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Factbox-World’s biggest lithium producers By Reuters

Factbox-World’s biggest lithium producers By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view of a brine pool of a lithium mine on the Atacama salt flat in the Atacama desert, Chile, August 16, 2018.REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo By Carman Chew SINGAPORE (Reuters) –…

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Raw materials, or sacred beings? Lithium extraction puts two worldviews into tension

Raw materials, or sacred beings? Lithium extraction puts two worldviews into tension

Located in the heart of South America, Bolivia contains the largest lithium deposits in the world – an enviable position, in many countries’ eyes, as the market for electric vehicles takes off. Though EVs emit…

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Networks of silver nanowires seem to learn and remember, much like our brains

Networks of silver nanowires seem to learn and remember, much like our brains

Over the past year or so, generative AI models such as ChatGPT and DALL-E have made it possible to produce vast quantities of apparently human-like, high-quality creative content from a simple series of prompts. Though…

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Bank of Israel details digital shekel factors

Bank of Israel details digital shekel factors

The Bank of Israel has specified the factors it is evaluating on whether to issue a digital shekel, highlighting how decisions by the US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and other institutions will affect its…

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Oil down 5% on week as U.S. rate hike fears, job cuts defy OPEC+ By Investing.com

Oil down 5% on week as U.S. rate hike fears, job cuts defy OPEC+ By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com — U.S. rate hike and recession fears have cut into the OPEC+-hyped rally in crude, handing oil bulls their first week of losses after a four-week winning streak. New…

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Boy Scouts of America can now create $2.4 billion fund to pay claims for Scouts who survived abuse – a bankruptcy expert explains what’s next

Boy Scouts of America can now create $2.4 billion fund to pay claims for Scouts who survived abuse – a bankruptcy expert explains what’s next

On April 19, 2023, the Boy Scouts of America declared that it has exited its bankruptcy case after clearing one of the last legal hurdles in its way. Some insurance companies and sex abuse claimants…

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Oil dips on recession fears, slower demand By Reuters

Oil dips on recession fears, slower demand By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Cargo shipping containers are seen adjacent to storage tanks at Marathon Petroleum’s Los Angeles Refinery, which processes crude oil into California Air Resources Board (CARB), gasoline, diesel fuel, and other petroleum…

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how small-scale irrigation can help farmers to change the game

how small-scale irrigation can help farmers to change the game

Unlike large-acreage government irrigation schemes, small-scale irrigation is typically farmer led. Farmers decide what technologies to use to extract water, be it manual lifting or solar water pumps. They also choose the mode of irrigation,…

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Australians lost more than $3bn to scammers in 2022. Here are 5 emerging scams to look out for

Australians lost more than $3bn to scammers in 2022. Here are 5 emerging scams to look out for

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s latest Targeting Scams report indicates Australians reported more than A$3 billion lost to fraud in 2022. This is about a $1 billion increase on reported losses from 2021. Year…

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Summary of FSB Technical Workshop: Resolution planning for insurers

Summary of FSB Technical Workshop: Resolution planning for insurers

In January 2022, the FSB published two practices papers to facilitate effective resolution planning for insurers: practices on funding in resolution and on internal financial and operational interconnectedness. Both papers look at practical elements of…

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