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Amazon accepts Visa credit cards in global truce over fees

Amazon.com Inc has reached agreement with Visa Inc (V.N) to accept its credit cards across its network, ending a standoff between the two that threatened to disrupt e-commerce payments and deal a blow to the U.S.-based payments processor.

Geoscientists’ competency assessment comes to Australia

Australia is the latest continent to get a taste of a new online self-assessment tool to benchmark the skills within the international operations geoscience community and identify individuals’ skills gaps. The tool enables operations geoscientists, in the oil and gas sector, to objectively assess the level of their current skills – which they need to be successful in their role.

Stocks rally, seizing on Ukraine de-escalation signs

World stocks crept higher on Wednesday for the second day in a row, while safe-haven assets such as government bonds and gold lost ground, despite Western scepticism over Russian claims of a troop pullback from Ukraine’s borders.

USTR says new trade tools needed to fight China state-led trade

The United States needs to pursue new strategies and update its domestic trade tools to deal with China’s “state-led, non-market policies and practices”, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Wednesday in a new assessment report.

Global equity funds see biggest inflow in six weeks

Global equity funds drew massive inflows in the seven days to Feb. 9 as investors cheered strong earnings results from U.S. and European companies, shrugging off concerns over a rise in bond yields and inflation.

Amazon accepts Visa credit cards in global truce over fees

Amazon.com Inc has reached agreement with Visa Inc (V.N) to accept its credit cards across its network, ending a standoff between the two that threatened to disrupt e-commerce payments and deal a blow to the U.S.-based payments processor.

Geoscientists’ competency assessment comes to Australia

Australia is the latest continent to get a taste of a new online self-assessment tool to benchmark the skills within the international operations geoscience community and identify individuals’ skills gaps. The tool enables operations geoscientists, in the oil and gas sector, to objectively assess the level of their current skills – which they need to be successful in their role.

Stocks rally, seizing on Ukraine de-escalation signs

World stocks crept higher on Wednesday for the second day in a row, while safe-haven assets such as government bonds and gold lost ground, despite Western scepticism over Russian claims of a troop pullback from Ukraine’s borders.

USTR says new trade tools needed to fight China state-led trade

The United States needs to pursue new strategies and update its domestic trade tools to deal with China’s “state-led, non-market policies and practices”, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Wednesday in a new assessment report.

Global equity funds see biggest inflow in six weeks

Global equity funds drew massive inflows in the seven days to Feb. 9 as investors cheered strong earnings results from U.S. and European companies, shrugging off concerns over a rise in bond yields and inflation.

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