Category: PMN Business

Oct 9

France Weighs Climate Loan of About €300 Million to South Africa

Article content (Bloomberg) — France’s state development bank is considering loaning South Africa about €300 Million ($329 million) in what would be its second disbursement under a climate-finance pact between the African nation and some of the world’s richest countries, people familiar with the situation said.  The 20-year loan, the exact size of which is […]
Oct 9

Social Security’s scheduled cost of living increase ‘won’t make a dent’ for some retirees

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Fatima Hussein Published Oct 09, 2024  •  3 minute read FILE – A Social Security card is displayed on Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore. Photo by Jenny Kane /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Article content WASHINGTON (AP) — Sherri Myers, an 82-year-old resident […]
Oct 8

Statistics Canada reports $1.1B merchandise trade deficit for August

Article content OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country posted a merchandise trade deficit of $1.1 billion in August as lower oil prices weighed on exports. The agency said Tuesday the result compared with a revised deficit of $287 million in July. The initial reading for July released last month pointed to a surplus of […]
Oct 7

Will global soccer be reshaped after EU’s top court issued a major ruling in Lassana Diarra case?

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Samuel Petrequin And Graham Dunbar Published Oct 07, 2024  •  5 minute read FILE – In this file photo dated Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, Paris-Saint-Germain player Lassana Diarra during a French League One soccer match against Saint-Etienne at the Parc des Princes […]