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Interest Rates: Why the Era of Cheap Money Is Finally Ending

The Bank of England was widely expected to slightly increase its official bank rate on November 4, but it decided to stick to the all-time low of 0.1%. However, the bank has made it clear that a rise will soon be needed, and the recent increases in mortgage rates indicate that lenders agree. So why…

ByReutersNovember 5, 20210Comments

Environment

COP26 Coalition Worth $130 Trillion Vows to Put Climate at Heart of Finance

* Finance firms managing $130 trillion join net-zero pledge * Carney says the money is there, but needs mechanisms * Investors want scale, transparency and public commitment * Kerry says pledges give only 60% chance of securing 1.5C GLASGOW, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Banks, insurers and investors with $130 trillion at their disposal pledged on…

ByReutersNovember 3, 20210Comments

Health

U.S. Charges 18 Former NBA Players With Defrauding League’s Health Plan

The investigation of the ex-president’s call to Georgia to “find more votes”

ByReutersOctober 12, 20210Comments

Environment

Nikola, TC Energy to jointly develop hydrogen production plants in U.S., Canada

Oct 7 (Reuters) Nikola is joining hands with Canadian pipeline operator TC Energy Corp to build and operate plants for hydrogen production to meet the electric-truck maker's fuel supply needs of its vehicles, the companies said on Thursday. Under the agreement, the two companies are planning to build their plants in the United States and…

ByReutersOctober 12, 20210Comments

Environment

U.S. Says All Options ‘on The Table’ To Tackle Energy Crunch

There are multiple ways to find the harmony that leads to personal happiness.

ByReutersOctober 12, 20210Comments

International

Factors Driving Canadian Inflation Still Seem Temporary, Central Bank Chief Says

OTTAWA, Oct 7 (Reuters) The factors influencing Canada's red-hot inflation are proving more persistent than expected, but there are "good reasons to believe" they remain temporary, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said on Thursday. Macklem, answering questions after a speech to a foreign policy think-tank, said Canada's central bank continues to expect inflation to…

ByReutersOctober 12, 20210Comments

International

Compassion Not Barbed Wire Should Greet Migrants, Nobel Winner Gurnah Says

Social activists fight for the rights of prisoners condemned to death

ByReutersOctober 12, 20210Comments

Markets

U.S. Stocks-Wall Street Surges As Debt-Ceiling Truce Provides Relief

Oct 7 (Reuters) Wall Street's main indexes jumped on Thursday in a broad-based rally led by heavyweight technology shares, after a truce in the debt-ceiling standoff in the U.S. Congress relieved concerns of a possible government debt default this month. The U.S. Senate took a step toward passing a $480 billion increase in Treasury Department…

ByReutersOctober 12, 20210Comments

Markets

U.S. labor market regaining footing as weekly jobless claims fall sharply

WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits dropped by the most in three months last week, suggesting the labor market recovery was regaining momentum after a recent slowdown, as the wave of COVID-19 infections began to subside. The weekly unemployment claims report from the Labor Department on Thursday,…

ByReutersOctober 12, 20210Comments

Economy

U.S., China Must Manage ‘intense Competition’, Top Biden Adviser Says

BRUSSELS, Oct 7 (Reuters) U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Thursday his talks with China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Switzerland on Wednesday avoided the acrimony of a meeting in March and that more were needed to avert conflict between the two countries. The closed-door meeting at an airport hotel in Zurich, which…

ByReutersOctober 11, 20210Comments

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