© Reuters. Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Crude prices pulled back from some of their three-day loss as Middle East tensions help put a floor under the market ahead of Friday’s U.S. jobs report for July.…
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Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott, two of the biggest U.S. donors, have joined forces by funding the Equality Can’t Wait Challenge. The contest, intended to expand the power and influence of women in the…
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Artificial systems such as homecare robots or driver-assistance technology are becoming more common, and it’s timely to investigate whether people or algorithms are better at reading emotions, particularly given the added challenge brought on by…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Crude oil storage tanks are seen in an aerial photograph at the Cushing oil hub in Cushing, Oklahoma, U.S. April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Drone Base/File Photo 2/2 By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE…
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The bushmeat trade – meat from wild animals – continues to soar, mainly in unregulated and illegal markets worldwide. Ghana is one such market. One reason is that it’s a source of income for poor…
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In the years that preceded the financial crisis, central banks around the world were given additional tools to help maintain the stability of the financial system. Among them was forward guidance – a new communication…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Traffic is seen on a highway ahead of the July 4th holiday, in New York, U.S., July 2, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz By Susan Cornwell and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The…
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Foundation essay: our foundation essays are longer than usual and take a wider look at a key issue affecting society. In the preface to his great book, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money,…
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Nigeria has sponsored or co-sponsored six satellites, of which only two are currently operational. One of them is functioning even though it has passed its expiry date, according to the director general of the National…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A sticker reads crude oil on the side of a storage tank in the Permian Basin in Mentone, Loving County, Texas, U.S. November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Angus Mordant/File Photo By Ahmad Ghaddar…
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