Projects from four Caricom countries selected for IDB funding
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says projects from four Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries have been selected ...
How mega-polluters take advantage of billions in green loans
Shell got one. So did the pipeline company Enbridge. And last summer, energy giant Drax got its biggest one to date, worth more than half a billion dollars.
A Ghost Island Has Emerged From the Sea Overnight
Satellites show that the island formed 15 miles off the coast of Azerbaijan in early 2023, but had diminished to only one-quarter of its maximum size by the end of 2024. The word “volcano” encompasses ...
JPMorgan CFO Says Firm Isn’t Hoping Office Push Prompts Attrition
After JPMorgan Chase told employees last week that they would have to start going into the office five days a week starting ...
Why investors are lending MicroStrategy billions of dollars at 0% interest so it can buy bitcoin
MicroStrategy's mega $2.6 billion convertible issuance at a 0% coupon in November can be thought of as a loan with no interest. With it, MicroStrategy plans to buy more bitcoin, and to keep using ...
Inflation rises for third month to 2.9% in December. What it means for Fed rate cuts.
Annual inflation ticked up for a third straight month in December as food, energy costs rose, CPI report showed. But ...