Category: Canada

Jan 20

Why Rishi Sunak’s UK Conservatives Are Talking About a Canadian Election 30 Years Ago

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business A week of Tory rebellions and cataclysmic polls has left members of UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s governing party plumbing new depths of despair over their prospects of staying in power at a general election in the next year. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Alex Wickham and Kitty Donaldson […]
Dec 23

Congo Electoral Body Defends Delays, Begins Release of Results

Article content (Bloomberg) — Democratic Republic of Congo’s electoral commission, CENI, defended the major delays snarling the country’s Dec. 20 polls as the commission began Friday to release a small sampling of results.   The commission has come under fire from opposition politicians and election observers after the vote continued into a second day when […]
Dec 8

China Power Giant Weighs Bid for Chile’s Transelec Stake, Sources Say

Article content (Bloomberg) — China Southern Power Grid Co., the country’s second-largest electricity supplier, is considering a bid for the stakes held by Canadian pension funds in Transelec SA, according to people familiar with the matter. The Chinese state-owned utility, which already holds almost 28% of Chile’s biggest power-transmission company, is working with a financial […]
Dec 2

Japan Vows to End Construction of New Unabated Coal Plants

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business COP28 Daily Reports: Sign up for the Green Daily newsletter for comprehensive coverage of the climate summit right in your inbox. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Isabel Reynolds and Shoko Oda Published Dec 01, 2023  •  3 minute read Join the conversation wuu6p5qkc2[socz1y}fjw2wv_media_dl_1.png Source: Data compiled by Bloombe Article […]
Nov 11

Banking Tycoon Invests in New $500 Million University in Nigeria

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Herbert Wigwe, co-founder of Nigeria’s biggest bank by assets, is investing in a new $500 million university to help build skills needed for the finance and technology industries in Africa’s most-populous nation. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Emele Onu and Anthony Osae-Brown Published Nov 11, 2023  •  2 minute […]
Nov 7

RBA Resumes Rate Hikes, Lifts Hurdle to Further Tightening

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Australia’s central bank resumed raising interest rates on Tuesday in a widely anticipated move, while signaling a higher hurdle to further policy tightening that pushed the local currency lower. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Swati Pandey Published Nov 07, 2023  •  4 minute read Join the conversation bpwoasrg1u00u9{droi6c]3h_media_dl_1.png Bloomberg […]