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The World in Brief from The Economist

2026-06-25

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  • Its listing could exceed the $25.6 billion sum raised by Saudi Aramco's initial public offering in 2019,

  • a global record until SpaceX's $75 billion IPO this month.

  • Meanwhile, Micron, an American memory chipmaker,

  • reported the quarter revenue of $41.5 billion up from $9.3 billion during the same period a year ago.

  • The company's share price has soared by over 700% in the past year, thanks to the AI boom.

  • Micron's results, a relief for investors,

  • come during a volatile week for global markets amid jitters about the value of AI stocks.

  • A federal judge blocked Donald Trump's attempt to force people to prove they are citizens

  • when registering to vote after several states sued him over an executive order seeking to change election rules.

  • The president is separately pressuring the Senate to pass a bill containing

  • that requirement and another to bring photo identification to cast a ballot.

  • On Wednesday he cancelled plans to sign a housing package until lawmakers agreed.