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A Day After Meltdown, Gold Finds Way Back to Under $1,900 By Investing.com

A Day After Meltdown, Gold Finds Way Back to Under $1,900 By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Gold clawed back some losses after Monday’s epic shakedown, as tamped down mood for risk on Wall Street helped the yellow metal find shelter at under $1,900 an…

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Biden’s climate change plans can quickly raise the bar, but can they be transformative?

Biden’s climate change plans can quickly raise the bar, but can they be transformative?

The day Joe Biden becomes president, he can start taking actions that can help slow climate change. The question is whether he can match the magnitude of the challenge. If his administration focuses only on…

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Gene editing is revealing how corals respond to warming waters. It could transform how we manage our reefs

Gene editing is revealing how corals respond to warming waters. It could transform how we manage our reefs

Genetic engineering has already cemented itself as an invaluable tool for studying gene functions in organisms. Our new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, now demonstrates how gene editing can…

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Global voluntary carbon market must grow 15 fold to meet Paris goals: report By Reuters

Global voluntary carbon market must grow 15 fold to meet Paris goals: report By Reuters

© Reuters. U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid By Susanna Twidale London (Reuters) – Global voluntary carbon credit markets must grow 15 fold by 2030 to enable companies and organisations to meet goals set…

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Will the Bank of England’s reliance on quantitative easing work for the UK economy?

Will the Bank of England’s reliance on quantitative easing work for the UK economy?

It was the Bank of Japan which first embarked on the experiment known as quantitative easing, or QE, in order to try and stimulate the Japanese economy out of its period of very low growth…

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Oil Ends up 9% as Covid Vaccine News Spurs Economic Hopes By Investing.com

Oil Ends up 9% as Covid Vaccine News Spurs Economic Hopes By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Oil prices jumped 9% for their biggest one-day gain in six months Monday as progress in Covid-19 vaccine trials boosted hopes of economic recovery. President-Elect Joe Biden, however,…

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A settlement with trade unions remains the best way forward for South Africa

A settlement with trade unions remains the best way forward for South Africa

South Africa’s medium-term budget is supposed to provide an indication of how public finances will be managed over the next three years, but in the last decade it has largely served to illustrate persistent gaps…

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How midnight digs at a holy Tibetan cave opened a window to prehistoric humans living on the roof of the world

How midnight digs at a holy Tibetan cave opened a window to prehistoric humans living on the roof of the world

A mountainside cave now used as a Tibetan Buddhist sanctuary was home to prehistoric humans known as Denisovans for tens of millennia. Our painstaking efforts there are helping unravel the story of how early humans…

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IEA sees new European lockdowns denting oil demand outlook By Reuters

IEA sees new European lockdowns denting oil demand outlook By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: General view of Total’s oil refinery at La Mede near Marseille, southern France By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) – Renewed lockdown measures in Europe aimed at containing a rise in COVID-19…

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Jack Ma’s biggest market debut suspended amid fears over regulation

Jack Ma’s biggest market debut suspended amid fears over regulation

In a surprise last minute decision, the flagship stock exchange listing of Ant Group was suspended by regulators in China and Hong Kong. The Chinese tech giant, backed by Alibaba billionaire Jack Ma, was to…

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