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Supply chains can easily break – here’s how they can be made more resilient to prevent shortages

Supply chains are essential to everyday life, bringing materials to factories, food to your plate, and fuel to your car. The links in those chains – the manufacturers, logistics companies, warehouses and retailers – combine…

Artificial intelligence is now part of our everyday lives – and its growing power is a double-edged sword

A major new report on the state of artificial intelligence (AI) has just been released. Think of it as the AI equivalent of an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, in that it identifies where…

Laos central bank to partner with Soramitsu on CBDC study

The Bank of the Lao PDR is partnering with Japanese blockchain provider Soramitsu to explore the potential of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The study is set to begin as early as this month,…

Oil rises 4% in week as energy crunch shows no signs of easing By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo By Jessica Resnick-Ault NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil rose on…

China’s energy crisis shows just how hard it will be to reach net zero

As the world prepares to discuss more aggressive cuts to carbon emissions at the UN’s COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, China has just sent out the worst possible advance signal. It is going to loosen…

None of the 2021 science Nobel laureates are women – here’s why men still dominate STEM award winning

All of the 2021 Nobel Prizes in science were awarded to men. That’s a return to business as usual after a couple of good years for female laureates. In 2020, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna…

U.S. Crude Sees 7th Weekly Gain, Crossing $80 on Hype/Demand Mix By Investing.com

© Reuters. (adds Brent settlement) By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – U.S. crude posted a seventh straight weekly gain, its second such winning streak since December, and breached $80 a barrel on Friday for the first…

Flaws in South Africa’s approach to tenure of directors of companies

Shareholder activists in South Africa have disapproved of lengthy tenures for directors on boards of listed public companies. They have exerted pressure on long-serving directors to resign. Boards with many long-serving directors are regarded as…

How fussy eating and changing environments led to the diversity of sharks today (and spelled the end for megalodon)

Before humans and early primates, before dinosaurs, and even before trees, there were sharks. Sharks have been around for more than 400 million years (although how long exactly remains contested). They have survived five major…

BIS Singapore hub to focus on digital identities and regtech

The Bank for International Settlements’ third innovation hub is to focus on the creation of digital identities and a platform to link central banks and regtech providers. The hub centre launched today (November 13) on…

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Supply chains can easily break – here’s how they can be made more resilient to prevent shortages

Artificial intelligence is now part of our everyday lives – and its growing power is a double-edged sword

Laos central bank to partner with Soramitsu on CBDC study

Oil rises 4% in week as energy crunch shows no signs of easing By Reuters

China’s energy crisis shows just how hard it will be to reach net zero

None of the 2021 science Nobel laureates are women – here’s why men still dominate STEM award winning

U.S. Crude Sees 7th Weekly Gain, Crossing $80 on Hype/Demand Mix By Investing.com

Flaws in South Africa’s approach to tenure of directors of companies

How fussy eating and changing environments led to the diversity of sharks today (and spelled the end for megalodon)

BIS Singapore hub to focus on digital identities and regtech

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