AI breakthroughs, market growth
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EMARKETER: A year of AI expansion: Google focused on AI innovation—integrating its Gemini AI across products while addressing safety concerns and fierce competition from OpenAI, Microsoft, and Meta.
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, reported a 15% YoY revenue increase in Q3 2024, reaching $88.3 billion, but now faces mounting regulatory pressure, including a potential Chrome browser breakup that threatens its search dominance.
Google’s continued AI expansion: Google is a key player in the...
 Yemen reports the highest burden of cholera globally
Yemen bears the highest burden of cholera globally. The country has experienced persistent cholera transmission for many years, including the largest outbreak – between 2017 and 2020 – recorded in recent history.
As of 1 December, Yemen had reported 249 900 suspected cases of cholera, with 861 associated deaths since the beginning of the year. This accounts for...
China to account for more than quarter of caustic soda capacity additions in Asia by 2026
China will register the highest caustic soda capacity additions...
Asia accounts 61% of global ethylene capacity additions
Asia is expected to lead the global ethylene industry capacity growth from new-build and expansion projects by...
ExxonMobil’s ‘scope 3’ emissions set to rise despite ‘net zero’ pledge
Following ExxonMobil’s announcement of an ambition to achieve net-zero emissions for operated assets by...
Trinidad and Tobago to dominate natural gas production from upcoming projects in Americas in 2025
Trinidad and Tobago is expected to contribute around 25% or 820...
How much is Blue hydrogen to account of low-carbon hydrogen capacity by 2030?
Hydrogen markets are taking off around the world, and GlobalData expects low-carbon...
Boosting investments allocation among oil and gas operators could strengthen production
The Denver Julesburg (DJ) Basin located in Colorado and Wyoming has experienced a constant...
Morgan Stanley and Evercore were top M&A financial advisers by value and volume in oil and gas sector for Q1-Q3 2020, says GlobalData
Morgan Stanley...
Growing digitalization makes the oil and gas industry more vulnerable to cyberattacks
The oil and gas industry is increasingly relying on digital technologies to transform...
Divergent economic outlooks for North and South Americas’ oil and gas producing countries, says GlobalData
Operators in the Americas region have had to manage projects...
Slump in fuel demand and lack of storage capacity force Indian refiners to issue force majeure notices
The extended lockdown announced by India to curtail...