By Katya Golubkova and Trixie Yap (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Tuesday, reversing the prior session’s losses, buoyed by a slightly positive market outlook for the short term, despite thin trade ahead of the Christmas…
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The act of handing over hard-earned cash has long been associated with pain. And historically, research has also found that consumers tended to spend less using cash rather than a payment card. In a study…
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With billions of children around the world anxiously waiting for their presents, Father Christmas (or Santa) and his reindeer must be travelling at breakneck speeds to deliver them all in one night. But did you…
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SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -El Salvador’s legislature overturned a seven-year-old ban on metals mining on Monday, a move that President Nayib Bukele had pushed for to boost economic growth, but that environmental groups had opposed. El…
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While most agree that HBO’s hit fantasy show House of the Dragon (HotD) might be an interesting dive into the chaos of the Middle Ages, less has been said about its lessons for the contemporary…
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Gregory Makoff, Default: the landmark court battle over Argentina’s $100 billion debt restructuring, Georgetown University Press, 2024, 320 pages This is a fascinating book about the largest sovereign default in recent history: Argentina’s decision to…
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As a kid, it was tough for me to grasp the massive time scale of Earth’s history. Now, with nearly two decades of experience as a geologist, I think one of the best ways to…
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(Reuters) – A plan discussed by wealthy nations to throttle tens of billions of dollars in public support for oil and gas projects have broken down without an agreement, Bloomberg News reported on Monday. The…
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Around the world, cards and apps are the default way to pay – but nowhere is the transition away from cash more obvious than in Sweden. The Bank of Sweden notes that the amount of…
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By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) -U.S. energy firms this week kept the number of oil and rigs unchanged for the second week in a row, energy services firm Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:) said in its closely followed…
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