Corrit Energy & Infra CEO Misra said India's commercial and industrial (C&I) clean-energy demand is expected to grow at least 15% p.a. over the next decade as firms seek lower energy costs and emissions. Corrit, which builds solar plants for corporates, is positioning to capture rising industrial decarbonization demand. A May report by the Energy, Environment and Water Resources Committee found renewables currently supply only about 25% of industry electricity demand, well below the level needed

Senator Bernie Sanders said last year Amazon founder Jeff Bezos took a $500m yacht to Venice, held a $55m wedding and gave his wife a $5m ring while his effective tax rate was below 1%. Under Sanders's proposed 5% billionaire wealth tax, Bezos would owe $12.7bn but would still retain about $240bn.

China's National Bureau of Statistics said in a Jan–Jul 2026 market report released Aug 17 that new commercial housing sales area fell 11.8% YoY (0.2 ppt worse than Jan–Jun) and sales value fell 13.1% YoY, a 0.5 ppt narrowing. The report said property inventories continued to decline. Policymakers retain a year-long goal of stabilizing the real estate market; policy focus is expected to stay on accelerating existing measures—boosting housing consumption, unblocking first-/second‑hand housing replacement chains, and mobilizing stock land and completed-for-sale housing—to speed results. Entering the September–October season, policy effects plus supply of improvement projects and replacement demand may support marginal transaction recovery in core cities, but inter-city and project-level divergence is likely to persist in the near term.