1. Home
  2. Business

Category: Business

Ecuador cuts power in half of its provinces amid historic drought By Reuters

Ecuador cuts power in half of its provinces amid historic drought By Reuters

By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s government has announced the suspension of electricity service for nine hours on Sunday in 12 of the Andean nation’s 24 provinces and placed 19 areas on red alert…

Read More
Why China is seeking greater presence in Africa – the strategy behind its financial deals

Why China is seeking greater presence in Africa – the strategy behind its financial deals

China’s relationship with Africa is set to deepen. At a summit in Beijing in early September, China’s president, Xi Jinping, pledged to deliver US$51 billion (£39 billion) in loans, investment and aid to the continent…

Read More
new research offers much-needed certainty for autistic New Zealanders

new research offers much-needed certainty for autistic New Zealanders

A global rise in autism diagnoses is putting the spotlight on this relatively common neurodevelopmental difference. A recent study identified autism in 1.3% of four- to five-year-olds in Aotearoa New Zealand. This matches estimates overseas…

Read More
How might rate cuts impact copper and aluminium? By Investing.com

How might rate cuts impact copper and aluminium? By Investing.com

Investing.com — With the Federal Reserve likely to initiate rate cuts in the upcoming meeting on September 17-18, investors are increasingly focused on the potential impacts of U.S. monetary easing on industrial metals, particularly and…

Read More
More governments are promising a ‘right to disconnect’ – but psychology affects how well we can unplug from work

More governments are promising a ‘right to disconnect’ – but psychology affects how well we can unplug from work

The idea of a “right to disconnect” from work is gaining traction worldwide, with countries like France and Spain enacting laws to protect workers from the demands of the digital age. The UK government has…

Read More
Astronomers just detected the biggest black hole jets ever seen – and named them Porphyrion

Astronomers just detected the biggest black hole jets ever seen – and named them Porphyrion

The largest known black hole jets, 23 million light years across, have been discovered in the distant universe. This pair of particle beams launched by a supermassive black hole is over a hundred times larger…

Read More
Analysis-US election uncertainty clouds UN climate finance progress By Reuters

Analysis-US election uncertainty clouds UN climate finance progress By Reuters

By Valerie Volcovici and Kate Abnett (Reuters) – Countries could use next week’s U.N. meetings in New York to resolve big differences over boosting the world’s annual goal for climate finance, but uncertainty over the…

Read More
The EU’s latest proposal to save its economy aims to avoid a ‘slow agony’ – but it lacks bold ideas

The EU’s latest proposal to save its economy aims to avoid a ‘slow agony’ – but it lacks bold ideas

In Brussels, the talk of the town is a report on the future of European competitiveness, calling for fundamental economic reforms to avoid a “slow agony” for the European economy. The report, by former president…

Read More
Central bank digital currencies must be user-friendly – ECB study

Central bank digital currencies must be user-friendly – ECB study

When central bank are designing digital currencies they should make it as easy as possible for consumers to adopt them, research from the European Central Bank (ECB) says. The paper, published on September 18, argues…

Read More
At United Steelworkers conference, members and leaders play down election divide By Reuters

At United Steelworkers conference, members and leaders play down election divide By Reuters

By Erwin Seba and Nicole Jao PITTSBURGH (Reuters) -At a meeting of United Steelworkers union officials this week, presidential politics was off the agenda, a departure from past election-year gatherings and a sign of the…

Read More