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The North American heatwave shows we need to know how climate change will change our weather

The North American heatwave shows we need to know how climate change will change our weather

Eight days ago, it rained over the western Pacific Ocean near Japan. There was nothing especially remarkable about this rain event, yet it made big waves twice. First, it disturbed the atmosphere in just the…

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Oil Retains Gains, Hovers Around $75 After OPEC+ Delays Output Deal By Investing.com

Oil Retains Gains, Hovers Around $75 After OPEC+ Delays Output Deal By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Gina Lee Investing.com – Oil was up Friday morning in Asia, retaining its gains from the previous session after a within the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies (OPEC+) delayed…

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Supreme Court strikes down California’s nonprofit donor disclosure requirements: 4 questions answered

Supreme Court strikes down California’s nonprofit donor disclosure requirements: 4 questions answered

The Supreme Court tossed out a California law requiring nonprofits to report their major donors to state officials. In a 6-3 ruling, the court said the law, intended to fight fraud, subjected donors to potential…

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Inflation, Fed policy and emerging markets: the good, the bad and the ugly

Inflation, Fed policy and emerging markets: the good, the bad and the ugly

Clint Eastwood, star of ‘The good, the bad and the ugly’ Financial markets are fixated on prospects for US inflation and Federal Reserve policy, and appropriately so. Rising interest rates may exacerbate already-elevated debt burdens…

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remembering Thomas Harriot, 400 years on

remembering Thomas Harriot, 400 years on

Four hundred years ago, on July 2 1621, a remarkable Englishman named Thomas Harriot died in London. He left behind some 8,000 pages of scientific research, but it is only in recent decades that scholars…

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Nigerian lawmakers pass historic oil overhaul bill By Reuters

Nigerian lawmakers pass historic oil overhaul bill By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A woman walks over pipelines crisscrossing Ogoniland in Rivers State, Nigeria September 18, 2020. Picture taken September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde//File Photo By Libby George and Camillus Eboh LAGOS/ABUJA (Reuters) –…

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Trump Organization indictment hints at downsides of having no independent oversight – unlike companies traded on Wall Street

Trump Organization indictment hints at downsides of having no independent oversight – unlike companies traded on Wall Street

A Manhattan grand jury on July 1, 2021, indicted the Trump Organization and one of its top executives, Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg, over his failure to pay taxes over 15 years. I’m a scholar…

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What is daydreaming? Parts of the brain show sleep-like activity when your mind wanders

What is daydreaming? Parts of the brain show sleep-like activity when your mind wanders

Our attention is a powerful lens, allowing our brains to pick out the relevant details out of the overwhelming flow of information reaching us every second. However, scientists estimate we spend up to half our…

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Oil prices inch up ahead of OPEC+ decision on supply cuts By Reuters

Oil prices inch up ahead of OPEC+ decision on supply cuts By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An oil storage tank and crude oil pipeline equipment is seen during a tour by the Department of Energy at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas, U.S. June 9, 2016.…

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Rebuilding resilience: the financial system after the Covid crisis

Rebuilding resilience: the financial system after the Covid crisis

FSB Vice Chair Klaas Knot speaks at the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) International Symposium. by : Source link

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