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View from the Americas: new perspectives in a time of pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic could change human behaviour more permanently in future.




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How US rust belt has been revived by foreign investment

Once the powerhouse of the industrial US, the rust belt states have revived their economies with the help of foreign investment. 




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Covid-19 likely to reverse Middle East consulting gains

Consulting firms in the Middle East are likely to take a hit in 2020 due to the coronavirus, after two strong years.




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Coronavirus set to shock Middle East's most fragile economies

The pandemic is likely to hit the Middle East’s more fragile countries hardest.




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Latin America prepares for sharp drop in FDI amid coronavirus pandemic

The fallout from the pandemic looks set to stall trade and investment to Latin America.




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2025 Ford F-150 receives some price cuts, starts at $40,705

Ford's bestselling F-150 full-size pickup truck receives minor changes for the 2025 model year, including some removal of standard equipment on certain trim levels in exchange for lower starting prices. Ford also rolls out BlueCruise 1.4 and expands the availability of the latest iteration of its limited hands-free driving system. The base F-150...




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Ford Bronco vs. Jeep Wrangler: Compare SUVs

Jeep Wrangler sets the bar for off-roading capability Larger Ford Bronco has a more modern suspension Both SUVs have removable doors and tops When Ford relaunched the Bronco for the 2021 model year, it had one target in its sights: The Jeep Wrangler. The Wrangler has been the American benchmark for off-roading capability in the 80-plus years since...




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The death list: These cars have been discontinued for 2025

We're already deeply into the discovery phase of the 2025 model year. With it, as usual, have come a stellar crop of new vehicles—everything from the high and mighty Chevy Corvette ZR1 to the cheeky, efficient Honda Civic Hybrid. But on the sadder end of the spectrum, we're tallying the list of vehicles that didn't make the cut—the...




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Cadillac discontinues XT4 crossover SUV

The XT4 compact crossover ends production in January after one generation The Cadillac Optiq electric crossover will take the place as the entry point into the Cadillac brand Production of the XT4 ends not longer after it ended on the Chevy Malibu as GM retools its Fairfax Assembly for the next Bolt EV A year after an interior glow-up, Cadillac...




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2025 Rivian R1S

What kind of vehicle is the 2025 Rivian R1S? What does it compare to? The Rivian R1S is an electric three-row SUV with three battery pack size options. With its gut-dropping acceleration, bona fide off-road prowess, and overall on-road comfort, it can’t be matched by the Kia EV9, Tesla Model X, and any other of the small but growing number...




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Ford Maverick vs. Ford Ranger: Compare Pickup Trucks

Want a pickup truck but don’t want the hangups of a full-size truck? Ford has you covered with two compelling pickup options. The Ford Ranger midsize pickup truck has a crew cab and 5-foot bed like the F-150, and it also has a Raptor off-road model. With a 7,500-pound towing capacity, it can’t tow or haul as much as an F-150, but...




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2025 Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV

What kind of vehicle is the 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV? What does it compare to? The EQS is Mercedes-Benz’s biggest all-electric SUV. Shop it against the Rivian R1S, Audi Q8 E-Tron, BMW iX, and Tesla Model X. Is the 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV a good car/SUV? The EQS has attractive styling and lots of features, though it is very expensive...




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2026 Cadillac Vistiq electric 3-row SUV revealed with $78,790 price tag

Cadillac Vistiq revealed as brand's “globally sized” electric three-row SUV Vistiq comes standard with 615 hp and 102 kwh Pricing starts at $78,790, including destination Cadillac's expansion of its electric vehicle lineup continues with the arrival of the 2026 Vistiq, a midsize SUV with third-row seats designed to fill the gap between...




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2026 Cadillac Vistiq targets 300 miles of range, costs $78,790

The Cadillac Vistiq will serve as the electric XT6 three-row SUV replacement Cadillac Vistiqs are expected to have about 300 miles of EPA-rated range The Vistiq will cost $78,790 when it arrives in 2025. Cadillac on Tuesday confirmed additional details of the Vistiq three-row electric SUV, which remains on track for a launch next year as a 2026...




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2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI brings AI to your hot hatch with ChatGPT

The updated 2025 VW Golf GTI features ChatGPT The AI will be integrated into an upsized 12.9-inch touchscreen that will be standard in the U.S. This updated Golf GTI might be the last iteration with a gas engine Volkswagen's iconic Golf hatchback celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2024, and the automaker marked the occasion with the launch of a...




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2025 Volkswagen Golf R debuts new look and more power for more money

The 2025 Volkswagen Golf R's output increases to 328 hp A manual transmission remains off the table for all Golfs, including the R The Golf R gains a larger touchscreen and more LED lighting Volkswagen has an updated 2025 Golf R headed to showrooms early next year, and on Tuesday the automaker confirmed some of the specifications for the U.S...




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Review: 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid elevates the midsize SUV

Santa Fe Hybrid makes 231 hp and 271 lb-ft of torque Santa Fe Hybrid averaged 31 mpg combined over mostly highway miles Comfy seats, clever storage, and a spacious cargo area with the third-row folded make it a good family hauler My teen daughter’s a videographer. Whenever I test a big car, fast car, cool car, anything that’s not...




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Review: 2025 Mazda CX-50 Hybrid may not be moving enough

Mazda CX-50 Hybrid gets its 38-mpg powertrain from Toyota Styling and packaging is mostly unchanged, price is $2,550 to $3,400 more than non-hybrid Lacks much of the engaging, responsive driving experience that's distinguished Mazda Among mainstream, gasoline-fueled vehicles, with only a few exceptions, our advice to most shoppers is simple: If...




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Samruk-Kazyna manager looks to diversify portfolio

Kazakhstan’s sovereign wealth fund, Samruk-Kazyna, will invest domestically and internationally to diversify its portfolio and increase its value, claims Lyazzat Borankulova, the fund’s managing director for strategic development. 




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Kazakh Invest deputy CEO moves from preaching to proactivity

Rustam Issatayev, deputy CEO of Kazakhstan’s national investment promotion agency, talks to fDi about the country’s new FDI strategy, which involves a proactive approach to attracting investment instead of simply talking up the country.




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Kazakhstan takes digital route to prove innovation credentials

As the Digital Kazakhstan programme creates an environment conducive to innovation, start-up hubs are springing up across the country. Their task? To move the economy beyond commodities and make the country a regional centre of innovation. 




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Madeira vice-president eyes fiscal independence from Lisbon

Pedro Calado, vice-president of Madeira’s regional government, tells Sebastian Shehadi about the island's capacity for more upmarket tourism and its ongoing struggle to gain financial independence from Portugal. 




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Madeira looks to keep tax advantage

On top of EU access, an impressive quality of life, talented labour and a thriving tourism sector, Madeira offers a white-listed preferential tax regime that is conducive to long-term, productive investments. Sebastian Shehadi reports.




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Antwerp's vice-mayor mixes history and innovation

Antwerp’s vice-mayor, Claude Marinower, talks about the city's history as a diverse business location, and its plans to promote traditional industries alongside innovative concepts.




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Antwerp strives for sustainability

Antwerp boasts both Europe’s largest integrated chemical cluster and its second largest port, which forms the bedrock of the city’s economy. Now the authorities are collaborating to foster innovation and sustainability to build on these historic strengths.




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Thirst for innovation drives Antwerp's digital development

With a multilingual population, Antwerp enjoys a diverse talent pool that has made it a popular testbed for digital innovation and entrepreneurship.




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Lisbon mayor looks to keep tech momentum moving

Lisbon’s mayor discusses the city’s tech strengths and its solutions to business challenges, such as affordable housing.




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Why mixing wine with tourism could pay off for Moldova

Moldova's wine industry has gained some international recognition but the country remains largely untroubled by tourists, a combination that is enticing some foreign investors.




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Production and preservation the key on Canada's Atlantic coast

Canada's Atlantic Ocean-bordering provinces are making the most of their coastal resources, using decades of knowhow to balance economic growth with sustainability.




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Reversal of fortunes for Brazil in 2018

FDI into Brazil has increased by 66.48% in a little under two years. Jonathan Wildsmith reports.




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Singapore investment in Indonesia still falling

Project numbers drop almost 40% between 2017 and 2018.




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Manufacturing FDI into India on an upward curve

Figures show 2018 was India’s best year for manufacturing FDI in seven years.




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Middle East sees increase in investment from US

Investment into the Middle East region by US-based companies showed a notable increase between the beginning fo 2016 and the end of 2018. 




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UK top destination for financial services FDI in Europe

Over the past three years, the UK has led Europe for financial services FDI, with the US as top investor. Emma McCoy reports.




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Cairo standout African destination for foreign business services in 2018

The Egyptian capital Cairo led Africa in 2018, attracting 10 foreign business services investment projects, in its strongest performance since 2012. Joshua Crawford reports.




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Canadian miner capitalises on golden opportunity in Victoria

Australia’s proud mining history, the quality of its workers and high working standards were instrumental in bringing Canadian mining and exploration company Kirkland Lake Gold to the Victorian gold fields.




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Maeil Dairies makes first investment in Australian dairy facility

Maeil Dairies Australia has invested A$13.5 million to acquire Corio Bay Dairy Group’s partially built dairy processing facility in Geelong, Victoria.




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Wanted: Exceptional individuals and top-tier businesses

Australia is seeking the world’s best and brightest talent to relocate to one of the safest, most economically stable and innovative countries in the world.




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Israel’s IAI enters into JV with Australian mining services company

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has entered into a joint venture with Australia’s Bis to launch Auto-mate, a new company that will provide autonomous systems to the mining industry.




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Game on with new tax rebate for developers

Good news for games developers: the Australian Government is introducing a 30% tax offset for local and international businesses that develop digital games in Australia.




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New PwC delivery centre to meet Australian demand for cyber services

Australia’s demand for cyber services has prompted PwC Australia to open a new onshore delivery centre in Adelaide, South Australia.




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Setup SSH authentication with PEM RSA file without password on ubuntu/linux Raspberry Pi Server

Recently I have been working with Raspberry PI and creating my own home server to host some of my demo projects. This post is about setting up SSH authentication with a PEM certificate file without password on ubuntu/linux server. Implement the following steps and improve the security.





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Environment Variables in Apache and Xampp

Few days back one of my friend's project database credentials got exposed. After some investigation, we realized that it is because of the .git config commit. I would recommend configuring your sensitive credentials with operating system environment variables. This way you can protect information from the code base. This post will explain how to set up an environment variable for an Apache web server.





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Angular Removing Unused CSS and Obfuscate JavaScript in Post Build Process

Nowadays most applications are developed based on large CSS libraries like Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS, etc.. and sometimes multiple frameworks. But your application components are not using all of the styles and it adds more weight to the application performance. This post will explain the Angular post-build process to remove unused CSS and hidden JavaScript files that enhance the application security and definitely improve the app loading time and save the overall bandwidth cost.





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React Removing Unused CSS and Obfuscate JavaScript in Post Build Process

This is continues of my previous post about how to remove unused CSS and convert unclear JavaScript to protect your source code in the post-build process. If you are using CSS libraries like Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS, etc.. and sometimes multiple frameworks. But your application components are not using all of the styles and it adds more weight to the application performance. This post will explain how to configure the React post-build process to remove unused CSS and hidden JavaScript files that enhance the application security and definitely improve the app loading time and save the overall bandwidth cost.





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Deploy a PHP Application on AWS Lambda Function Serverless

In this post, I will explain the steps to deploy a simple PHP email MX record validation application on AWS lambda function using Bref layers. AWS Lambda natively supports Java, Go, PowerShell, Node. js, C#, Python, and Ruby code, not PHP. You can deploy the lite weight PHP function to improve the application performance and it will reduce cost compared with the EC2 instance. AWS is offering the first one million requests free and you need an AWS account with a payment setup. The only disadvantage is that port 25(mail/SMTP) will not support it.





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Insight – Mexican Government suspends tariffs on agricultural and fishery products

The Mexican Government has suspended tariffs on a range of agricultural and fishery products.




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Insight – Cultural insights help tourism businesses welcome Indian visitors

India is one of Australia’s fastest growing tourism markets. Tourism businesses can realise the potential of the Indian market by learning about travellers’ culture and service expectations.




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Insight – Australian dairy exports to Chile to benefit from improved market access

New rule changes mean Australian dairy establishments exporting to Chile will no longer be required to undergo periodic in-country audits by Chilean officials.




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Fresh prospects for Australian mining equipment, technology and services (METS) in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 identifies mining as a key component of the Kingdom’s industry strategy. This will open major opportunities for Australian companies in the mining, equipment, technology and services (METS) sector.