Central banks responding to the Communications Benchmarks 2024 consider media relations, social media and website updating as the functions most central to their operations. Respondents graded various functionalities from 1 to 5. The function least…
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Investing.com– Oil prices fell sharply in Asian trade on Wednesday, extending recent losses as signs of an unexpected build in U.S. stockpiles and strong crude production sparked doubts over tight supply conditions. Markets were also…
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If you needed long-term care, could you afford it? For many Americans, especially those with a middle-class income and little savings, the answer to that question is absolutely not. Nursing homes charge somewhere around US$100,000…
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The Australian government has announced a pledge of approximately A$940 million (US$617 million) to PsiQuantum, a quantum computing start-up company based in Silicon Valley. Half of the funding will come from the Queensland government, and…
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By Noah Browning and Deep Kaushik Vakil LONDON (Reuters) -Oil edged lower on Tuesday after U.S. data showed healthy crude output and exports, extending losses prompted on Monday by hopes of an Israel-Hamas ceasefire, while…
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Uganda, with a fiscal deficit of 5.6% in 2023, has increasingly turned to local resources to make up for its revenue shortfall since the World Bank suspended its funding on 8 August 2023 over the…
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The icebreaker of many a barbeque conversation is something like “what do you do for a crust?” “I teach chemistry at university,” is what we usually reply. Then silence. Our new friend will usually go…
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Speech by Klaas Knot, Chair, Financial Stability Board at the CFA Institute Systemic Risk Council Meeting, 26 April 2024 The views expressed in these remarks are those of the speaker in his role as FSB Chair…
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Investing.com– Oil prices fell slightly in Asian trade on Tuesday, extending declines from the prior session as focus remained on any progress in ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas. Growing expectations of higher-for-longer U.S. interest…
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The conflict in Sudan has turned attention to a rarely discussed commodity: gum arabic. This product, the dried sap of certain species of acacia trees, is used mainly as an additive in the soft drinks…
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