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Oil slides on demand concerns, strong dollar By Reuters

Oil slides on demand concerns, strong dollar By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Crude oil storage tanks are seen in an aerial photograph at the Cushing oil hub in Cushing, Oklahoma, U.S. April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Drone Base//File Photo By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters)…

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Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot raises serious concerns – but probably not the ones you think

Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot raises serious concerns – but probably not the ones you think

Elon Musk announced a humanoid robot designed to help with those repetitive, boring tasks people hate doing. Musk suggested it could run to the grocery store for you, but presumably it would handle any number…

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Police access to COVID check-in data is an affront to our privacy. We need stronger and more consistent rules in place

Police access to COVID check-in data is an affront to our privacy. We need stronger and more consistent rules in place

The Australian Information Commissioner this week called for a ban on police accessing QR code check-in data, unless for COVID-19 contact tracing purposes. State police have already accessed this data on at least six occasions…

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Oil mixed, fears of slower demand weigh on sentiment By Reuters

Oil mixed, fears of slower demand weigh on sentiment By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Crude oil storage tanks are seen in an aerial photograph at the Cushing oil hub in Cushing, Oklahoma, U.S. April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Drone Base//File Photo By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) –…

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The evolving ‘strategy function’ in central banks

The evolving ‘strategy function’ in central banks

The evolving ‘strategy function’ in central banks – Central Banking Study shows central banks still struggle to fully utilise strategy units The discipline of ‘strategic planning’ emerged in private-sector companies in the 1960s, and became…

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Over 80% of oil output in Gulf of Mexico still offline a week after Ida By Reuters

Over 80% of oil output in Gulf of Mexico still offline a week after Ida By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Oil rigs are seen in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, in Grand Isle, Louisiana, U.S. August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo By Stephanie Kelly NEW…

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Dung beetle experiment suggests carbon dioxide is bad for insects too

Dung beetle experiment suggests carbon dioxide is bad for insects too

Insects are a vital cog in the great wheel of nature. They outnumber humans a billion to one and make up more than 75% of animals on earth. It’s no wonder that they are the…

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Rishi Sunak’s fight to raise taxes to reform social care is nothing compared to financial battles ahead

Rishi Sunak’s fight to raise taxes to reform social care is nothing compared to financial battles ahead

The UK government’s widely trailed announcement that it will increase national insurance taxes by more than one percentage point to fund reform of the social care system and help fund the NHS has triggered a…

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Oil down after deep Saudi price cuts spur demand concerns By Reuters

Oil down after deep Saudi price cuts spur demand concerns By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: General view of Aramco tanks and oil pipe at Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia May 21, 2018. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah/File Photo By Julia Payne LONDON…

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Young people are missing the office – here’s how they can thrive in a post-pandemic workplace

Young people are missing the office – here’s how they can thrive in a post-pandemic workplace

When asked about the government’s position on remote working in the long-term, UK chancellor Rishi Sunak recently said that young people in particular would benefit from physically being in the office. “It was really beneficial…

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