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How the shadow of slavery still hangs over global finance

How the shadow of slavery still hangs over global finance

When the infamous Zong trial began in 1783, it laid bare the toxic relationship between finance and slavery. It was an unusual and distressing insurance claim – concerning a massacre of 133 captives, thrown overboard…

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Erdogan announces biggest Turkish gas find in Black Sea By Reuters

Erdogan announces biggest Turkish gas find in Black Sea By Reuters

By Ali Kucukgocmen and Tuvan Gumrukcu ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey announced its biggest discovery on Friday, a 320 billion cubic metre (11.3 trillion cubic feet) Black Sea field which President Tayyip Erdogan said was part…

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Baisse des revenus du segment vie pour les marocains Wafa et Saham Assurance

Baisse des revenus du segment vie pour les marocains Wafa et Saham Assurance

(Agence Ecofin) – Les groupes marocains Wafa et Saham Assurance ont annoncé chacun une baisse des revenus du segment vie de leurs activités au cours du deuxième trimestre 2020. Ils s’attendent désormais à une contreperformance…

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IMF Regular News Briefing

IMF Regular News Briefing

The IMF supports US tax reform in principle, but is looking for details on the new proposal backed by the Trump Administration before passing judgement on its impact spokesman Bill Murray told… by : Source…

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Stone tools from a remote cave reveal how island-hopping humans made a living in the jungle millennia ago

Stone tools from a remote cave reveal how island-hopping humans made a living in the jungle millennia ago

Prehistoric axes and beads found in caves on a remote Indonesian island suggest this was a crucial staging post for seafaring people who lived in this region as the last ice age was coming to…

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Airtel poursuit sa mobilisation aux côtés des acteurs de la santé

Airtel poursuit sa mobilisation aux côtés des acteurs de la santé

(AIRTEL MADAGASCAR) – Reconnaissante envers les acteurs de la santé qui agissent chaque jour en première ligne pour venir à bout de la Covid-19, la grande famille d’Airtel Madagascar a manifesté son engagement à leurs…

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No elk or trout, but Fed’s virtual retreat may stoke market’s ‘animal spirits’ By Reuters

No elk or trout, but Fed’s virtual retreat may stoke market’s ‘animal spirits’ By Reuters

© Reuters. Nearly deserted Wall Street and steps of Federal Hall in lower Manhattan during outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York By David Randall and Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors could…

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Why companies were so quick to endorse Black Lives Matter

Why companies were so quick to endorse Black Lives Matter

CC BY-ND It’s not every day that you see companies switch gears on a dime. Not too long ago, few companies paid much attention to Black Lives Matter. Today, in the wake of the George…

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Two storms head for U.S. Gulf in rare hurricane season event By Reuters

Two storms head for U.S. Gulf in rare hurricane season event By Reuters

By Liz Hampton (Reuters) – A pair of tropical cyclones forecast to become hurricanes early next week are headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast and will spin over the Gulf’s warm waters simultaneously, a rare…

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10 milliards $ de soutien anti-covid-19 de Standard Bank Group à ses clients

10 milliards $ de soutien anti-covid-19 de Standard Bank Group à ses clients

(Agence Ecofin) – Les mesures mises en place par le sud-africain Standard Bank Group pour soutenir l’ensemble de sa clientèle sont valorisées à 10 milliards $. Ces appuis concernent les moratoires pour les entreprises, les individus,…

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