UK debt still seen as ‘safe haven’ asset despite Brexit The UK’s first two gilt auctions since voting to leave the European Union were met with high demand, this week – in particular the 10-year…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm attends the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 4, 2021. REUTERS/Phil Noble//File Photo By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. infrastructure…
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Consumer prices soared in October 2021 and are now up 6.2% from a year earlier – higher than most economists’ estimates and the fastest increase in more than three decades. At this point, that may…
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Africa is humankind’s home continent. Homo sapiens, with the anatomical and cognitive capacity to have human language as we know it today, originated in Africa between 300,000 and 200,000 years ago. Then, as an abundant…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A pump jack operates in front of a drilling rig at sunset in an oil field in Midland, Texas U.S. August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford By Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON (Reuters) -Oil…
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If you own stocks, chances are good you have heard the term ESG. It stands for environmental, social and governance, and it’s a way to laud corporate leaders who take sustainability – including climate change…
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The presumed death of 57-year-old Paul Millachip in an apparently fatal shark bite incident near Perth on November 6 is a traumatising reminder that while shark bites are rare, they can have tragic consequences. Despite…
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The Bank for International Settlements, Basel The signals central banks send to the private sector and the information they receive in return could be enough to explain the decline in the natural rate of interest,…
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© Reuters. By Yasin Ebrahim Investing.com – U.S. crude stockpiles unexpectedly fell last week, exacerbating expectations that supply will remain tight as demand continued to improve. …
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Elon Musk hinted on Oct. 31, 2021, perhaps jokingly, that he might be willing to donate US$6 billion of his fortune to pay for hunger relief. But there was a catch: The United Nations would…
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