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Airtel Mulls UK Listing of its Money Unit in Dollars

Airtel Africa Plc is considering having its mobile payments arm trade in US dollars when it lists it in London later this year, an arrangement that’s only been seen a handful of times.

Oil Spills Show Cost of Keeping Middle East Barrels Flowing

As producers keep crude moving during the war, leaks across the Gulf are exposing the growing environmental toll.

Data centers in space could be a new frontier for insurers — if they can price the risk

The push to build data centers has moved to lower Earth orbit, and insurers could be facing a new market with plenty of complexity.

Partners Group Becomes Worst Performer Among Europe Financials

Partners Group Holding AG became the worst performing stock in MSCI’s sector index for European financial companies this year, signaling investor concern over redemptions from its popular evergreen funds.

Amazon Delivery System Under Pressure From New York City Proposal

A city council proposal calls for Amazon to hire its contract delivery couriers

Oil set for weekly gains after US threatens indefinite blockade of Iran

Indonesia MPR calls for end to wars in Middle East, encourages peace

Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) of the Republic of Indonesia, Ahmad Muzani, called for an ...

US firms that kept DEI policies despite ‘go woke, go broke’ threats thrived

Exclusive: Companies that kept policies did just as well financially, even after Trump’s executive order, as those that didn’t Conservative backlash was supposed to put an end to the diversity, inclusion and equity (DEI) movement as…

Everyone but me is getting excited about European equities

It doesn’t matter which index you buy, and that tells you everything you need to know

Copper Crunch Worsens as Key Spread Heads for Highest Since 2021

Spot copper prices are surging above later-dated futures on the London Metal Exchange, in a condition known as backwardation that’s a hallmark of a deepening squeeze on supply.

Prabowo proposes US$230 billion budget for 2027; targets deficit at 2.4% of GDP

President Prabowo Subianto also announced that the government was planning to revise its citizenship law to allow some Indonesians to hold dual nationality for the first time.

Africa: Inside The $5 Billion Plan To Keep Africa's Cotton Jobs In Africa

[Bird Story Agency] Africa grows plenty of cotton. It just does not make much of it into clothes. A new $5 billion plan aims to change that, turning a scattered collection of cotton producers into a regional textile industry.