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Five keys to expanding Central Asia’s global value chains

By Minsoo Lee Central Asia’s long-term economic prosperity depends upon participation in...

Energy

Oil hits new high near $75 on demand rise, falling inventories

Jun 16, 2021

Oil gained for a fifth day on Wednesday, climbing towards $75 a barrel to its highest since April 2019, supported by a recovery in demand from the pandemic and a drop in U.S. crude inventories.

Oil gains as risk of Iran supply resumption recedes
Jun 15, 2021
More departures from Exxon Mobil’s trading operation -sources
Jun 15, 2021
Oil prices rise as demand improves, supplies tighten
Jun 14, 2021
EXCLUSIVE Energy majors bid for Qatar LNG project despite lower returns
Jun 14, 2021

Healthcare

From Amazon to Tata, industry steps up to combat India’s coronavirus crisis

Sachin Ravikumar, Nivedita Bhattacharjee, Chris Thomas Global and Indian firms are flexing their...

When we evaluate development projects, we must ask: What lessons have we learned?

Jun 16, 2021

As children, we all remember being told: “‘I hope you’ve learned your lesson”, which had a kind of negative connotation. In my line of work, however, which assesses development activities from the point of view of doing the right things in the right way with the right resources for lasting benefits for people – we learn lessons every day to make better decisions for improving quality of lives.

Analysis: Investors ask U.S. SEC for more ESG disclosures as companies resist

Jun 16, 2021

WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) – Investor groups have asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for more corporate disclosures on climate change and other environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues while business interests have pushed back, a Reuters review of correspondence published by the regulator shows.

ECB will “see to it” that banks meet climate risk expectations: Elderson

Jun 16, 2021

FRANKFURT, June 16 (Reuters) – No major bank in the euro zone meets all of the European Central Bank’s expectations in assessing climate-related risk and they should expect increased pressure from their supervisor to adjust, ECB board member Frank Elderson said on Wednesday.

Oil hits new high near $75 on demand rise, falling inventories

Jun 16, 2021

Oil gained for a fifth day on Wednesday, climbing towards $75 a barrel to its highest since April 2019, supported by a recovery in demand from the pandemic and a drop in U.S. crude inventories.

Cheer over Boeing, Airbus deal belies cracks in EU, U.S. trade relationship

Jun 16, 2021

A deal for a five-year ceasefire in a U.S. and EU dispute over aircraft subsidies on Tuesday reflected progress, but the underlying trade relationship remains fragile with many unresolved disagreements, diplomats and trade experts said.