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I regularly see early-stage tech founders fixated entirely on their product roadmaps, user acquisition costs, and server architecture. When a term sheet finally arrives from an overseas angel syndicate or a cross-border incubator, the immediate instinct is to sign it, wire the funds, and get back to writing code.

Oct 15 (Reuters) – US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued a long list of demands for the World Bank in line with Trump administration ‌interests, including ending the bank’s prohibition on financing upstream oil and gas ‌projects, putting resources into deep-sea critical minerals mining and reforming its procurement policies

Thailand must revive productivity growth to restart its stalled catch-up with richer economies, Mathias Cormann, secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), told a Bangkok forum on October 14, 2026. Cormann pointed to a projected 29% decline in Thailand’s working-age population between 2023 and 2060 as a reason to make each worker…

Vietnam has proposed an overhaul of its Postal Law to support expanding e-commerce deliveries, simplify business registration and strengthen accountability across postal networks. The draft would also extend universal postal services to parcels and goods packages, improving access for businesses and consumers in underserved areas.

As Nigeria marks its 66th independence anniversary, Nigeria’s organised private sector (OPS) has challenged the Federal Government to turn recent macroeconomic gains into measurable improvements in productivity, business competitiveness, jobs, household purchasing power, warning that stabilisation will have limited impact unless it lowers the cost of producing and living in Nigeria.

Plans for a major expansion of how companies report emissions have won widespread support from the public and private sector.

Seychelles has built one of Africa’s strongest development records, but preserving that success will require the island economy to produce more value from its workers, businesses and technology. A new World Bank report argues that carefully coordinated productivity reforms could raise incomes, create better employment and protect living standards as the population ages and employers…

Countries with larger pension systems have deeper capital markets, see chart below. The US sits at nearly 475% of GDP in pension and household investment assets, and above 200% of GDP in market capitalization. Germany, France, Italy and Spain are all well below on both measures.

The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has stated the federal government’s economic reforms have delivered measurable microeconomic gains that have laid the foundation for investments and economic growth.

New York (WWNY) – The town of Watertown continues to work on its financial issues, as the state takes a deeper look into the town’s books