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Cash remains most widely accepted payment method in euro area
Aug 13, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The True Cost of Cheap Chips
Given the relentless demand for computing power, electronic components are in scarce supply. Prices for certain memory chips, known as DRAM, have surg...
Aug 13, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Age of Optionality: The Future is Not About Replacing the US Dollar
The financial system is evolving toward greater choice rather than a new hegemon, requiring policymakers to rethink how economic power, resilience and...
Aug 12, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Unlike its predecessors, the Yangon Stock Exchange remains relevant
Myanmar's previous stock exchanges were written off as vanity projects of authoritarian regimes. Despite modest activity under military rule, the Yang...
Aug 12, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Staring down a $40M tariff bill, this American importer is suing Trump to end some tariffs on Canada
Aug 12, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
40 North Korean women offered for hire as kimbap roll cooks, laborers in Russia
A Moscow staffing agency is promoting the recruitment of dozens of North Korean women for long shifts making kimbap rolls at restaurants, or working i...
Aug 12, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Australia should join the defence bank that named it as a priority partner
Australia should open talks on joining the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB) now, before the institution’s lending rules are written withou...
Aug 11, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Who Pays for America’s Research and Development?
When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957, the U.S. government was the unrivaled patron of American science. It funded nearly two-thirds of the n...
Aug 11, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Power up: How EU-Africa cooperation can drive Europe’s battery recycling future
Europeans are making little progress in their efforts to source critical raw materials from recycling. They should establish stricter export controls,...
Aug 10, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Anti-corruption sanctions: Preparing for the time after Trump
Anti-corruption sanctions—and even the prospect of them—under the next US administration will be crucial to chances of peace in many parts of the worl...
Aug 10, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
US Sanctions Iranian $6bn Crypto “Exchange” Shelbit
TRM Labs explains that sanctioned Iranian firm Shelbit was a fake crypto exchange
Aug 10, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Why Conflict Gold Sanctions Fail
In April 2026, over a month after the United States launched its attack on Iran, leading to thousands of reprisal strikes across the Gulf, the United ...
Aug 10, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail