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Nick Clegg is doing the same useful job for Mark Zuckerberg as he did for David Cameron’s Tories

Nick Clegg is doing the same useful job for Mark Zuckerberg as he did for David Cameron’s Tories

In what many saw as a surprise move, Meta has promoted former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg to its president of global affairs. According to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s founder and CEO, Clegg is now…

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What’s an LRAD? Explaining the ‘sonic weapons’ police use for crowd control and communication

What’s an LRAD? Explaining the ‘sonic weapons’ police use for crowd control and communication

At vaccine mandate protests in Canberra last week, police used powerful loud-hailing devices called Long-Range Acoustic Devices (LRADs) to address protesters. While some protesters claimed they were injured by the “sonic weapon”, those reports are…

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Exclusive-U.S.-UAE push for another $4bln in farming climate change investment By Reuters

Exclusive-U.S.-UAE push for another $4bln in farming climate change investment By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of a combine harvester as it harvests soybeans in Deerfield, Ohio, U.S., October 7, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. Picture taken October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Dane Rhys/File Photo…

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European Commission to issue EU SURE bonds of up to €100 billion as social bonds

European Commission to issue EU SURE bonds of up to €100 billion as social bonds

The European Commission announced that it will issue its forthcoming EU SURE bonds of up to €100 billion as social bonds. To that end, the Commission has adopted an independently evaluated Social Bond Framework. by…

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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 — The nonstop rally in oil has stopped after eight weeks. Or has it? With crude’s five-minute candle flipping at every three bars this week, the nerves of traders…

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Ghana’s debt makes development impossible: here are some solutions

Ghana’s debt makes development impossible: here are some solutions

By the year 2000, the government of Ghana had borrowed so much that the country was in debt distress. It then subscribed to the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative of the International Monetary Fund and…

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UN report questions value of fintech sandboxes

UN report questions value of fintech sandboxes

Regulatory sandboxes are neither necessary nor sufficient for promoting financial inclusion, according to a new report published by the United Nations. Prepared by the UN secretary general’s special advocate for inclusive finance, the report says…

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We couldn’t have the Beijing Olympics without snow machines. How do they work, and what’s the environmental cost?

We couldn’t have the Beijing Olympics without snow machines. How do they work, and what’s the environmental cost?

Snow machines have exploited the laws of thermodynamics to paint the slopes of Beijing white for this year’s Winter Olympics. Beijing might seem like an odd place for the winter games. The city receives almost…

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Allianz Global Investors completes acquisition of PT RHB Asset Management Indonesia

Back Published on 31 January 2022 1207 Views Print Allianz Global Investors completes acquisition of PT RHB Asset Management Indonesia 5 min read AllianzGI, announced today that Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific Limited, a wholly…

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le Groupe SNEDAI veut renforcer ses investissements dans les technologies et les infrastructures

le Groupe SNEDAI veut renforcer ses investissements dans les technologies et les infrastructures

( SNEDAI) – Se voulant un acteur majeur en Côte d’Ivoire, le Groupe SNEDAI veut devenir « un groupe plus responsable, tenant le double rôle de pionnier en Côte d’Ivoire comme dans la sous-région ». Pour ce…

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