Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Kelvin Chan Published Dec 06, 2023 • 3 minute read Join the conversation Article content LONDON (AP) — The generative AI boom has sent governments worldwide scrambling to regulate the emerging technology, but it also has raised the risk of upending a European […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Canadian Press Rosa Saba Published Dec 06, 2023 • 5 minute read Join the conversation More than a month after 3,700 grocery store workers walked off their jobs at Toronto-area Metro stores in July, they returned to work under a new contract that Unifor called […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business China may be the world’s biggest buyer of iron ore, but even that powerful position doesn’t mean that Beijing can succeed in dictating prices for the steelmaking ingredient, said the head of No. 2 producer Vale SA. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Mariana Durao and Thomas Biesheuvel Published Dec […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business US climate envoy John Kerry criticized some US oil producers for not doing enough to combat global warming and singled out Chevron Corp. for particular scrutiny. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Jennifer A. Dlouhy and John Fraher Published Dec 05, 2023 • 3 minute read Join the conversation Abdulaziz […]
Article content PARIS (AP) — France’s National Assembly unanimously approved a bill to ban single-use, disposable electronic cigarettes, in an attempt to protect young people drawn to their flavors and mitigate the environmental impacts of the disposable products known as “puffs.” Lawmakers adopted the bill in a late-night vote on Monday by 104 in favor, […]
Article content (Bloomberg) — Singapore is taking multiple steps to improve transition financing, including setting new rules for financial institutions to manage their climate-related risks and to support an orderly transition. “We do not want financial institutions to indiscriminately exit from carbon intensive activities just to reduce their financed emissions. Rather, we want them to […]
Article content (Bloomberg) — Swiss inflation unexpectedly slowed to a two-year low, adding to the case for Swiss National Bank officials to keep borrowing costs steady when they meet next week. Consumer prices rose 1.4% in November from a year earlier, the weakest since October 2021. That was lower than predicted by any economist in […]
Article content (Bloomberg) — South Korean battery stocks rose Monday after the US released guidelines designed to limit electric car makers from sourcing battery materials from China. Ecopro BM Co., which produces cathode-active materials, surged as much as 26% in Seoul trading, while SK IE Technology Co., which makes separators used in EV batteries, […]
Article content (Bloomberg) — Sign up for the Green Daily newsletter for comprehensive coverage of COP28 right in your inbox. The larger-than-usual group of investors and bankers in attendance at COP28 in Dubai are not there primarily (if at all) for altruistic reasons. They’ve traveled to the United Arab Emirates for the same reason they’d […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Sign up for the Green Daily newsletter for comprehensive coverage of the climate summit right in your inbox. Author of the article: Bloomberg News John Fraher Published Dec 04, 2023 • 3 minute read Join the conversation Ajay Banga, president of the World Bank Group, during the Singapore FinTech Festival […]