Business

A chemical fingerprint in ancient rocks suggests plate tectonics began 2.5 billion years ago

Plate tectonics is one of the reasons Earth looks so different from its planetary neighbours. The movement of enormous chunks of our planet’s crust builds mountain ranges, triggers earthquakes, shapes our oceans and continents, and helps regulate Earth’s climate and magnetic field over deep time. This process may also be key to sustaining the kind...

Venezuela tells COP31 it has a sovereign right to pump more oil

Venezuela tells COP31 it has a sovereign right to pump more oil by : Reuters Source link

Africa’s funding focus needs to change: the African Development Bank has plans to make that happen

International development cooperation – external financial and technical support for economic and social improvements in lower-income countries – is shifting fast all around the world. Nowhere is this happening faster than in Africa. Aid cuts, natural and war-related shocks, unstable geopolitics, rapidly growing young populations and high external debt levels mean African leaders have to...

IMF

IMF / Board Approves US$88.3 Million in Emergency Financing Support to Malawi IMF

IMF / Board Approves US$88.3 Million in Emergency Financing Support to Malawi

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved today a disbursement of US$88.327 million (SDR 69.40 million) to Malawi under the new Food Shock Window of the Rapid Credit Facility. Malawi is the first low-income country to make use of the Food Shock Window since it was adopted by the Executive Board last...

Techno

OCCTET releases free Toolkit to help SMEs prepare for the EU Cyber Resilience Act

The European DIGITAL SME Alliance, Europe’s leading organisation representing ICT SMEs, today announced the availability of a free, open-source toolkit developed through the EU-funded OCCTET project to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and open-source projects prepare for the European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). The toolkit translates complex regulatory requirements into practical steps that...

EU Inc.: Five things the 28th Regime must get right for Europe’s digital SMEs

The post EU Inc.: Five things the 28th Regime must get right for Europe’s digital SMEs appeared first on European DIGITAL SME Alliance. by : Florian Schuck on 2026-09-24 10:07:00 Source link #28th #Regime #Europes #digital #SMEs

Benedetta Beltrame joins DIGITAL SME

The post Benedetta Beltrame joins DIGITAL SME appeared first on European DIGITAL SME Alliance. by : Ainhoa Urquiola on 2026-09-30 11:16:00 Source link #Benedetta #Beltrame #joins #DIGITAL #SME

Europe’s Circular Economy: Closing the loop on strategic dependencies

The post Europe’s Circular Economy: Closing the loop on strategic dependencies appeared first on European DIGITAL SME Alliance. by : Lina Nardone on 2026-09-28 11:58:00 Source link #Europes #Circular #Economy #Closing #loop #strategic #dependencies

Economy

ECONOMIC TURMOIL WORLD OVER AND ITS IMPACT ON FOREIGN TRADE

by Dr. Sarvesh Swarup 1-In view of the prevailing present day economic turmoil world over it is incumbent for the underdeveloped /developing countries to work out the strategies which will enable them to trade with developed countries in a time and cost-effective manner. A positive political alignment is a must to proceed in this direction. It...

THE GETAWAY

On 29th November 2023, shareholders of United Investments Limited (UIL) will be called upon to ratify a decision of the Board redefining the course of the group and its people. From shareholders, middlemen  to regulators, they all seem to have found a convenient corner in this looping circle. The story of UIL is an absolute...

Keynote speech by EVP Vestager at the IBEC conference.

European Commission Speech Dublin, 30 Sep 2022 “Harvesting the fruits of the digital age” Introduction Dia dhuit, It’s a great pleasure to be here in Dublin – an old Viking city. Tomorrow is the first day of… by : European Commission on 2022-09-30 12:30:07 Source link #Keynote #speech #EVP #Vestager #IBEC #conference

World

AI spending helps lift UK growth to fastest since early 2024

AI spending helps lift UK growth to fastest since early 2024 by : Reuters Source link

AI cheer banishes rate hike fear

AI cheer banishes rate hike fear by : Reuters Source link