Barclays bank cut 5,000 jobs in cost-saving drive

Business & FinanceEconomy 14 December 2023, 4:50 am 1 minute Reuters was first to report that the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) carried out its first climate risk assessment of more than two dozen banks in recent months, laying the groundwork for heightened scrutiny of Wall Street’s accounting for…

One of the UK’s richest men, Sir Jim has built a multi-billion pound business by snapping up unloved assets.

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Now that regulators have cleared the way, regular investors will have easier access to the most mainstream — and valuable — cryptocurrency through bitcoin exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s decision Wednesday followed numerous setbacks for the digital assets sector, including several…

Microplastics found in the US food and water supply that contain “forever chemicals” are contributing to a quarter of a trillion dollar a year health crisis, according to a new study. In 2018 alone, exposure to the small plastics — which the Mayo Clinic has linked to heart health, hormone imbalances and even cancer —…

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Business & FinanceEconomy 14 December 2023, 4:50 am 1 minute Reuters was first to report that the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) carried out its first climate risk assessment of more than two dozen banks in recent months, laying the groundwork for heightened scrutiny of Wall Street’s accounting for…