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Amid the ongoing geopolitical tension, the <keyword id="19904988" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="energy-sector" source="keywords">energy sector</keyword> will continue to face challenge while the <keyword id="20468174" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="consumer-goods" source="keywords">consumer goods</keyword>, automotive, healthcare is set to expand in 2025, highlighted a report 'Industry Outlook 2025' by <keyword id="20618515" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Economist-Intelligence-Unit" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Economist Intelligence Unit" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Economist Intelligence Unit">Economist Intelligence Unit</keyword>. The report noted that the Fossil fuel markets will continue to face risks from geopolitical conflicts, particularly in the Middle East and Ukraine. However, investments in <keyword id="19895602" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="renewable-energy" source="keywords">renewable energy</keyword> will remain strong, especially in China, as the world pushes toward cleaner and more sustainable energy sources. The report said "Fossil-fuel markets will continue to face <keyword id="20064250" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="geopolitical-risks" source="keywords">geopolitical risks</keyword> amid conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, but investment into renewables will remain strong, particularly in China." It also added that the financial sector faces a mixed outlook with falling interest rates anticipated to narrow bank profit margins, potentially leading to smaller dividend payouts for shareholders. Yet, regulatory easing could provide relief, with the Basel III endgame likely seeing further delays, softening the impact on banking institutions amid a challenging economic landscape. For the consumer goods and retailing the report added that the Global retail volumes are forecast to grow by 2.2 per cent in 2025, thanks to easing inflation. However, stricter regulations on online retailing will target high-volume, low-price retailers, to ensure fair competition and consumer protection. It said "Global retail volumes will expand by 2.2 per cent, helped by disinflation, but regulations around online retailing will tighten further" As per report, the <keyword id="20359760" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="automotive-sector" source="keywords">automotive sector</keyword> is set for a record year, it said "After a difficult few years, annual new-vehicle sales will reach a record 97.2m units in 2025. This includes a 2 per cent rise in new car sales, a 4 per cent increase in commercial vehicle sales, and a significant 16 per cent growth in <keyword id="19963112" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="electric-vehicle-sales" source="keywords">electric vehicle sales</keyword>, reflecting the sector's recovery and the shift toward cleaner mobility. In technology the report added more countries will adopt satellite internet, although the primary users will be enterprise clients, including military and maritime sectors. Amazon's Project Kuiper will challenge the existing market dominance of Starlink and EutelSat OneWeb, offering more competition and potential growth in satellite connectivity. The resulting tensions will continue to affect investment into production and market entry, with companies taking advantage of government incentives to build out more flexible supply chains. <keyword id="23684177" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="investment-in-technology" source="keywords">Investment in technology</keyword>, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), will also be strong as projects gather pace. However, technology companies will face pressure from several directions as regulations tighten (particularly in Europe), investors become more impatient for profits and their energy usage comes under more scrutiny.

Consumer goods, auto and healthcare sector to expand but energy may face challenge in 2025: Report

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Globalstar Inc. closed up over 31% after Apple invested $1.1 billion in a satellite expansion deal.</li><li>Apple is taking a 20% stake under the new agreement, which follows a $450 million deal in 2022.</li></ul>A satellite services company got a boost on Friday following its disclosure that Apple is taking a stake as part of a new investment deal.Shares of Globalstar Inc. closed up over 31% on the news that the iPhone giant had agreed to expand its deal with an additional $1.1 billion investment.The partnership has been extended to cover a new satellite constellation and more ground infrastructure, Globalstar <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001366868/000136686824000105/gsat-20241029.htm">disclosed in an SEC filing</a> that was made public on Friday. Apple is also set to acquire a 20% equity stake in Globalstar for $400 million, and the deal is expected to close on November 5.The new deal expands on the tech giant's <a target="_blank" href="https://affiliate.insider.com?h=7dcf4cd5b5916ecea5202a36fb1e950be048921efc114fe43fb07c4286816924&amp;postID=6724da7b50b43983ecd1d3d8&amp;postSlug=apple-invests-globalstar-stock-price-satellite-services-2024-11&amp;site=bi&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apple.com%2Fnewsroom%2F2022%2F11%2Femergency-sos-via-satellite-made-possible-by-450m-apple-investment%2F">previous $450 million investment</a> in 2022, which went primarily to Globalstar to help support Apple's Emergency SOS feature that first launched with iPhone 14 models.Emergency SOS enables satellite messaging to emergency services when an iPhone is not in range of WiFi or cellular connectivity. The feature was <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-iphone-satellite-message-feature-saving-lives-during-hurricane-helene-2024-10">recently used by victims of Hurricane Helene.</a> Apple since looked to offer more satellite-based texting features.<div type="image" title="iPhone with Satellite messaging notification" height="856" width="760" msid="114862704" hostid="261" sizebytes="26904"></div>Most recently, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-apple-ios-18-features-2024-6">Apple's iOS 18</a>, which launched in September, introduced <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-ios-18-messages-via-satellite-could-be-services-moneymaker-2024-6">non-emergency satellite messaging</a>, enabling iPhone users to send and receive text messages, emojis, and tap-backs, still with end-to-end encryption.Although the emergency service is currently free, with Apple extending its free period for another year, its non-emergency counterpart may see pricing added as Apple looks to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-earnings-service-growth-iphone-drop-antitrust-google-app-store-2024-5">grow its services business.</a>Neither Globalstar nor Apple responded to a request for comment from Business Insider.

A satellite services company is up 31% after announcing Apple is taking a stake

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Critical Role's new podcast series "Moonward" on August 7.</li><li>"Moonward" will see CR's Marisha Ray and Liam O'Brien, embarking on a new adventure to a wrecked moon.</li></ul>Critical Role's new expansion into the podcasting business is nearly here, accompanied by a brand-new trailer.As Business Insider reported on July 11, CR is bringing not one but <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/critical-role-expands-further-into-podcast-business-moonward-obrien-ray-2024-7">two of its cofounders to</a><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/critical-role-expands-further-into-podcast-business-moonward-obrien-ray-2024-7"> this fresh storytelling venture,</a> "Moonward."Creative director Marisha Ray and the CR crew's resident <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/critical-role-candela-obscura-liam-obrien-gothic-horror-gaming-2024-4">heartbreak prince</a>, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/critical-role-6-hour-candela-obscura-liam-obrien-finale-twitch-2024-4">Liam O'Brien</a>, are embarking on a cosmic sojourn to discover the secrets of a wrecked lunarscape. The two are playing all-new characters in this stand-alone series set in the world of <a target="_blank" rel=" nofollow" href="https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/critical-role-acquires-midst-podcast-1235567942/">"Midst,"</a> an experimental audio drama <a target="_blank" rel=" nofollow" href="https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/critical-role-acquires-midst-podcast-1235567942/">Critical Role acquired in 2023</a>.This summer podcast release marks the halfway mark of one of Critical Role's biggest years. The crew's working on two Amazon-backed animation series, launched new role-playing games, and started its own in-house streaming platform, <a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/critical-role-beacon-subscription-service-twitch-membership-2024-5">Beacon</a>.The third season of the company's Amazon-backed animation series, <a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/matt-mercer-critical-role-tease-legend-of-the-mighty-nein-2024-4">"The Legend of Vox Machina,"</a> is now slated for an October 3 release. Meanwhile, CR's business expansion continues with two games: <a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/critical-role-candela-obscura-liam-obrien-gothic-horror-gaming-2024-4">Candela Obscura,"</a> CR's gothic horror offering, and the <a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/critical-role-launches-daggerheart-disruptor-dungeons-and-dragons-2024-3">"Daggerheart" open-beta.</a>In the meantime, fans get to enjoy this renewed push into the podcasting business, something the team has been working on since it started working with the creators of "Midst."Check out the art for Vesta Sterling, Ray's new character, and Walden Orlock, who O'Brien is playing.<div type="image" title="A composite image of character art from Midst. There is a woman with platinum hair on the left wearing a yellow shirt and green pants. There is a man on the right wearing an orange and purple patterned shirt, with green pants." height="768" width="1024" msid="111996041" hostid="261" sizebytes="49464"></div>The new podcast expansion also features the original, previously anonymous cast of "Midst" — Xen, Sara Wile, and Matt Roen.The first episode of "Moonward" will air on August 7 at 7 p.m. Pacific on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and Critical Role's <a target="_blank" href="https://www.twitch.tv/criticalrole">Twitch</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://youtube.com/criticalrole">YouTube channels.</a>The following episodes will be released on Wednesdays, also at 7 p.m.Beacon subscribers get access to the first two episodes on August 7 and will have full access to future episodes one week before the podcast, Twitch, and YouTube viewers do.

Here's your first look at Critical Role's 'Moonward' — the nerdworld crew's big expansion into the podcasting business

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Russia is spending over twice as much on expanding its cemeteries than in 2020, according to the Moscow Times.</li><li>Thousands of Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine, in part due to mass deployment and attrition.</li></ul>Russia more than doubled spending on cemetery expansion projects during the first two years of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine compared to the two years preceding it, according to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/07/22/russian-spending-on-cemetery-expansion-triples-since-ukraine-invasion-a85786">The Moscow Times</a>.The outlet cited data from the Kremlin's own official state procurement portal.It reported that Russian regions spent over $2.5 million on cemetery expansion in 2023, and around $1.3 million in 2022, for a total of about $3.8 million.In the first half of 2024, they spent a combined $1.5 million, it said.By comparison, cemetery expansion projects cost just $432,000 in 2020, and $1.4 million in 2021.Russia has suffered mounting deaths since the start of its full-scale invasion in February 2022.The UK's Ministry of Defence <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-hits-record-daily-casualty-average-ukraine-uk-intel-2024-3">reported</a> in March that Russia averaged nearly 1,000 casualties a day in February, which included both killed and wounded soldiers, likely due to Russia's attritional warfare.Last year, independent Russian outlets Important Stories and the Conflict Intelligence Team <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/average-time-russian-draftee-die-4-months-ukraine-report-2023-9">estimated</a> that life expectancy on the battlefield for Russian soldiers was about four and a half months.In February, the Institute for the Study of War <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-losses-avdiivka-exceed-10-year-soviet-afghan-war-isw-2024-2">said</a> more Russian soldiers had probably died seizing the town of Avdiivka than in the 10-year Soviet-Afghan war.Ukrainian military officials <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-february-18-2024">estimated</a> that up to 47,000 Russians were killed or injured in the fighting there.And in an <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-has-likely-suffered-480k-casualties-in-ukraine-uk-intel-2023-10">intelligence update</a> released late last year, the UK MOD estimated Russia had likely suffered up to 290,000 soldiers killed or wounded since the conflict began.Satellite <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-russia-war-death-toll-satellite-images-expanding-gravesites-maxar-2024-2">imagery</a> of Russian gravesites from Maxar Technologies, a private US-based satellite company, shared with Business Insider in February show new grids of gravesites appearing over the course of the war.However, according to demographer Yan Bride, the conflict in Ukraine is just one of the factors contributing to the expansion of cemeteries.Bride told The Moscow Times that natural causes like an aging population, alcohol-related deaths, and a growing number of deaths among young people, have also played a role."The intensification of deaths at younger ages has also led to a growing demand for funeral services to create new territories," he said.

Russia's spending on cemetery expansion  more than doubled since the start of its invasion of Ukraine: report

<ul><li><keyword id="51219" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="aia-engineering" source="Orion">AIA Engineering</keyword> met its sales volume guidance for FY23 and expects it to grow by 10% in FY24. </li><li>Its EBITDA margins for the fourth quarter expanded by 410 basis points as Covid-time challenges abated. </li><li>Company has undertaken brownfield capacity expansion and its negligible leverage and strong free cash flow are positive, say analysts. </li></ul>The stock of <keyword id="51219" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="aia-engineering" source="Orion">AIA Engineering</keyword> has run up by over 22% in the past month on the back of improved margins and a good volume growth outlook. This rally has coincided with the overall positivity in the <keyword id="44747" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="small-cap" source="Orion">small cap</keyword> space (BSE Smallcap Index is up 8.5% in the same period) but has also beaten it handsomely. AIA Engineering claims it is the world’s second-largest producer of high-chrome wear, corrosion and abrasion-resistant castings — used in cement, mining and thermal power plants. The company met its sales volume guidance for FY23 and expects it to grow by 10% in FY24. However, that’s not what caused a rally in the stock alone — it’s the improved margin performance. The margin advantage Its EBITDA margins for the fourth quarter expanded by 410 basis points to 28.4%. EBITDA is earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation. “Management stated that freight-related challenges post-Covid have abated, and the company is now able to pass on freight cost to customers,” said a research report by BoB Caps. Centrum Broking too opines that an EBITDA margin of 22% is sustainable with good scope for further expansion. However, it also explains that the process of passing through costs of raw material and freight to customers is not an easy process. “Pass through of raw material and freight cost is a continuous process and it happens as and when prices change, but with a lag,” says Centrum. Nomura, though, is not so confident about AIA Engineering’s ability to sustain margins beyond the second half of the current financial year. On an expansion spree The company is also banking on a change in preference for technology that can help it gain traction. The mining industry has been converting from forged media to high-chrome mill internals – which will help the company gain business. It has also planned for capacity expansion to gain from the trend. “AIA Engineering plans to expand capacity from 440,000mt to 520,000mt by FY24, through brownfield capex of ₹200 crore. The company has a healthy balance sheet (net cash of ₹2,500 crore) with negligible leverage and strong free cash flow generation,” said Bob Caps. The management expects FY24 volume growth to come from a mix of new and existing customers. The company – which caters to mining, cement and utilities clients across Australia, North America, Latin America and CIS – does not anticipate any major macroeconomic challenges in the next 12 months. Yet, the business of bagging new clients is fraught with challenges. “The conversion of customers is an agonisingly long process,” the company said in an earnings concall. What’s beyond the rally? In spite of the run up that the capital goods sector has been witnessing in the last few weeks, and fairly decent growth prospects ahead — analysts are mixed about the company’s prospects ahead. The BSE capital goods index ran up by 60% in the last one year. “The capital goods sector has been one of the key outperformers of 2022 and is seen extending its up move after higher base formation in the first four months of 2023,” said ICICI Direct., In a report dated May 30, the brokerage said it expects AIA Engineering to maintain a positive bias and head towards ₹3,410 in the coming months. Bob Caps, which retained a buy recommendation on AIA Engineering stock, says that it remains positive on the company’s structural growth story, with a revised target price of ₹3,500. The stock closed at ₹3,324 on Thursday on the BSE. Nomura, however, believes that the company might have hit a peak in terms of profitability in FY23. The stock appears relatively fairly priced given its prospects, it says, adding that a rally in the last one year incorporates its positives. “AIA Engineering has rallied 43% over the past year and multiples have broadly converged to a mid-cycle level of around 26x. Thus, while risk/reward still has a positive bias, the investment case is less compelling than earlier following the latest rally in the share price,” said Nomura, downgrading it to neutral. <div type="javascript" title="Custom" contenttype="Text"><cdata><![CDATA[]]></cdata></div>

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