<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Moo Research — US &amp; Korean Listed Companies</title><description>Daily analysis of US and Korean listed companies, translated from the Korean edition.</description><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>GPU Price Collapse Threatens Return on Capital for AI Infrastructure Companies</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/gpu-overcapacity-ai-infrastructure-roc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/gpu-overcapacity-ai-infrastructure-roc/</guid><description>Analysis of how chip supply oversupply from competitive procurement between NVIDIA, AMD, and cloud majors simultaneously pressures semiconductor margins and data center investment profitability.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 20:02:17 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Profit Divergence in Low-Growth Markets: How Demographics Reshape Global Consumer Companies</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/demographic-decline-consumer-markets/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/demographic-decline-consumer-markets/</guid><description>Analyzes how demographic decline in developed countries creates structural divergence in consumer purchasing power and competitive trajectories, using current financial data.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 19:02:09 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Rising Protectionism and the Acceleration of Global Supply Chain Localization</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/global-protectionism-supply-chain-reset/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/global-protectionism-supply-chain-reset/</guid><description>How tariff policies and strengthening regional regulations are reshaping multinational enterprises&apos; optimization strategies and production cost structures.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 17:01:55 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Corporate Debt Maturity and the Structural Shock of High-Rate Refinancing Costs</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/corporate-debt-refinancing-crisis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/corporate-debt-refinancing-crisis/</guid><description>Examining how the mass maturity of bonds issued during the low-rate era and the burden of high-rate refinancing affect corporate cash flows and share prices.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 08:12:02 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Data Center Power Trading Structural Shift: Overheated Long-Term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) Market and Rising Electricity Costs Pressure IT Companies&apos; Profitability</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/20261105-data-center-ppa-crisis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/20261105-data-center-ppa-crisis/</guid><description>Data Center Power Trading Structural Shift: Overheated Long-Term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) Market and Rising Electricity Costs Pressure IT Companies&apos; Profitability</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 19:57:28 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Semiconductor Investment Overheating and the Vicious Cycle of Supply Glut</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/semiconductor-capex-glut/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/semiconductor-capex-glut/</guid><description>Analyzing structural risks as fab-less and foundry capital investment surges since 2023 intensify market supply-demand imbalances.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 19:06:15 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>EDA Licensing Model Shift: Cloud-Based Design Transforms Cost Structure for Vendors and Users</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/20261105-eda-tools-licensing-shift/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/20261105-eda-tools-licensing-shift/</guid><description>Electronic Design Automation companies transition from perpetual licenses to cloud-based subscriptions, reshaping the economics of semiconductor design for both vendors and chip designers.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 19:01:54 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Airline Fuel Hedging and Revenue-Per-Seat Margin Gap</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/airline-fuel-hedge-seat-margin-gap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/airline-fuel-hedge-seat-margin-gap/</guid><description>Comparing fuel hedging ratios and revenue-per-available-seat-mile (RASM) differences among major airlines to explain why profit margins diverge even under identical crude oil prices.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:02:01 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>The Logistics REIT Rent Peak Debate and PLD Dividend Coverage</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/logistics-reit-rent-peak-prologis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/logistics-reit-rent-peak-prologis/</guid><description>Comparing rent growth slowdown against vacancy recovery pace to determine where growth assumptions broke down and what dividend coverage levels look like.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 20:01:43 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Card Network Fee Structure and Margin Durability for Visa and Mastercard</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/card-network-fee-model-v-ma/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/card-network-fee-model-v-ma/</guid><description>Breaking down whether payment networks&apos; revenue relies more on transaction volume or fee rates, then checking the conditions under which margins survive fee pressure.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 19:01:55 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Obesity Drug Production Capacity Competition and the Benefit Structure for Contract Manufacturers</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/obesity-drug-cdmo-capacity-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/obesity-drug-cdmo-capacity-2026/</guid><description>Comparing formulation-specific capex plans against CDMO contract backlogs to analyze what share of production gains flows to Lilly and Thermo Fisher as CDMO income.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 18:01:44 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Aircraft Engine Maintenance Backlog and Aftermarket Revenue Shift</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/aero-engine-mro-backlog-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/aero-engine-mro-backlog-2026/</guid><description>Tracks the impact of engine maintenance wait periods and parts supply delays on GE and RTX&apos;s service revenue with numerical data.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 17:02:27 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Nitrogen Fertilizer Price Reset and Agro-Chemical Margin Restructuring</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/nitrogen-fertilizer-price-reset-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/nitrogen-fertilizer-price-reset-2026/</guid><description>Analyzing the spread between natural gas costs and grain prices to map quarterly margin sensitivity for NTR and MOS.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 20:01:41 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Large Transformer Lead Time Surge and Power Grid Infrastructure Bottleneck</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/large-transformer-lead-time-grid-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/large-transformer-lead-time-grid-2026/</guid><description>Examining transformer order backlog and delivery timelines to assess equipment sales visibility for GEV and HUBB and their capital investment payback periods.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 19:02:41 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Container Freight Normalization and the Earnings Inflection Point for Shipping Lines</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/container-freight-normalization-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/container-freight-normalization-2026/</guid><description>Compares freight indices with fleet growth rates to divide ZIM and MATX&apos;s 2027 profit paths into base and downside scenarios.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:01:58 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Natural Disaster Loss Ratio Rise and Property-Casualty Insurers&apos; Reinsurance Pricing Dilemma</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/property-cat-loss-reinsurance-pricing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/property-cat-loss-reinsurance-pricing/</guid><description>Comparing annual disaster loss trends with reinsurance renewal pricing to analyze U.S. property-casualty insurers&apos; premium-raising capacity and profit pressure.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 17:01:56 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Why Game Publisher Performance Concentrates in Few New Releases: Take-Two&apos;s Hit Variance Analysis</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/game-hit-concentration-publisher-risk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/game-hit-concentration-publisher-risk/</guid><description>We examine the concentration of major titles and recurring revenue proportion to gauge the impact of new game launch failures on company performance.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 20:02:01 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Cruise Demand Recovery—Proven by Margin? Carnival vs. Royal Caribbean</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/cruise-demand-recovery-margin-test/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/cruise-demand-recovery-margin-test/</guid><description>We compare revenue per passenger, fleet capacity utilization, and fuel cost structure to verify whether demand recovery translates into profitability.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:01:50 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>When Will the HBM Memory Bottleneck Clear? Micron vs. SK Hynix Capacity Race</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/hbm-memory-bottleneck-supply-balance/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/hbm-memory-bottleneck-supply-balance/</guid><description>We compare HBM production capacity expansion plans against AI accelerator demand forecasts to assess supply balance timing and price risk.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:01:56 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Korea Disclosure Financial Panel Dataset Released</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/korea-disclosure-financial-panel-dataset/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/korea-disclosure-financial-panel-dataset/</guid><description>We normalize 2,866 company fiscal year records from OpenDART periodic reports into JSON and CSV. Contains only facts, no opinions or forecasts.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 07:07:45 GMT</pubDate><category>Dataset</category><category>Disclosure</category><category>OpenDART</category><category>Open Data</category><category>KR</category></item><item><title>Luxury Hotel Renovation Supercycle: Post-Pandemic Profitability Recovery Triggers Capex Explosion</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/luxury-hotel-renovation-capex-cycle-postpandemic/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/luxury-hotel-renovation-capex-cycle-postpandemic/</guid><description>As pandemic suppression eases, hotel chains undertake modernization investments exceeding $500,000 per room, forming a 3-year profit cycle for construction equipment, building materials, and luxury furniture sectors.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:29:23 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Major Expansion in Insurance M&amp;A: Legacy Carriers Rapidly Modernizing Through Digital Fintech Acquisitions</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/insurance-m-and-a-digital-legacy-carriers-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/insurance-m-and-a-digital-legacy-carriers-2026/</guid><description>Major property &amp; casualty and life insurers are acquiring insuretech startups and specialized digital insurers, entering a redefinition phase aimed at offsetting underwriting margin pressures through technology investment.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:17:15 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Indonesia&apos;s Nickel Refining Monopoly and Regional Concentration Risk in EV Battery Supply Chains</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/indonesia-nickel-refining-bottleneck-ev-supply/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/indonesia-nickel-refining-bottleneck-ev-supply/</guid><description>Indonesia controls over 60% of global nickel refining capacity, prompting battery manufacturers to accelerate investments in alternative supply sources—Australia and the Philippines—a shift that will redefine battery pack costs and supply chain diversification.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:12:58 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Biotech IPO Revival: Venture Capital&apos;s Bold Return and the Exit Path for Early Investors</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/biotech-ipo-window-reopening-venture-return/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/biotech-ipo-window-reopening-venture-return/</guid><description>The recovery of biotech IPO volumes in 2024 signals that a wave of unicorn companies suppressed during 2022-2024 is about to go public, marking a revival of capital inflow into gene editing and advanced manufacturing markets.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:07:58 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Ransomware Threat Escalation Reshapes Enterprise Cybersecurity Budgets: A Turning Point in IT Spending</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/cybersecurity-capex-ransomware-surge-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/cybersecurity-capex-ransomware-surge-2026/</guid><description>As enterprise cybersecurity budgets rise 25% year-over-year, adoption gaps between legacy hardware-based security and cloud-native solutions widen. This analysis examines the economic drivers reshaping security investment.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:02:23 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Edge Computing Data Center Expansion: How Capex Shift from Hyperscale to Regional Nodes Transforms Telecom and Real Estate Economics</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/edge-computing-datacenter-capex-shift/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/edge-computing-datacenter-capex-shift/</guid><description>Low-latency AI inference demand is spurring construction of small edge data centers in major cities, securing multi-year contracts for regional data center real estate and local network infrastructure operators.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:01:59 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>EV Thermal Management Material Shortage: How Thermal Interface Material Supply Bottlenecks Reshape Battery Pack Assembly Competitiveness</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/ev-thermal-interface-material-bottleneck/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/ev-thermal-interface-material-bottleneck/</guid><description>As battery thermal control efficiency determines range and safety, high-performance thermal conductivity material supply becomes a new margin source and material makers expand their technology premium.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 17:02:23 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Cold Chain Logistics Automation: How Surging Freezer Robot Investment Becomes a New Revenue Stream for Industrial Robotics Firms</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/cold-chain-automation-robot-investment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/cold-chain-automation-robot-investment/</guid><description>Rising temperature-management costs in food, pharmaceutical, and fresh food logistics drive development of specialized robots for freezer environments, opening a high-margin niche market for robotics firms.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:01:50 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Industrial Water Scarcity and Chemical Manufacturing Costs: Structural Shift to Asset-Light Models</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/chemical-manufacturing-water-scarcity-asset-light/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/chemical-manufacturing-water-scarcity-asset-light/</guid><description>As chemical plants in water-scarce regions invest in water recycling technologies and desalination, value reassessment of water treatment companies and membrane technology firms is beginning.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:20:15 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Quantum Computing Chip Supply Chain and Post-Quantum Cryptography Transition: Signals from New Silicon Material Investments</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/quantum-computing-chip-supply-chain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/quantum-computing-chip-supply-chain/</guid><description>As quantum processor manufacturing equipment and ultra-low temperature cooling technology create a new capex cycle, revenue opportunities emerge for semiconductor equipment companies and cooling solution firms.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:16:28 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Franchise Automation Spreads: Restaurant Industry&apos;s Robot and AI Investment Against Wage Hikes</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/franchise-automation-labor-cost-squeeze/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/franchise-automation-labor-cost-squeeze/</guid><description>As labor costs of burger chains and pizza franchises threaten profitability ceilings, automation technology suppliers&apos; revenues and valuations surge rapidly.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:12:09 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Restoring Profitability in Discount Retail: Premium Growth Slowdown and Softening Online Competition Revive Margins</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/discount-retail-margin-recovery-premium-slowdown/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/discount-retail-margin-recovery-premium-slowdown/</guid><description>As luxury brands stall and upscale department stores lose ground, easing e-commerce price competition reduces customer defections from dollar stores and off-price retailers.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:07:38 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Intensifying Competition in the AI Chip Market</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/ai-chip-market-competition/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/ai-chip-market-competition/</guid><description>AMD and Intel challenge Nvidia&apos;s dominance amid new cost-optimization trends</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:02:05 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Water Scarcity and Supply Constraints Redefine Site Selection for Semiconductor and Steel Mills: Soaring Water Rights Costs Threaten Manufacturing Investment Economics</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/water-scarcity-semiconductor-factory-relocation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/water-scarcity-semiconductor-factory-relocation/</guid><description>As diminishing freshwater supplies simultaneously raise energy costs (cooling) and regulatory risks for water-intensive industries, a factory relocation boom is beginning.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:01:52 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>How India&apos;s Growing IT Outsourcing Undermines Premium Office Real Estate in Advanced Markets</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/india-it-outsourcing-office-vacancy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/india-it-outsourcing-office-vacancy/</guid><description>Remote technical support outsourcing forces global financial firms to reassess headcount and office space needs, accelerating downward pressure on premium office rental rates in New York, London, and Tokyo.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:01:53 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Healthcare Labor Shortage and Accelerating Healthcare IT Automation: Hospital Margin Pressure Drives EHR and Scheduling Software Adoption</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/healthcare-it-automation-margin-squeeze/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/healthcare-it-automation-margin-squeeze/</guid><description>Nursing and physician vacancies, coupled with rising wages, are squeezing healthcare provider operating margins while expanding opportunities for automation software vendors.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:01:24 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Reassessing Data Center Investment in the AI Infrastructure Race</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/data-center-ai-infrastructure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/data-center-ai-infrastructure/</guid><description>Big Tech&apos;s massive data center expansion since ChatGPT may face revenue challenges, as investments risk misaligning with future profit models</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 18:02:21 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>R&amp;D Cost Explosion in AI Chip Design and Fabless Profitability Decline</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/chip-design-rnd-cost-squeeze/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/chip-design-rnd-cost-squeeze/</guid><description>As advanced semiconductor development costs exceed USD 100 billion, smaller fabless companies face higher barriers to entry and market consolidation intensifies.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:02:24 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Solar Industry Price Competition and Structural Change</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/solar-industry-price-competition/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/solar-industry-price-competition/</guid><description>Western solar companies&apos; survival strategies amid China&apos;s low-cost competition</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 20:02:58 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Lithium Mining Competition and Battery Supply Chain Stability</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/lithium-mining-battery-supply/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/lithium-mining-battery-supply/</guid><description>Lithium supply imbalance amid EV growth and competition in alternative material development</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:01:59 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Analysis of TSMC&apos;s Sustained Foundry Dominance</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/tsmc-foundry-dominance/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/tsmc-foundry-dominance/</guid><description>TSMC&apos;s competitive strengths and limitations reinforced by cutting-edge process technology monopoly</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:18:06 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Food Delivery Platforms Facing Regulatory Tightening: Commission Caps and Minimum Wages for Riders Reshape Profitability</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/food-delivery-regulation-margin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/food-delivery-regulation-margin/</guid><description>Regulatory restrictions on delivery commissions and rider wage legislation in Europe and the United States are fundamentally reshaping the earnings structure of delivery platforms.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:07:13 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>US IRA Climate Investment Reality: Green Manufacturing Profitability Decline and Policy Efficiency Reassessment</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/us-ira-manufacturing-profitability/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/us-ira-manufacturing-profitability/</guid><description>Green manufacturing businesses launched with government incentives are recording lower-than-expected profitability, prompting a reassessment of capital allocation efficiency.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:02:08 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>AI Generative Model Training Competition Intensifies Advanced Semiconductor Shortage</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/ai-chip-shortage-2026-gpu-capacity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/ai-chip-shortage-2026-gpu-capacity/</guid><description>NVIDIA GPUs and advanced foundry capacity fall 30% short of 2026 AI infrastructure investment expectations, forcing cloud companies to reorganize capital expansion priorities.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:02:38 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Southeast Asian Wage Inflation: Eroding Cost Competitiveness as a Global Supply Chain Alternative</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/southeast-asia-wage-inflation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/southeast-asia-wage-inflation/</guid><description>Rapid wage increases in Vietnam and the Philippines are weakening the economic advantage of these regions as low-cost alternatives to China and forcing global companies to rethink supply chain optimization.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:02:59 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>First-Party Data Wars: How Privacy Regulation Erodes Small Publishers&apos; Ad Revenue</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/privacy-regulation-small-publisher-margin-erosion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/privacy-regulation-small-publisher-margin-erosion/</guid><description>Analyzes how Apple and Google&apos;s cookie deprecation and EU DMA enforcement strip independent media and small ad networks of targeting capabilities, eroding profitability, and explores the economics of platform concentration.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:02:15 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>India&apos;s IT Services Bench Cost and Growth Deceleration Hit Margin</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/india-it-bench-cost-margin-squeeze/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/india-it-bench-cost-margin-squeeze/</guid><description>Deceleration in offshore IT services growth increases idle labor (bench) costs and fundamentally pressures operating margin—a shift in industry structure.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:02:09 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Europe&apos;s Energy Normalization and Chemicals-Steel Firms&apos; Regional Reinvestment Return</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/europe-energy-normalization-manufacturing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/europe-energy-normalization-manufacturing/</guid><description>Normalized electricity rates post-gas crisis restore local production investment economics for Europe&apos;s energy-intensive sectors—chemicals and steel.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:17:43 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>ESG Fund Underperformance and Asset Flight Compress Fee Base for Asset Managers</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/esg-fund-outflow-fee-compression/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/esg-fund-outflow-fee-compression/</guid><description>A chaining mechanism where prolonged ESG fund underperformance and rising redemptions shrink asset managers&apos; fee base (AUM) and induce competitive pricing.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:13:36 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Saudi Vision 2030 Megaprojects Ramp Up, Korean Builders Win Multi-Year Revenue</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/saudi-megaproject-korean-builders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/saudi-megaproject-korean-builders/</guid><description>NEOM, Riyadh urban development, and other massive Middle East infrastructure projects drive Korean construction firms&apos; long-term contracts and international revenue expansion.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:08:47 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Protectionism and Border Tax Revival: Global Logistics Firms&apos; Margins Face 50% Compression by 2027</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/tariff-trade-war-global-logistics-margin-compression/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/tariff-trade-war-global-logistics-margin-compression/</guid><description>Tariff hikes, residence-based taxation, and localization mandates substantially raise cross-border transport costs, putting logistics-distribution firms at risk of margin collapse.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:02:06 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>AI Training Capacity Explodes: Data Center Power-Cooling Infrastructure Capex Exceeds 60% of Total</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/ai-datacenter-power-infrastructure-capex-surge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/ai-datacenter-power-infrastructure-capex-surge/</guid><description>Generative AI competition accelerates while data center power demand surges exponentially, restructuring energy, semiconductor, and cooling firms&apos; 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funding costs to 5-year highs, substantially reducing project economics.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 20:07:26 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Hidden Beneficiary of China&apos;s Economic Slowdown: Global Shipping Supply Control</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/china-slowdown-shipping-consolidation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/china-slowdown-shipping-consolidation/</guid><description>As China&apos;s export slowdown deepens shipping oversupply, some carriers lead a rate rebound through route closure and cutbacks. Tracking supply cycles and dominant players&apos; strategies.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 20:02:17 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>Smartphone Chipset Oversupply&apos;s Second-Order Effect: Foundry Profitability Crisis</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/smartphone-chipset-margin-squeeze/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/smartphone-chipset-margin-squeeze/</guid><description>As chipset prices fall more than 20% annually amid weak demand, both designers and foundries face margin pressure. 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This article tracks the weakening export pricing power of Asian and African steel and cement producers and intensifying competition to secure local supply chains.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 18:03:01 GMT</pubDate><category>GLOBAL</category></item><item><title>The Luxury Brand Dilemma: Defending Margins versus Capturing Market Share</title><link>https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/luxury-brand-pricing-strategy-inflection/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mooresearch.com/en/posts/luxury-brand-pricing-strategy-inflection/</guid><description>As high-income consumer spending slows, luxury brands face a critical decision between price increases and discounting. 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