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Sanofi Pasteur maintains that a public-private partnership approach over the Zika public health emergency was the right course to take, but, given the considerable opposition over the firm's exclusive licence to patents developed through public funds, this has proved to be a useful case study for managing such contracts in the future. Companies

Vietnam is set to join the list of Southeast Asian countries that are seeking to impose a sugar tax on soft drinks. The country has relatively low levels of obesity (traditionally the rationale behind a sugar tax) and so will be looking to stymie the threat of this disease, as we forecast demand for carbonated beverages to increase.

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BMI View: The ninth annual summit of the BRICS did not result in any 'groundbreaking' initiatives, but we can nevertheless glean several key takeaways: the diversity of the BRICS means few common goals are identified; trade liberalisation is being pushed by China; and India is encouraging cooperation in moving the economies up the value chain.

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Coming from a low base for activity following a difficult couple of years in the Middle East - due to the dramatic slump in crude oil prices, various political shockwaves, and a slowdown in economic growth - conditions for an uptick in IPO issuance among the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies are looking increasingly fertile once more. In a

Australia is home to one of the rising stars in the global sovereign wealth fund (SWF) world in the form of the Australian Government Future Fund - an independently managed fund within which the central government deposits its budget surplus for investment. According to the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute, the Future Fund is currently the world's

We have made a minor adjustment to our UK production forecast following ongoing commissioning issues at EnQuest's Kraken heavy oil field development. Whilst we remain positive on UK oil output growth, the potential delays to other project start-ups in the North Sea basin will remain the largest downside risk to the timescale of our production

Walmart is ramping up its e-Commerce plans by expanding its presence in grocery delivery services, to better compete with rivals Amazon and Target, both of which have introduced same-day grocery delivery service. By deepening its partnership with Uber, Walmart is hoping to compete with its competitors via its fast delivery service, which promises

Dubai will be at the forefront of developing distributed solar capacity globally as the Emirate tries to curb wasteful electricity consumption by unlocking smart distributed management of consumption and generation.

We expect distributed solar capacity growth to become an increasingly important component of solar capacity growth in the United Arab

Nuclear tensions between North Korea and its neighbours will persist for the foreseeable future, even if dialogue resumes. Pyongyang is determined to perfect its intercontinental nuclear missile capabilities and will not give up its arsenal, but could eventually agree to a freeze in return for diplomatic and economic incentives from Washington.

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The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's decision to more than double the size of its bond note programme will see inflation move more firmly into positive territory over the coming months as the money supply increases further. The effect will be compounded by the likelihood of shortages of imported goods as the supply of hard currency with which to access