Category: BLOOM

Jul 8

How the Food System Is Changing and What It Means for Investors

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Global shifts in incomes and populations, geopolitics and climate change are combining to drastically alter the outlook for the world’s food supply. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Vildana Hajric and Michael P. Regan Published Jul 08, 2023  •  5 minute read Join the conversation Article content (Bloomberg) — Global […]
Jul 7

Rutte’s Coalition Falls Over Asylum Crisis as Dutch Face Vote

Article content (Bloomberg) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s government collapsed over a migration policy dispute, setting up the Netherlands for its second general election in little more than two years.  Article content Rutte, who has led the Dutch government since 2010, failed to marshal an agreement on Friday within his four-party governing coalition to […]
Jul 3

African Infrastructure Fund Targets $500 Million in First Close

Article content (Bloomberg) — Africa50, a Morocco-based investment platform, seeks to raise $500 million in the first close of its Infrastructure Acceleration Fund that will invest in energy, transportation, telecommunication and water projects. Article content The platform started more than a decade ago by the African Development Bank and African governments aims to help bridge […]
Jun 30

Fed’s Goolsbee Says More Data Needed to Determine Next Interest Rate Move

Article content (Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said it’s too soon to say whether policymakers should raise rates or hold them steady in July, but said inflation remains well above target and has proved more persistent than expected. While some measures of inflation have improved, other categories aren’t coming down […]
Jun 28

GOP Lawmakers Accuse FTC Chair Khan of ‘Misleading’ Testimony

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Republicans leading two powerful House committees are accusing Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan of giving “misleading testimony” before Congress in April over her participation in the agency’s Meta Platforms Inc. probe. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Emily Birnbaum and Leah Nylen Published Jun 28, 2023  •  2 minute […]
Jun 27

New York Skies Set to Darken Again With Smoke From Canada Wildfires

Article content (Bloomberg) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires will obscure the skies in New York and across the Mid-Atlantic starting Wednesday, just weeks after the blazes blanketed the region in a polluted haze.  Article content Air quality could reach unhealthy levels in western and central New York Wednesday into Thursday, Governor Kathy Hochul said in […]