Article content ABIDJAN — The development of the April-to-September mid-crop could finish strong due to above average rains in most of Ivory Coast’s main cocoa growing regions, farmers said on Monday. Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, is in its rainy season which runs officially from April to mid-November. Article content Farmers said that […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Article content KYIV — Russia and Ukraine gave conflicting accounts of the situation in Bakhmut on Sunday, with Kyiv saying it still controlled a small part of the besieged eastern city while Moscow congratulated the Wagner private army and Russian troops for “liberating” it. Russia said on Saturday it had […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Article content Russia and Ukraine gave conflicting accounts of the situation in Bakhmut on Sunday, with Kyiv saying it still controlled a small part of the besieged eastern city while Moscow congratulated the Wagner private army and Russian troops for “liberating” it. FIGHTING Financial Post Top Stories Sign up to […]
Article content WASHINGTON — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said June 1 remains a “hard deadline” for raising the federal debt limit, with the odds quite low that the government will collect enough revenue to bridge to June 15, when more tax receipts are due. Yellen, speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press” program, […]
Article content HIROSHIMA — The Group of Seven rich nations put support for gas investments back into their communique on Saturday, calling it a “temporary” step as they try to de-couple from Russian energy, in a move climate activists say may hurt climate goals. The April meeting of G7 climate ministers eventually agreed, despite tussles […]
Article content WASHINGTON — White House and Republican congressional negotiators on raising the federal $31.4 trillion debt ceiling were quiet on Saturday after meetings on Friday failed and President Joe Biden said in Japan he believed a default could be avoided. A second meeting broke up late Friday with no progress cited by either side […]
Article content NEW DELHI — Indian gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd sees local gas demand growing by 6%-7% in the fiscal year to March, driven by lower prices and the resumption of supply under a deal with the former unit of Russia’s Gazprom, its chairman said on Thursday. Gas consumption in India fell by about […]
Article content Canada’s main stock index traded lower on Wednesday for the second straight session, weighed by mining stocks, although oil refining firm Gibson Energy reported a strong annual outlook. Gibson Energy Inc rose 4.4% after the company lifted its annual growth capital outlook and sanctioned two new tanks at Edmonton Terminal; it was set […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: Reuters Harry Robertson and Stefano Rebaudo Published May 16, 2023 • 2 minute read Join the conversation Article content May 16 (Reuters) – Euro zone bond yields ticked higher on Tuesday after data showed U.S. retail sales and industrial production rose in April. Financial Post Top […]
Article content ROME — Italy on Monday earmarked 30 million euros ($33 million) to improve the skills of unemployed people as well as those workers whose jobs could be most at risk from the advance of automation and artificial intelligence. According to the Fondo per la Repubblica Digitale (FRD), set up in 2021 by the […]