Spurred by calculations showing that companies with a lower environmental impact are less of a financial risk, banks are beginning to offer cheaper loans if chemical firms hit agreed-upon levels of environmental performance. ...
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Jun 26, 2019
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An international financial monitor warned world leaders Tuesday that wider use by retail shoppers of cryptocurrencies like Libra, unveiled last week by Facebook, would need "close scrutiny" by regulators.
Business
Jun 25, 2019
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The risk of house prices crashing and leaving millions of homeowners in negative equity could be removed if the financial sector adopts new models of investment for housing that are widely used in other areas of finance, ...
Economics & Business
Mar 27, 2019
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The "tragedy of the horizons," a term coined by Canada's Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, has been haunting the financial sector ever since climate change began posing serious threats to the planet.
Environment
Jan 5, 2018
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France's finance minister unveiled Friday a decree that would make it the first nation in Europe to allow the trading of some non-listed securities using the blockchain technology that underpins cryptocurrencies.
Internet
Dec 8, 2017
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Current regulations aimed at reducing risk of crisis in the financial sector will not effectively reduce that risk, according to new research from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), published ...
Economics & Business
Mar 27, 2017
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China has a debt problem. But research shows that it's not the industrial sector or state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to blame but the booming private property market.
Economics & Business
Oct 28, 2016
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As Germany's banking capital, Frankfurt has long established itself as one of Europe's leading financial hubs.
Business
Feb 28, 2016
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Cybercrime is estimated to cost the global economy upwards of US$400 billion a year, and these costs are expected to continue to rise.
Security
Mar 24, 2015
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China is waging an aggressive cyber-war against the United States which costs American business billions of dollars every year, Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey said Sunday.
Security
Oct 6, 2014
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