SIX Singapore companies met on April 13 to launch an environmental and sustainability-focused grouping called a Circle of Practice for Accounting for Sustainability. The group, which said that it may be the first in Asia to be assembled, seeks to adopt, learn and improve on addressing social and
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Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. acquired a new position in Getty Realty Co. (NYSE:GTY) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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An influential body of U.K. lawmakers said regulators should stop major tech companies from dominating the field of artificial intelligence, and also warned on the potential of widespread unemployment due the technology. British antitrust regulators should be mindful that large datasets on which artificial
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… short term, but will probably strengthen when it does. Danske Bank forecasts the rand advancing to 11.80 per dollar in three months, 11.50 in six months and 11 in 12 months. The probability of the rand reaching 11 per dollar over the next year is about 41 percent, according to Bloomberg calculations.
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The foreign ministers of China and Japan agreed to work closely to push North Korea to abandon its nuclear program, in the latest sign of improved cooperation between Asia's two largest economies. “To get North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons and missiles in a complete, irreversible and
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