A green light
Mark Davis introduces a local investment vehicle that he says could help local communities achieve Net Zero. Two-thirds of UK councils have declared a Climate Emergency. They have set ambitious …
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IMF board gets initial briefing on Georgieva role in China data rigging scandal
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund said its executive board met on Tuesday to discuss a report prepared for the World Bank alleging that IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva pressured staff to alter data …
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Tech industry braces for skyrocketing rare earth prices
TAIPEI — Electronic hardware manufacturers are sweating as prices for rare-earth metals surge amid soaring demand and simmering tensions between the U.S. and China, the world’s most important source of …
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UAE to invest $14 bln in UK industries, sovereign wealth fund saysv
DUBAI, Sept 16 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates plans to invest 10 billion pounds ($13.8 billion) in Britain over the next five years, building on the two country’s long-running …
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SEC Threatens Action Against Coinbase
Coinbase, the “largest cryptocurrency exchange” in the U.S., revealed on Wednesday that SEC officials are threatening to sue it “over a proposed financial product that would let customers earn interest …
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El Salvador Has Adopted Bitcoin As Legal Tender
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: El Salvador this week officially became the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. Tim Padgett of member station WLRN in Miami …
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The Bond Taper & Why You Should Know About It
You might want to get familiar with this term because you will be hearing it a lot: the bond taper, or more widely known as just the taper. When markets …
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Brexit and Covid Add to U.K. Inflationary Pressure
(Bloomberg) — Britain’s exit from the European Union and the pandemic are adding to inflationary pressures that are starting to slow the U.K. economic recovery, two business surveys show. The …
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Turning MMT into practice
America’s growing income inequality has long needed attention. Last January, under emergency circumstances, it finally got some, in the form of a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package. The quietly influential …
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Four reasons why EU is staring down the barrel of a second lost decade
The eurozone’s latest economic growth figures are a little better than expected. This group of 19 EU nations grew 2.2% in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the first quarter, partly …
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