© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A worker collects a crude oil sample at an oil well operated by Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA in Morichal, Venezuela, July 28, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin LONDON…
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It arrived in a blaze of publicity with its bright blue livery and £20 one-way tickets from Edinburgh to London – a fraction of the usual price. New player Lumo, a subsidiary of Scottish transport…
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Many people think that mathematics is a human invention. To this way of thinking, mathematics is like a language: it may describe real things in the world, but it doesn’t “exist” outside the minds of…
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Financial and institutional banking have undergone a transformational technological shift, meaning working in real time is increasingly commonplace. This is not the case for payments and settlement, which can still take days. Baton Systems explores how…
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5/5 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Remnants of flooding is pictured at the Canada Border Services Agency after rainstorms hit both British Columbia and Washington state causing flooding on both sides of the border, in Sumas,…
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China’s dominance in manufacturing has made it the factory of the world. The subsequent economic growth enriched an ever-expanding middle class, and the country’s retail industry has quickly adapted to supply a growing appetite for…
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We know quite a lot about the past 200 years of history in Parramatta. Located in Sydney’s geographical centre, on the Parramatta River, it was the first township to be established outside Sydney Cove’s penal…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com — After disappearing for about six months, new threats about global Covid spikes are back in the headlines. The question is, what will they do to crude prices this…
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A recent survey found that one in ten Britons regret a pandemic purchase. The items people no longer want range from kitchen appliances to hot tubs and, sadly, even dogs. The pandemic created feelings of…
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The increase in dollar funding costs in March might have been exacerbated by structural changes since the global financial crisis, says research from the International Monetary Fund. The cross-currency basis, a popular measure for US…
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