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Boost for Europe’s EV makers after Portuguese lithium mine given environmental nod

Europe’s electric car industry received a significant fillip in its efforts to secure raw material supplies after Portuguese authorities gave a green-light to what will be one of the continent’s first large-scale lithium mines. London-listed Savannah Resources said on Wednesday that the Portuguese regulator has issued a positive declaration of environmental impact for its Barroso…
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31 May 2023 0

iPhone maker Foxconn follows Nvidia with forecast for AI sales boost

Foxconn forecasts its AI server business will at least double in the second half of this year, making the world’s biggest contract electronics manufacturer — best known for making the iPhone — the latest beneficiary of the rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence systems such as ChatGPT. “We could see triple-digit growth in AI servers…
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31 May 2023 0

Nato foreign ministers to debate Ukraine’s alliance accession

This article is an on-site version of our Europe Express newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every weekday and Saturday morning Good morning. Violent unrest in Kosovo has gone from bad to worse, with Nato sending in an extra 700 peacekeeping troops after dozens were injured (and three…
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31 May 2023 0

Rise of the tech giants exposes the problem of index distortions

The writer is an adviser to fintech companies and a former financials research analyst Mega market cap stocks are eating their indices, distorting their usefulness in some cases as market gauges for investors. The most widely used index in the world is the S&P 500, which is supposed to be a broad barometer of the…
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30 May 2023 0