Dec 12, 2025 • 7 min read

‘The next protein’: Fiber is shaping up to be the latest grocery obsession

As consumers find their next grocery obsession in fiber, food and beverage companies are racing to keep up with the trend.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 5 min read

Single-stock ETFs can amplify returns, analyst says, but there’s ‘significant risk that the bet goes wrong’

Single-stock ETFs now have a total of around 377 U.S. products — 276 of which have launched in 2025, as of Dec. 9, according to Morningstar.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 13 min read

AI shopping could drive $263 billion in holiday sales. Walmart and Target are racing to get in

Consumers are turning to AI chatbots like ChatGPT for gift discovery, reviews and price matching, potentially driving billions in sales this holiday season.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 3 min read

India’s inflation rises to 0.71% in November as decline in food, fuel prices loses steam

India's inflation in November rose after touching an all-time low in October due to rise in prices of food items, fuel.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 1 min read

The UK economy is not nearly as bad as you’ve been told

A huge pessimistic bias in our national accounts leads us to doom and gloom which turns out to be nonsense

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Dec 12, 2025 • 2 min read

AI-led tech slide extends into third day as Oracle, Nvidia, fall in premarket trading

AI-related names have made losses since Oracle's mixed results on Wednesday.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 1 min read

How to guarantee Ukraine’s ‘reparations loan’

An everything-all-at-once solution

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Dec 12, 2025 • 5 min read

Putin can fund Ukraine war for years to come, ex-official says as Trump's resolve is tested

Ukraine and its allies are scrambling to keep Trump onside as the U.S. piles pressure on Kyiv to make a peace deal.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 2 min read

UK economy unexpectedly shrunk before Budget

The U.K. economy unexpectedly contracted in the three months to October, according to official figures released Friday.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 1 min read

UK economy unexpectedly contracts by 0.1% in October

Growth has slowed throughout the year

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Dec 12, 2025 • 1 min read

The impact of a Russia-Ukraine peace deal

What will and won’t change with a resolution to the war

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Dec 12, 2025 • 4 min read

Thailand dissolves parliament, heightening political turmoil as Trump seeks to salvage ceasefire with Cambodia

The escalation broke the ceasefire brokered in July by Trump who threatened to halt trade talks with the two countries unless they ended the fight.

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