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Germany to take on 45.6 billion euros in new debt in 2023
Date: November 11, 2022
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will comply with its constitutional debt brake next year for the first time since 2019, even as it takes on significantly more new debt than laid out in its summer draft, several Bundestag budget committee sources told Reuters on Friday. The budget foresees 45.61 billion euros ($46.62 billion) in new debt...
Holcim launches share buyback of up to 2 billion Swiss francs
Date: November 11, 2022
ZURICH (Reuters) – Holcim will launch on Monday its previously announced share buyback programme worth up to 2 billion Swiss francs ($2.08 billion), the cement group said on Friday. Holcim plans to repurchase up to 40 million shares until May 2023, to be approved for cancellation at the annual general meeting in May 2023. The...
Global CO2 emissions to rise again, climate goals at risk, scientists say
Date: November 11, 2022
By Kate Abnett SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels are on track to rise around 1% this year, scientists said on Friday, warning this would make it harder for the world to avoid disastrous levels of climate change. Released during the United Nations COP27 climate summit, the...
Analysis-FTX debacle sparks investor rethink of battered crypto market
Date: November 11, 2022
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Elizabeth Howcroft NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – With major cryptocurrency exchange FTX on the brink of collapse, some investors are beginning to question the viability of a sector already bruised by the bitcoin bubble bursting and closures of key market players. Crypto markets have come under intense pressure this year, as rising...
AMD launches data center CPU ‘Genoa’, taps Google, Microsoft as customers
Date: November 11, 2022
By Jane Lanhee Lee and Chavi Mehta (Reuters) – Advanced Micro Devices Inc launched its latest data center chip on Thursday and said Microsoft Corp’s Azure, Alphabet-owned Google Cloud and Oracle Corp would be some of its customers. The fourth generation EPYC processor, code named “Genoa”, makes significant improvement on performance and energy efficiency compared...
Rishi Sunak ‘pleased’ with progress on resolving Northern Ireland protocol
Date: November 11, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday he was pleased with the progress the government was making on resolving a long running post-Brexit trade row with the European Union over Northern Ireland. Technical talks recently resumed for the first time in seven months on the Northern Ireland protocol, the part of the...