• More expensive gas, semiconductors likely pushed up inflation last month | 2026-10-14
  Inflation likely worsened in September in one of the last price reports the government will issue before the midterm elections that have been heavily defined by concerns over affordability
• More expensive gas, semiconductors likely pushed up inflation last month | 2026-10-14
  
• Singapore’s economy grows more than 5 percent amid AI boom | 2026-10-14
  City-state's GDP expands 5.4 percent in July-September quarter, according to advance government estimates.
• The not-so-secret vulnerability in Ukraine’s drone arsenal? Chinese technology | 2026-10-14
  
• IDB Group and America Business Forum Will Convene 200 World Business Leaders at the Inaugural CEO Forum of the Americas. | 2026-10-14
  CEOs, investors and top executives will convene in Miami for an invitation-only gathering during America Business Forum G20 Week this December. WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group) and America Business Forum (ABF) announced the...
• Global financial system is failing developing countries, says Ed Miliband | 2026-10-14
  UK foreign secretary will call for World Bank and others to help governments trapped by hefty borrowing costsThe foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, will claim the global financial system is failing developing countries, as he calls for a “new deal” for governments struggling under the burden of debt.Promising to throw the UK’s diplomatic weight behind urgent reform, he will evoke the example of the Gleneagles summit under the last Labour government in 2005 – the culmination of the Make Poverty History campaign. Continue reading...
• Vietnam says trade talks with US nearly completed; US officials more cautious | 2026-10-14
  Vietnam and the US have nearly completed negotiations covering a trade deal, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Tuc said on Wednesday at an event in Hanoi, though US officials appeared more cautious.
• Stock Market: Will S&P 500 Open Up or Down Today? | 2026-10-14
  Will the S&P 500 open higher? Polymarket odds jump to 76% as Wall Street weighs Q3 bank earnings, cooling oil prices, and tech momentum.
• Asia stocks edge higher as chipmakers rebound; China trade beats forecasts | 2026-10-14
  - Asian stocks edged higher on Wednesday as semiconductor shares recovered, although elevated oil prices and caution ahead of U.S. inflation data limited gains.
• Taiwan must 'bear the consequences' of water cannon incident, China says | 2026-10-14
  Taiwan must "bear the consequences" of its Coast Guard using a water cannon against a Chinese fishing boat near an atoll in the South ​China Sea, a Chinese government spokesperson said on Wednesday.
• Fed survey shows price pressures intensifying amid rise in fuel costs | 2026-10-14
  The US labor market remained stuck in a low-hire, low-fire state and inflation was intensifying across parts of the country in recent weeks, a Federal Reserve report showed on Wednesday, underscoring ​what's at stake as the central bank weighs whether to deliver a second ‌straight interest rate hike later this month.
• What is potash, and why is the US importing it from Belarus? | 2026-10-14
  US reliance on Canadian potash, a key fertiliser mineral, adds to farmers' cost concerns amid trade tensions.
• US inflation rises more than expected ahead of midterm elections | 2026-10-14
  The pace of price rises increased to 3.7% in the year to September, driving by higher motor fuel costs.
• Pressured at home, EU leaders weigh China trade steps | 2026-10-14
  European leaders gather in Brussels on Thursday to weigh up the future of trading ties with China, whose surging exports of cars and other manufactured goods are threatening to harm local industry and cause mass ​layoffs across Europe.
• Trump went all the way to Alaska in a sign of just how close its Senate race may be | 2026-10-14
  President Donald Trump has made an unusual campaign trip with the midterm elections looming
• Trump went all the way to Alaska in a sign of just how close its Senate race may be | 2026-10-14
  President Donald Trump has made an unusual campaign trip with the midterm elections looming
• Aluminium's calm belies lingering supply-chain stress | 2026-10-14
  Iranian missile attacks on Gulf smelters and the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz have knocked out almost 3 million metric tons of aluminium production capacity. Yet, eight months on, the market is seemingly unconcerned.
• Nepal floods: Why Balendra Shah wants India and China to work together in the Himalayan region | 2026-10-14
  Can Nepal bring the two regional giants together to confront a shared climate threat in the Himalayas?
• TRADING DAY Tech melt | 2026-10-14
  US stocks fell sharply on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq clocking its biggest fall in three months, on surprisingly strong inflation data and deepening worries over the costs involved in financing the AI buildout. The inflation figures put a Fed rate hike later this month back on the table, which lifted the dollar to a fresh 18-month high.
• Taoping Receives Nasdaq Notification Regarding Minimum Bid Price Deficiency | 2026-10-14
  TIANJIN, China, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Taoping Inc. (Nasdaq: TAOP, the "Company"), a provider of cloud-based smart city, Internet of Things and intelligent infrastructure solutions, today announced that on October 13, 2026, it received a written notification letter (the...

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