Economy

The Economist’s finance and economics internship

THE ECONOMIST is seeking promising journalists and would-be journalists to apply for the 2023 Marjorie Deane internship. The successful candidate will spend six months with us in London writing about finance and […]

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Economy

The world’s oil-price benchmark is being radically reformed

The price of Brent crude has a decent claim to be the world’s most important number. Two-thirds of the 100m barrels a day of oil traded globally derive their price from it. […]

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Economy

Radical reform of the world’s oil-price benchmark seeks to avert chaos

The price of Brent crude has a decent claim to be the world’s most important number. Two-thirds of the 100m barrels a day of oil traded globally derive their price from it. […]

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Fintech

Amsterdam fintech Klearly launches in the Netherlands after raising €2.1M from Antler, ex-Mollie CEO, others

Klearly team | Image credit: Klearly Amsterdam-based Klearly, a startup that claims to be the first Dutch app to allow users to receive payments directly on their phones, announced on Wednesday that […]

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Fintech

Ireland-based fintech platform NomuPay secures €50.1M for cross-border payments; Know more

NomuPay CEO, Peter Burridge | Image credit: NomuPay Dublin-based NomuPay, an end-to-end payment platform for expansion into regions of high cross-border and ecommerce growth, announced that it has secured $53.6M (approximately €50.19M) […]

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News

Germany expert commission releases report recommending legalization of early-stage abortion and amended laws for later-term pregnancies – JURIST

The Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine in Germany on Monday submitted a final report recommending the legalization of abortion within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy in the country.The German […]

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News

Australia judge rules in defamation trial that former government adviser raped a colleague in parliament – JURIST

Australia Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found that former government adviser Bruce Lehrmann raped a colleague in a Parliament House office on Monday. The judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit Lehrmann brought against […]

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News

Poland classifies attack on humanitarian aid workers as murder, demands Israeli cooperation in investigation – JURIST

The Polish government on Friday labeled the death of Polish aid worker Damian Soból as murder, following the deaths of seven humanitarian aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) serving in […]

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News

Amnesty International urges immediate investigation into war crimes in Merawi, Ethiopia – JURIST

Amnesty International asserted Friday that African and global human rights bodies must urgently investigate alleged war crimes committed by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) in the town of Merawi, Amhara region, […]

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