The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Suffering from pain causes consumers to spend more money than they otherwise would – perhaps 20% more – according to new…
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(Agence Ecofin) – La société d’investissement néerlandaise Goodwell Investments a annoncé ce 8 octobre, le lancement du fonds Goodwell Impact Privak qui mobilise des capitaux belges au profit d’entreprises africaines évoluant dans le secteur financier,…
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LONDON (Reuters) – A former executive at oil and gas consultancy Unaoil was sentenced in London to three years and four months in jail on Thursday for paying multi-million dollar bribes to clinch $1.7 billion…
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Facebook has announced a ban on groups and pages identified with the rapidly growing QAnon conspiracy movement, which will cover both Facebook itself and the Facebook-owned Instagram. QAnon is a far-right conspiracy theory that alleges,…
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(Agence Ecofin) – La Mauritanie fera bientôt son entrée dans la 4G. Les sociétés Mauritel, Mattel et Chinguitel ont acquis chacune une licence provisoire pour un montant global de 39,08 millions USD. Elles ont jusqu’au…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: International Monetary Fund logo is seen outside the headquarters building By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Group of 20 nations must offer poorer countries a longer freeze in debt payments…
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(Agence Ecofin) – Les indices boursiers rattachés aux marchés financiers chinois affichent des performances meilleures, comparées à celles des marchés développés. Loin d’être exclusivement liée à la robustesse de la reprise économique en Chine, l’analyse…
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© Reuters. By Gina Lee Investing.com – Oil was mixed on Thursday morning, with the approach of Hurricane Delta prompting oil works to evacuate rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. But gains were capped by…
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IMF: Sharper increase in budget deficits and debts than during financial crisis The IMF is projecting a large-scale increase in debt all around the world because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Authorities had already spent about…
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Add to Calendar Within the next long-term EU budget, a brand-new Digital Europe Programme was created by the European Commission. The Programme aims to build up the EU’s strategic digital capacities and to facilitate the…
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