By Giulio Piovaccari Verona, Italy (Reuters) -China’s top trade official warned Brussels against protectionism on Friday, saying Beijing was puzzled by EU probes into green tech exports and the bloc’s concerns they threaten the domestic…
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Few ideas in business are as misunderstood as DEI. While opposition to DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion – has a long history, it has picked up steam recently. In 2023, when Silicon Valley Bank…
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The Swiss National Bank is exploring how wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) can be used in monetary operations, chairman Thomas Jordan said on April 8. The SNB has been trialling wCBDC through Project Helvetia,…
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By Katya Golubkova TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices rose in early trade on Friday on heightened tensions in the Middle East, where Iran has promised to retaliate for a suspected Israeli air strike on its…
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The rules of legal practice are highly localised. Every country sets rules that determine how lawyers qualify professionally and what they are allowed to do. When a lawyer who is licensed to practise in one…
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Most Americans don’t like doing, or paying, their income taxes. But every year, about 85% of them will voluntarily pay the full amount of the taxes they owe. Even so, the IRS estimates that it…
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Press enquiries: +41 61 280 8477 [email protected] Ref: 7/2024 The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Regional Consultative Group (RCG) for Europe met today in Dublin. The group discussed global and regional macroeconomic developments and…
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By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices slipped on Thursday as persistent inflation dampened rate cut optimism but stayed near six-month highs as investors braced for a potential attack on Israeli interests by Iran. futures…
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Paris hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer provides France with a huge geopolitical opportunity. Staging the world’s biggest sporting mega-event can boost a nation’s image, change perceptions of it, and help it project…
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The Israeli army used a new artificial intelligence (AI) system to generate lists of tens of thousands of human targets for potential airstrikes in Gaza, according to a report published last week. The report comes…
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