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Oil rises on China demand hopes, concerns on supply outlook By Reuters

Oil rises on China demand hopes, concerns on supply outlook By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows Vladimir Arsenyev tanker at the crude oil terminal Kozmino on the shore of Nakhodka Bay near the port city of Nakhodka, Russia August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel…

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The decision to ditch the UK’s Department for International Trade is testament to the failure of Brexit

The decision to ditch the UK’s Department for International Trade is testament to the failure of Brexit

The move to merge the UK government’s departments of trade and business has been likened by one journalist to rearranging the deckchairs on a sinking ship. But it is in fact a significant moment in…

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Proposed privacy reforms could help Australia play catch-up with other nations. But they fail to tackle targeted ads

Proposed privacy reforms could help Australia play catch-up with other nations. But they fail to tackle targeted ads

In the recently released Privacy Act Review Report, the Attorney-General’s Department makes numerous important proposals that could see the legislation, enacted in 1988, begin to catch up to leading privacy laws globally. Among the positive…

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Substantial services trade liberalisation occurred during 2022, but imposition of new barriers in many key sectors demonstrate the need for renewed efforts to open markets, OECD says

Governments enacted substantial services trade liberalisation in 2022, underpinned by actions to improve business operations in domestic markets, advance regulatory transparency and ease remaining hurdles on business travel after the COVID-19 pandemic. by : Source…

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Bank of Japan to start CBDC pilot in April

Bank of Japan to start CBDC pilot in April

The Bank of Japan said today (February 17) it will start a pilot programme in April to test the use of a digital yen. The move follows two years of experiments that the Bank of…

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Qotto, fournisseur de services financiers et d’énergie, lève 8 millions $ pour étendre ses activités en Afrique de l’Est

Qotto, fournisseur de services financiers et d’énergie, lève 8 millions $ pour étendre ses activités en Afrique de l’Est

(Agence Ecofin) – Deux ans après l’obtention d’un appui financier de 2,5 millions $, la start-up française Qotto poursuivra son expansion à l’Ouest et à l’Est du continent, grâce à de nouveaux financements. Qotto, une entreprise…

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le régulateur télécoms s’associe au concepteur des programmes scolaires pour développer l’e-learning

le régulateur télécoms s’associe au concepteur des programmes scolaires pour développer l’e-learning

(Agence Ecofin) – L’Autorité des communications du Kenya (CA) a signé le vendredi 17 février un protocole d’accord avec l’Institut kényan de développement des programmes scolaires (KICD) pour la mise en œuvre du portail de…

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Airbus’ defence arm says Berlin delaying exports worth billions By Reuters

Airbus’ defence arm says Berlin delaying exports worth billions By Reuters

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An Airbus A400M military transport aircraft of the German Air Force is pictured in the air during the ILA Berlin Air Show 2022, in Berlin, Germany June 22, 2022. REUTERS/Fabrizio…

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Energy & precious metals – weekly review and outlook By Investing.com

Energy & precious metals – weekly review and outlook By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com — A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, so the saying goes. Some in the oil market got that on Friday as fresh anxieties over…

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Google’s search business doesn’t have to be killed by AI chatbots – here’s the ugly workaround

Google’s search business doesn’t have to be killed by AI chatbots – here’s the ugly workaround

Google’s parent company Alphabet has lost a hefty US$100 billion (£83 billion) or nearly a tenth of its market value after its new AI chatbot, Bard, botched an answer to a query on an ad…

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