DUBAI – Danish investment firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners is looking to raise $3 billion for a new fund focused on building renewable energy projects from scratch in emerging and middle-income countries, the heads of the fund told Reuters. The 14-year Growth Markets Fund II it has just launched will target wind and solar ...
LONDON – Britain needs a new economic strategy to reverse 15 years of falling living standards and worsening inequality, a leading think tank and an academic research centre said on Monday. British productivity growth has been half that of other rich economies, costing workers an average of 10,700 pounds ($13,577) a ...
The Santa Claus rally has left the station and is barreling down the tracks, as the Federal Reserve is on hold. Before I took a week off from writing this column for the Thanksgiving holiday, I wrote: “Regular readers of ...
Well, we’re into the final month of 2023. Are we having fun yet? I’d argue that the bulls are having a blast, with many stocks surging year-to-date. I love all the attention that the “Magnificent 7” are attracting. Stock market ...
In the past two decades, the TSA has proven it is ineffective in providing real security for airline passengers. However, its growing incompetence is matched only by its increasing intrusion into travelers’ lives. Original Article: The TSA Is Still Crazy ...
Following a strong consolidation in the week before this one, the markets finally staged a decisive rally over the past four sessions of the truncated week. The benchmark index NIFTY50 surged in all four sessions; it went on to move ...
SEOUL — North Korea has begun reconnaissance satellite operations, state news agency KCNA said on Sunday, after the country launched its first military spy satellite last month in a move that drew new sanctions from the U.S. and its allies. ...
LONDON — A digital pound should not be available in large sums initially to avoid the risk of bank runs, British lawmakers said in a report on Saturday that also highlighted the need to safeguard cash and user privacy. The ...
GAZA/CAIRO — Israel faced growing US calls to avoid further harm to Palestinian civilians in its fight against Hamas militants in Gaza, as the warring sides on Sunday showed no sign of moving toward reviving their collapsed truce. As Israeli ...
MANAUS, Brazil — The Amazon rainforest’s record-breaking drought hit home for Raimundo Leite de Souza one October morning, he said, when he woke to find the stream that runs behind his house had dropped nearly a foot overnight, stranding his ...