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Explainer: Do 5G telecoms pose a threat to airline safety?

Major international airlines rushed to rejig or cancel flights to the United States ahead of a 5G wireless rollout on Wednesday that has triggered safety concerns, despite wireless carriers saying they will delay parts of the deployment.

‘Sustainable’ firms raise record amount of equity in 2021

Companies in “sustainable” sectors including renewable energy raised a record amount of equity in 2021, Refinitiv Eikon data showed, boosted by surging demand for investments addressing social and environmental problems.

Oil hits 7-year highs as tight supply bites

Benchmark oil prices climbed to their highest level since 2014 on Tuesday as possible supply disruption after attacks in the Mideast Gulf added to an already tight supply outlook

BOJ raises inflation forecasts but rules out policy tightening

The Bank of Japan raised its inflation forecasts on Tuesday but said it was in no rush to change its ultra-loose monetary policy, as rising prices fan speculation it may soon signal a shift in its decade-old stimulus experiment.

UK sees record job creation but inflation squeezes wages

British employers hired a record number of staff last month and labour shortages deepened, increasing the chance that the Bank of England will raise interest rates again next month, but pay was squeezed by rapidly rising inflation.

Explainer: Do 5G telecoms pose a threat to airline safety?

Major international airlines rushed to rejig or cancel flights to the United States ahead of a 5G wireless rollout on Wednesday that has triggered safety concerns, despite wireless carriers saying they will delay parts of the deployment.

‘Sustainable’ firms raise record amount of equity in 2021

Companies in “sustainable” sectors including renewable energy raised a record amount of equity in 2021, Refinitiv Eikon data showed, boosted by surging demand for investments addressing social and environmental problems.

Oil hits 7-year highs as tight supply bites

Benchmark oil prices climbed to their highest level since 2014 on Tuesday as possible supply disruption after attacks in the Mideast Gulf added to an already tight supply outlook

BOJ raises inflation forecasts but rules out policy tightening

The Bank of Japan raised its inflation forecasts on Tuesday but said it was in no rush to change its ultra-loose monetary policy, as rising prices fan speculation it may soon signal a shift in its decade-old stimulus experiment.

UK sees record job creation but inflation squeezes wages

British employers hired a record number of staff last month and labour shortages deepened, increasing the chance that the Bank of England will raise interest rates again next month, but pay was squeezed by rapidly rising inflation.

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