© Reuters. China’s New Oil Giants Flourish in Xi’s Clean Energy Wave (Bloomberg) — China’s newest oil refiners are thriving by aligning themselves with President Xi Jinping’s vision, expanding even as their older rivals and several other private businesses have been reined in by Beijing. These newcomers have gained the moniker Teapot 2.0 in China,…
2/2 © Reuters. Peru’s Finance Minister Pedro Francke gestures during an interview with Reuters in Lima, Peru, August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Angela Ponce 2/2 By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s finance minister, Pedro Francke, told Reuters on Monday that the new leftist government can increase mining taxes to fund public spending without affecting…
Cryptos Need More RegulationBitcoin prices hit a three-month high Monday, topping the $45,000 mark, according to CoinDesk. On Saturday, the U.S. Senate, including 18 Republican senators, passed a procedural vote 67-27 to limit debate and advance the $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act toward a final vote. The Wall Street Journal reported that lawmakers…
DUBLIN, Aug. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The “Environmental Monitoring Market by Product, Sampling, Application – Forecast to 2028” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The global environmental monitoring market is expected to grow at a CAGR of ~7.0% from 2021 to 2028 to reach ~$25.95 billion by 2028.The growth in the environmental monitoring market…
Turo, the peer-to-peer car-sharing startup, has initiated the confidential process of filing for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission. The number of shares to be offered in the IPO and the price range have not yet been determined, the company said in a statement. Turo declined to provide additional information to…
Roxanne Petraeus Contributor Roxanne Petraeus is the CEO and co-founder of Ethena, a compliance training platform for modern teams, and she is a former Army combat veteran. More posts by this contributor Sexual harassment is, unfortunately, always in the news. Of late, it’s revelations at gaming giants and governments. Yet despite how prevalent harassment is,…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is pictured inside the company’s office in Bengaluru, India, April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa/File Photo By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc and one of its biggest sellers in India, Cloudtail, have decided to end their relationship, they said on Monday, following years of allegations…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The facade of the Bank of Mexico building is pictured in downtown in Mexico City, Mexico February 28, 2019. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The Mexican central bank is widely expected to raise its benchmark interest rate at its next monetary policy meeting on Thursday, with inflation still well above…
2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The exterior of the US Capitol is seen as Senators work to advance the bipartisan infrastructure bill in Washington, U.S., August 8, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger 2/2 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A $3.5 trillion budget plan unveiled by U.S. Senate Democrats on Monday calls for tax credits and grants to encourage “clean…
Share to FacebookShare to LinkedinHas the War on Poverty been a failure? Well, of course it has. If you devote 50 years and $21.5 trillion (in 4Q2013 dollars) to anything, and people are arguing about whether it was a success or a failure, then you can be sure that it was a failure. Have you…





