China Sets Economy’s Growth Target Below 5% for First Time in Decades
The goal, announced at a gathering of Communist Party leaders, was the lowest since 1991 and can offer clues about China’s policymaking plans.
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Energy, airlines and now over $50 billion in remittances to India at risk as Middle East conflict deepens
This report is from this week’s “Inside India” newsletter which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse. Subscribe here. The big story India can’t seem to escape from the fallout of the escalating conflict in the Middle East. A significant share of the country’s energy imports risk disruptions and its aviation…
How to Lead When You Can’t See the Way
An HBR Executive Masterclass with HBS professor Linda A. Hill on how to steer the ship even when you can’t see through the fog. March 4, 2026 For today’s senior leaders, uncertainty isn’t episodic—it’s structural. Geopolitics, emerging technologies, and shifting stakeholder expectations have created what one executive described to Harvard Business School’s Linda A. Hill…
Travelers Stranded by U.S.-Israel Conflict With Iran Face Endless Flight Cancellations
Even far from hubs like Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the disruptions from the growing violence have left people jumping “from one cancellation to the next.”
Iranian TV and Social Media Project Defiant and Distorted View of the War
State media and online propagandists are striking a confident posture, despite heavy losses. Some of the content was generated by artificial intelligence.
Pam Bondi subpoenaed by House committee
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Justice Department to testify, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 11, 2026. Kent Nishimura | Reuters The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi for a deposition on the Department of Justice’s handling of its…
Bessent Says Global Tariffs Will Rise to 15% This Week
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also predicted that overall tariff rates, which fell after a Supreme Court ruling last month, would be back to previous levels within five months.
All3Media and Banijay, 2 Big Production Houses, to Merge
The deal between All3Media and Banijay will bring together the companies behind the “Peaky Blinders” and the “Traitors” franchises.
Bessent says 15% this week, IEEPA levels later
President Donald Trump’s recently announced 15% global tariff will likely be implemented sometime this week, rising from its current rate of 10%, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday. Bessent also predicted that U.S. tariff rates would, by August, effectively return to where they stood before the Supreme Court recently struck down the often-steeper duties…