May 17, 2024
Finance

Women in Finance: How to overcome the challenges holding female participation back?

Women with exemplary skills and resilience have achieved significant milestones, breaking barriers in various sectors. Droupadi Murmu’s historic presidency, Arundhati Bhattacharya’s influential role at SBI, and Falguni Nayar’s ascent to self-made billionaire status exemplify these achievements. Beyond headlines, women contribute to households, societies, and corporate landscapes every day. Despite their contributions, persistent stereotypes, such as

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First Mover Advantage? Family Businesses and Sustainable Finance

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] By Professor Veronique J.A. LAFON-VINAIS Associate Professor of Business Education, Department of FinanceHKUST Business School Family businesses include a wide range of businesses from small owner operations to large listed companies, which are significant contributors to the economies of Asia and the world. According

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China’s Fiscal Spending Will Rise This Year, Finance Chief Says

(Bloomberg) — China’s government spending will rise this year, the nation’s Minister of Finance said, as authorities look for ways to bolster domestic demand and help the world’s second-largest economy regain momentum. Most Read from Bloomberg “We will make sure the overall size of fiscal spending increases,” Finance Minister Lan Fo’an said in an interview

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New Mexico regulators reject utility’s effort to recoup some investments in coal and nuclear plants

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Regulators rejected on Wednesday an effort by New Mexico’s largest electric utility to recoup from customers millions of dollars of investments made in a coal-fired power plant in the northwestern corner of the state and a nuclear power plant in neighboring Arizona. The Public Regulation Commission’s decision means Public Service Co.

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Argentine court suspends labor changes in a blow to President Milei’s economic plan

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Javier Milei suffered a judicial blow Wednesday as a court suspended labor rule changes he recently announced as part of sweeping deregulation and austerity measures aimed at reviving Argentina’s struggling economy. The ruling by a three-judge court came on a legal challenge brought by the main union group, the

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This best-selling personal finance author says he’s racked up more than $1 billion in debt

By Hannah Erin Lang The author of “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” said he owes more than a billion dollars – but it’s “not my problem,” he claims. A bestselling personal finance author and entrepreneur admits that he has more than $1 billion in debt – and he doesn’t think that’s a bad thing. “If I

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Fed officials indicated lower rates would be ‘appropriate’ by the end of 2024: meeting minutes

Federal Reserve officials agreed during their last policy meeting of 2023 that interest rates were likely at their peak and almost all of them predicted lower rates “would be appropriate by the end of 2024,” according to minutes from that meeting released by the central bank on Wednesday. But there wasn’t a discussion of exactly

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Stratabound Minerals Announces Non-Brokered $1.5 Million Financing

Toronto, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – January 3, 2024) – Stratabound Minerals Corp. (TSXV: SB) (OTCQB: SBMIF) (“Stratabound” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce a non-brokered financing for $1,500,000 by issuing 60,000,000 units at $0.025 per unit. Each $0.025 unit shall consist of one common share and one common share purchase warrant. Each warrant shall entitle

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Four trends shaping sustainable finance in 2024

Temperature records were broken month after month in 2023, pushing governments around the globe to promise to triple their renewable-energy capacity and transition away from fossil fuels at this year’s UN climate summit. Yet despite these pledges, banks and other financial institutions – sectors crucial to funding the low-carbon transition – stood by their traditional

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UK Export Finance Supports Six Flags Qiddiya City Deal

Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC), supported by the Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (PIF), signed the financing facility UKEF has guaranteed the financing based on the project procuring goods and services from UK suppliers UKEF’s involvement has secured opportunities for UK exporters delivering key equipment and services to the project UKEF has

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