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Spanish political parties fail to agree on new governor

Spanish political parties fail to agree on new governor

Spanish political parties fail to agree on new governor – Central Banking End of drawer navigation content Skip to main content Opposition refuses to accept government’s nomination of former ECB official Escrivá Bank of Spain…

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Ecuador and Chilean subsidiary ENAP renegotiate oil agreement By Reuters

Ecuador and Chilean subsidiary ENAP renegotiate oil agreement By Reuters

QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador and a subsidiary of Chile’s state-owned oil company ENAP renegotiated an existing agreement for the exploitation of an oil block in the Ecuadorian Amazon (NASDAQ:), with an additional investment of $90…

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Massive global IT outage hits banks, airports, supermarkets – and a single software update is likely to blame

Massive global IT outage hits banks, airports, supermarkets – and a single software update is likely to blame

Computer systems across Australia and overseas have failed this afternoon after an update was pushed out by global security software provider CrowdStrike. The software affected by the update appears to be the CrowdStrike Falcon platform,…

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What a ‘right to disconnect’ from work could look like in the UK

What a ‘right to disconnect’ from work could look like in the UK

The UK’s new government has promised to take action to “promote a positive work-life balance for all workers”, and to prevent homes “turning into 24/7 offices”. The risk of “always on” working has grown since…

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Exclusive-ExxonMobil selling Malaysia oil and gas assets to Petronas, sources say By Reuters

Exclusive-ExxonMobil selling Malaysia oil and gas assets to Petronas, sources say By Reuters

By Yantoultra Ngui and Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Exxon Mobil Corp has agreed to sell its Malaysian oil and gas assets to state energy firm Petronas, exiting the country’s upstream sector where it used to…

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Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech to parliament listed South Africa’s old problems – but no new solutions

Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech to parliament listed South Africa’s old problems – but no new solutions

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s opening of parliament speech successfully captured the spirit of a diverse and cohesive multi-party government ready to get down to work. But it failed to tell South Africans how the…

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One small update brought down millions of IT systems around the world. It’s a timely warning

One small update brought down millions of IT systems around the world. It’s a timely warning

This weekend’s global IT outage caused by a software update gone wrong highlights the interconnected and often fragile nature of modern IT infrastructure. It demonstrates how a single point of failure can have far-reaching consequences.…

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Well-designed CBDC can fulfil role of cash – BoC paper

Well-designed CBDC can fulfil role of cash – BoC paper

Central bank digital currency (CBDC) can fulfil the role of cash as retail public money to help maintain a well-functioning monetary system, a paper from the Bank of Canada (BoC) argues. BoC researchers Francisco Rivadeneyra,…

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US court will not halt power plant emissions rule as states challenge it By Reuters

US court will not halt power plant emissions rule as states challenge it By Reuters

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that a regulation ordering deep cuts in power plants’ carbon emissions can go ahead while it considers a challenge from more than two…

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Cutting marketing spending often backfires on businesses – new research could help investors distinguish shortsighted cuts from smart ones

Cutting marketing spending often backfires on businesses – new research could help investors distinguish shortsighted cuts from smart ones

Businesses are often tempted to cut their marketing budgets for the short-term savings it provides – but those cuts can cause problems in the long term. A new study my colleague Tarun Kushwaha and I…

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