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Vietnam to extend VAT cut until year-end to prop up slowing economy By Reuters

Vietnam to extend VAT cut until year-end to prop up slowing economy By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Employees work at a shoe factory for export in Hanoi, Vietnam December 29, 2020. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnamese lawmakers on Saturday approved a government plan to extend a reduction…

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As Canada’s wildfires intensify, recruiting firefighters is tougher By Reuters

As Canada’s wildfires intensify, recruiting firefighters is tougher By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Flames reach upwards along the edge of a wildfire as seen from a Canadian Forces helicopter surveying the area near Mistissini, Quebec, Canada June 12, 2023. Cpl Marc-Andre Leclerc/Canadian Forces/Handout via…

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3M offers $10.3B settlement over PFAS contamination in water systems – now, how do you destroy a ‘forever chemical’?

3M offers $10.3B settlement over PFAS contamination in water systems – now, how do you destroy a ‘forever chemical’?

PFAS chemicals seemed like a good idea at first. As Teflon, they made pots easier to clean starting in the 1940s. They made jackets waterproof and carpets stain-resistant. Food wrappers, firefighting foam, even makeup seemed…

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Advance Notice – Tenor of Government of Mauritius Treasury Bills

Advance Notice – Tenor of Government of Mauritius Treasury Bills

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What was the ‘catastrophic implosion’ of the Titan submersible? An expert explains

What was the ‘catastrophic implosion’ of the Titan submersible? An expert explains

The four day-long search for the missing Titan submersible has come to a tragic end. Reports have confirmed the vessel was subject to a “catastrophic implosion” at some point during its voyage towards the Titanic…

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Speech by Mr Mardayah Kona Yerukunondu, First Deputy Governor, Bank of Mauritius on Reserve Management: What to expect and watch out for in the next decade? at the Pan African Central Bank Conference on Risk and Reserve Management

Speech by Mr Mardayah Kona Yerukunondu, First Deputy Governor, Bank of Mauritius on Reserve Management: What to expect and watch out for in the next decade? at the Pan African Central Bank Conference on Risk and Reserve Management

Speech by Mr Mardayah Kona Yerukunondu, First Deputy Governor, Bank of Mauritius on Reserve Management: What to expect and watch out for in the next decade? at the Pan African Central Bank Conference on Risk…

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Angola appoints deputy governor to top job

Angola appoints deputy governor to top job

Manuel António Tiago Dias has become the new governor of the National Bank of Angola, succeeding José de Lima Massano. Angola’s president appointed Massano minister for economic co-ordination last week, following protests against increases in…

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L’Afrique a obtenu la plus grande partie des financements du Fonds d’investissement danois entre 2018 et 2022

L’Afrique a obtenu la plus grande partie des financements du Fonds d’investissement danois entre 2018 et 2022

(Agence Ecofin) – En quatre ans d’activité, le Danish SDG Investment Fund a réalisé 9 investissements, pour un montant de 155 millions $, en Afrique. Le continent a ainsi attiré la plus importante part des fonds…

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Le Sénégalais Omar Gueye Ndiaye prend les rênes de la Société béninoise des infrastructures numériques

Le Sénégalais Omar Gueye Ndiaye prend les rênes de la Société béninoise des infrastructures numériques

(Agence Ecofin) – En mai 2021, le gouvernement béninois a confié la gestion déléguée de la SBIN au groupe télécoms sénégalais Sonatel. La Sénégalaise Thérèse Tounkara a alors été portée à la tête de l’entreprise…

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Lofty valuations on US stocks a growing worry for investors By Reuters

Lofty valuations on US stocks a growing worry for investors By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City in New York, U.S., February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – Some Wall Street banks are…

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