Brent at $108 and the US 10-year at 5.2%, PPWR enforcement begins, SharePoint added to KEV — plus 8 more | BPJ News (Evening)
Costs, regulation, and IT outages are moving at the same time—shaking printers’ assumptions that operations “never stop” and that specs stay fixed.
Brent crude pushed above $108 and the US 10-year Treasury yield reached 5.2% (Financial Times, September 28, 2026). As energy and financing both get heavier at once, EU packaging rules are starting to bite—and domestic security incidents are piling on.
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Oil and long-term interest rates ran up on the same day. That makes not only materials, power, and logistics more expensive, but also the interest expense on equipment investment and working capital. On the other hand, the EU has begun enforcing its packaging regulation, and redesigns and version updates are entering a phase where they won’t be “one-and-done.” On top of that, the ongoing exploitation of SharePoint vulnerabilities and ransomware incidents means the risk o…
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