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ECONOMIC UPDATE—MARKET OVERVIEW

ECONOMIC UPDATE—MARKET OVERVIEW

We have entered a new economic cycle, the likes of which we have not seen in recent history. Indeed, we had forecast that two of our Top Trends for 2025 would be the Trump Card and the Wild Card.

Global Economy

SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTER BIGGER

SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTER BIGGER

Drug colossus Novartis will pay as much as $3.075 billion to buy out private equity firm Blackstone’s majority share of Anthos Therapeutics.

SPECIAL REPORT: CHINA’S TECH SURGE

SPECIAL REPORT: CHINA’S TECH SURGE

China’s tech stocks are surging in price in the wake of start-up DeepSeek’s announcement of its world-class artificial intelligence system developed at a fraction of the costs that Western developers have incurred to create theirs.

LUXURY GROUP KERING’S SALES DIVE

LUXURY GROUP KERING’S SALES DIVE

Kering, the luxury conglomerate that owns 21 luxury brands including Brioni, Cartier, and St. Laurent, posted fourth-quarter sales down 12 percent to €4.4 billion, year on year, sunk by weakness in Gucci, the division that accounts for half of its sales and two-thirds of its profits. 

The Israel War

AI

AI BRIEFS

AI BRIEFS

Meta will jettison about 4,000 employees, or roughly 5 percent of its workforce, as the company devotes more focus to AI.

PARIS AI SUMMIT SHOWS INCREASING RESISTANCE TO REGULATION

PARIS AI SUMMIT SHOWS INCREASING RESISTANCE TO REGULATION

At last week’s two-day Artificial Intelligence Action summit in Paris, something was missing that had been present at past gatherings in Britain and South Korea: extensive discussions of AI’s risks and how to mitigate them.

Hi-Tech Science

INJECTABLE GEL GROWS BONE

INJECTABLE GEL GROWS BONE

Osteoporosis causes bones to weaken and turn brittle and more breakable. The condition occurs when the body loses bone mass faster than it can be replaced and becomes more likely as we age.

SWISS SCIENTISTS PERFECT A BETTER CHOCOLATE

SWISS SCIENTISTS PERFECT A BETTER CHOCOLATE

Chocolate is made from cocoa beans that grow in pods surrounded by pulp, which are trash. But they’re really not, according to researchers at ETH, Switzerland’s technical university.

The above are just a few of the many articles in the latest Trends Journal. CLICK HERE for the full edition.