President Biden tells dozens of African leaders gathered in Washington that US is "all in on Africa's future," laying out $55 billions in promised funding and private investment to help the continent in multiple sectors.
The agreement will help Vietnam achieve its goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions to "net zero" by 2050, a goal which experts say is necessary to cap global warming.
Khartoum inks a preliminary deal with a group led by UAE's AD Ports Group and Invictus Investment to build and operate Abu Amama port and economic zone on Red Sea.
Gautam Adani, who saw $100 billion rout in shares of his listed firms, says his conglomerate has "impeccable track record" of fulfilling debt obligations. Meanwhile, Citigroup stops accepting securities of his firms as collateral for margin loans.
British company's record earnings is more than double from a year earlier, intensifying pressure on governments to further raise taxes on the sector as consumers struggle to afford fuel.
Retailers, second after tech, cut 13,000 positions in January, compared with virtually no layoffs a year earlier. Financial firms, meanwhile, shed 10,603 jobs last month, up from 696 roles a year earlier.
Investors have lopped off more than $100 billion from the market capitalisation of seven of the group's listed stocks since Hindenburg Research last week questioned the group's debt levels and use of tax havens.
Elon Musk's 2018 tweet said that he had the financing to take Tesla private, even though it turned out he hadn’t gotten an iron-clad commitment for a deal that would have cost $20 billion to $70 billion to pull off.
