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Lockdown, trade woes stunt UK economy ahead of 2021 recovery By Reuters

Lockdown, trade woes stunt UK economy ahead of 2021 recovery By Reuters

© Reuters. A woman walks past a row of empty retail units on an empty shopping street in Blackpool By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy has endured a torrid start to 2021, hit…

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Oil Inventories Rose 2.396 Million Barrels Last Week: EIA By Investing.com

Oil Inventories Rose 2.396 Million Barrels Last Week: EIA By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Liz Moyer Investing.com — U.S. oil stockpiles rose slightly below expectations in the latest week, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. increased 2.396 million barrels last week, compared with analysts’ expectations for…

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Why cash payments aren’t always the best tool to help poor people

Why cash payments aren’t always the best tool to help poor people

The concept is simple and seductive: Give people cash, lift them out of poverty. It’s a strategy increasingly being used in both lower- and higher-income countries to help poor people. International organizations such as the…

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Why is kids’ video game Roblox worth $38 billion and what do parents need to know?

Why is kids’ video game Roblox worth $38 billion and what do parents need to know?

When the children’s digital game Roblox launched on the New York Stock Exchange last week, the company’s share price rapidly took off. By the end of the day, it was valued at US$38 billion. How…

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derniers réglages pour la mise en circulation d’une nouvelle gamme de billets de banque et pièces de monnaie

derniers réglages pour la mise en circulation d’une nouvelle gamme de billets de banque et pièces de monnaie

(Agence Ecofin) – Pressée par le Comité ministériel de l’Union monétaire de l’Afrique centrale de hâter la conception et la mise en circulation de nouveaux signes monétaires, la Beac en est à la dernière phase…

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Orange Côte d’Ivoire innove en partenariat avec CANAL+ pour proposer une offre multimédia connectée

Orange Côte d’Ivoire innove en partenariat avec CANAL+ pour proposer une offre multimédia connectée

(ORANGE CI) – Orange Côte d’Ivoire a procédé au lancement de nouvelles offres fibre optique destinées aussi bien aux particuliers qu’aux entreprises. L’offre destinée aux particuliers a été conçue en partenariat avec CANAL+. Ces offres…

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Japan households amass record financial assets as COVID-19 crimps spending By Reuters

Japan households amass record financial assets as COVID-19 crimps spending By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese households’ financial assets hit a fresh record near 2 quadrillion yen last year, half of which was in cash and bank…

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Oil dips on demand worries despite surprise drop in U.S. crude stocks By Reuters

Oil dips on demand worries despite surprise drop in U.S. crude stocks By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A sticker reads crude oil on the side of a storage tank in the Permian Basin By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Oil prices slipped for a fourth day on Wednesday…

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IMF WEO Global Growth Forecast

IMF WEO Global Growth Forecast

The International Monetary Fund forecasts a slow and uncertain recovery from the Covid-19 crisis in its latest update to the World Economic Outlook forecast, the Fund’s chief economist Gita Gopinath said Tuesday (October 13) in…

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Patent system often stifles the innovation it was designed to encourage

Patent system often stifles the innovation it was designed to encourage

Over his career Thomas Edison garnered more U.S. patents than anyone in his time. Edison profited from his patents, but he was also exposed to the dark side of the patent system. He had to…

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