The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has appointed Martin J. Gruenberg, Acting Chairman of the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), as Chair of the FSB’s Resolution Steering Group (ReSG), effective 15 February 2022. The…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. Picture taken March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Nick Oxford By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters)…
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Europe is facing strong economic headwinds. Record inflation, the need to recover from the pandemic, and a divided response to Russian troop deployments along the Ukraine border, all chill the February air. Whether this complex…
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The Reserve Bank of India has handed over a chunk of its capital to the government as a one-off payment, after an expert committee delivered its long-awaited report on how the central bank should share…
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For more than two decades the International Space Station (ISS) has been the mainstay of human presence and research in space. More than 100 metres long, it’s the largest object ever placed in space, and…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S., November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Angus Mordant/File Photo By John Kemp LONDON (Reuters) -A…
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The introduction of information and communication technologies has created an opportunity for consumers to pay for products and services online and offline using mobile phones. Transactions carried out through wireless and wired data transmission networks…
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Straightforward guidance about ultra-processed foods is rare in national dietary guidelines. Only seven countries refer to “ultra-processed foods” explicitly. They are Belgium, Brazil, Ecuador, Israel, Maldives, Peru and Uruguay. The term “ultra-processed food” is clearly…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S., November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Angus Mordant//File Photo By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin LONDON (Reuters) -Oil…
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Moody’s Investors Service, one of the three dominant global credit rating agencies, is acquiring a majority shareholding in Global Credit Rating (GCR), a leading credit rating agency in Africa. The move is based on Moody’s…
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