Ads for blockchain, NFTs and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin seem to be everywhere. Crypto technologies are being promoted as a replacement for banks; a new way to buy art; the next big investment opportunity, and an…
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The Reserve Bank of India has continued to provide the administration of Narendra Modi with welcome news, announcing a larger interim dividend payment than it made last year. The central bank’s board met today (February…
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In the 2022 federal budget, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg launched a range of vote-winning initiatives – one of which included a breathtaking A$9.9 billion for cyber security over ten years. Bundled under the acronym REDSPICE (which…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Workers walk as oil pumps are seen in the background in the Uzen oil and gas field in the Mangistau Region of Kazakhstan November 13, 2021. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev By Sonali Paul…
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The Biden administration on March 31, 2022, said it plans to release an unprecedented 180 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to combat the recent spike in gas and diesel prices.…
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Press enquiries: +41 61 280 8477[email protected] Ref: 8/2022 The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published its work programme for 2022. Priority areas of work and new initiatives, including key deliverables to the G20 Indonesian…
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The federal government’s announcement of a halved fuel excise is no doubt music to many people’s ears. Following Tuesday night’s budget release, the excise (a government tax included in the purchase price of fuel) was…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Suncor tar sands processing plant near the Athabasca River at their mining operations near Fort McMurray, Alberta, September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo 2/2 By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta…
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An unprecedented economic crisis is unfolding in Sri Lanka. And while the country’s problems have been brewing for years, spillovers from the crisis in Ukraine have sent the island nation over the edge. The Sri…
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The Bank of England has announced that all its electricity and natural gas will come from renewable sources from this month onwards. In a statement on Twitter, the BoE said the decision was part of…
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