AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 minutes agoTelecom & Bundling: Charter’s $34.5B Cox deal is now closed, expanding Spectrum to about 70M homes and rolling Cox customers into Spectrum with a “smooth” transition, plus a free wireless line for a year and mid-September price reductions. Fuel Costs: South Korea kept fuel price caps unchanged for four more weeks as West Asia tensions keep oil prices elevated, holding regular petrol at 1,784 won/litre. Consumer Tech & Retail Data: SealTrust says it’s published a verifiable digital product passport using GS1 Digital Link and a public chain, aiming to let shoppers and auditors confirm item details quickly. Private Label Shift: NielsenIQ reports store brands are gaining trust, with many shoppers saying they don’t care who makes the product as long as value and quality match. Household Budgets Under Pressure: World Bank projects Lebanon’s economy will contract 6.4% in 2026 with inflation rising to 17.5% after renewed conflict disrupted housing, supply chains, and tourism. Global Shipping & Energy: Mexico’s crude exports are at historic lows, leaving it out of the higher-price oil reshuffle benefiting other producers. AI in the Cloud: Bloomberg says Meta is a major Microsoft AI customer, spending hundreds of millions via Azure even as it builds its own AI infrastructure.
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