across Asia, Europe…
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Fast Retailing results are viewed as the key corporate readout for Japan this week, while Suzuki's low-priced mini EV is reshaping competition in the auto marke…
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Japan Exchange Group has announced the biggest-ever Topix reshuffle, with 683 companies earmarked for removal and 35 additions, taking effect from October 30. T…
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Japan's four largest beer makers were searched on October 7 over suspected coordination of wholesale prices, a rare cartel investigation that could lead to crim…
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TEPCO plans to use AI to speed nuclear restarts. Utilities, offshore wind developers, hydrogen producers and grid operators are lining up financing for generati…
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Panasonic plans to make humanoid robots, leveraging its battery business, while Suzuki has launched a cheapest-in-class mini EV priced to undercut BYD in Japan.…
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Private-sector pay has reached a record 4.87 million yen, and real cash earnings rose 1.5% in August from a year earlier. Technology, robotics, semiconductor an…
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Shionogi has agreed to buy US-based IntraBio for $2 billion to expand its rare disease drug business. Pharmaceutical companies, hospital groups, medtech makers…
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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi used her October 5 policy speech to reassure markets over her spending agenda, and a proposed food tax cut faces a fiscal test in…
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The Bank of Japan is expected to declare as early as October 30 that underlying inflation has reached 2%, while the Nikkei closed at 70,036 on October 7 after r…
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Environmental regulators and green finance bodies are applying emissions trading and transition finance frameworks, while hydrogen, offshore wind, carbon captur…
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Elderly residents now outnumber children in nearly every prefecture, shrinking the student pool and pushing universities toward consolidation, international rec…
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Hotel groups, resort owners and tour operators in Bali, Lombok, Labuan Bajo, Yogyakarta and Jakarta are looking for refurbishment capital, new management partne…
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The World Bank says Indonesia is missing out on the AI boom enjoyed by Malaysia and Vietnam, and warns that AI data centres could consume 4% of global power by…
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Venture funds, corporate investors and state-linked funds are backing growth-stage Indonesian companies, while founders look for follow-on rounds and strategic…
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Developers and institutional investors are seeking land, joint venture partners and long-term funding for affordable housing, logistics parks, industrial estate…
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Broadcasters, streaming platforms, production studios and creative agencies are looking for investors and distribution partners to scale across Southeast Asia,…
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Indonesian businesses have clinched potential transactions worth up to $344.08 million with Latin American and Caribbean companies. Exporters, retailers and con…
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