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Exclusive: Barrick to suspend operations in Mali after gold seized
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Jan 13, 2025
German premium carmakers’ sales battered in China and German...
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Brokerages scale back predictions for 2025 Fed cuts after payrolls...
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Jan 13, 2025
Perrin Gayle to leave Scotiabank Jamaica
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Jan 14, 2025
MoneySmart Consultants CEO to help Jamaicans ‘reset’ finances in 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor many, creating new financial habits or upping one’s money management game is among the top five new year’s resolutions made each year. As such, the new year presents the…
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Jan 14, 2025
Exclusive: Barrick to suspend operations in Mali after gold seized
Reading Time: 3 minutesDAKAR, Malu (Reuters) Canadian miner Barrick Gold said it will have to suspend mining operations in Mali after the Government seized gold stocks from the company’s Loulo-Gounkoto complex and flew…
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Jan 13, 2025
German premium carmakers’ sales battered in China and Germany amid slowdown
Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany’s top-end carmakers took a battering at home and in China in 2024, sales volume data showed, as wealthier consumers held back on purchases amid an uncertain economy and on slower than expected electric vehicle sales.
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WORLD
Jan 13, 2025
Brokerages scale back predictions for 2025 Fed cuts after payrolls data
Reading Time: 2 minutesSeveral major brokerages have tempered their predictions for how much the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates in 2025, if at all, after a surprisingly strong U.S. employment report on Friday pointed to resilient economic growth.
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Jan 13, 2025
Perrin Gayle to leave Scotiabank Jamaica
Reading Time: < 1 minuteScotiabank Jamaica has announced the resignation of Perrin Gayle, executive vice-president of Retail and Small Business Banking and acting head of Retail (Caribbean and Central America) effective January 24, 2025….
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Jan 13, 2025
Prime Minister Starmer plans to make Britain AI ‘superpower’
Reading Time: 2 minutesBritish Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he wanted to make the UK an artificial intelligence “superpower”, promising to take a pro-innovation approach to regulation, make public data available to researchers and create zones for data centres.
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USA
Jan 13, 2025
Goldman Sachs announces plans for new capital solutions unit
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGoldman Sachs on Monday announced plans to combine key business segments under a single unit named ‘Capital Solutions Group,’ to grow in private credit, private equity and other asset classes.
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USA
Jan 13, 2025
European Central Bank joins Bluesky, rival to Elon Musk’s X
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe European Central Bank began posting on the Bluesky micro-blogging platform on Monday, joining a rival to Elon Musk’s X just as the U.S. billionaire ramps up his political campaigning in Europe.
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USA
Jan 13, 2025
Stocks drop, dollar gains as bullish US economy prompts rates re-think
Reading Time: 3 minutesGlobal stocks tumbled on Monday, while the dollar traded at its highest in over two years, after last week’s blockbuster U.S. jobs data prompted traders to consider the possibility that the Federal Reserve may have finished cutting interest rates.
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Jan 13, 2025
US Supreme Court rebuffs Meta bid to avoid advertisers’ lawsuit
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Meta Platforms to avoid a multi-billion dollar class action by advertisers that accused the Facebook and Instagram parent company of overcharging them by inflating the number of people their ads might reach.
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Jan 12, 2025
Richardo Williams: Shaping the future of asset management at Barita
Reading Time: 3 minutesRichardo Williams, vice president of asset management and research at Barita Investments Limited, has been making significant strides, quietly yet effectively shaping the future of the company’s investment strategies. With…
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USA
Jan 12, 2025
IDB launches US$4.25 billion Global Sustainable Development Bond benchmark
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), priced a new US$4.25 billion, five-year Global Sustainable Development Bond benchmark. The transaction pays a semi-annual coupon of 4.500 per cent and matures on February…