By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices were roughly flat on Thursday as investors wrestled with mixed signals about crude demand, with concerns about an economic slowdown in the U.S. contending with rising expectations…
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Tens of thousands of years ago, during a period of Egyptian history known as the Old Kingdom (around 2649–2130 BC), it was rare for people to be able to read and write. From an estimated…
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Technology has changed the way the world does business. Mobile and digital payment platforms, blockchain, cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) tools have all driven innovations in recent years. They allow businesses of all sizes…
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Around one in five surveyed central banks’ communications departments have used artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist their work. Seven out of 34 central banks (21%) that responded to a new question in this year’s…
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Press enquiries: +41 61 280 8477 [email protected] Ref: 17/2024 Report finds that financial authorities are at different stages of evaluating the relevance of financial risks from biodiversity loss and other nature-related risks.…
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Investing.com– Oil prices rose in Asian trade, extending a recent rebound as a bigger-than-expected draw in U.S. inventories ramped up bets on tighter supplies and improving demand in the world’s biggest fuel consumer. Crude markets…
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Everyone agrees that solving the unemployment problem in South Africa is the number one priority for economic policy for the new government, as it has been for all governments since 1994. What is less clear,…
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About 1.8 million people worldwide are bitten by snakes each year. Of those, up to 138,000 die and another 400,000 end up with permanent scarring and disability. Many cobras have tissue-damaging venoms that can’t be…
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve an additional spending of 6.2 trillion naira ($4 billion) to plug shortfalls in this year’s national budget, according to a…
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Each year, the Kenyan government tables a finance bill outlining measures for funding the national budget. In the past, these bills have scarcely attracted public attention. This changed dramatically in 2023, with President William Ruto’s…
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