Bitcoin Stumbles This Week After $30,000 Threshold Fails to Hold
Bitcoin is ending the week on a down note after failing to sustain momentum once it pushed past $30,000 for the first time since June.
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Pearson Faces Fresh Investor Pushback on CEO’s $11 Million Pay
Pearson Plc faces a fresh wave of investor dissent at its annual shareholder meeting over the pay of Chief Executive Officer Andy Bird.
A Canadian Businessman Spent $1 Million to Offset His Carbon Footprint
After calculating his lifetime carbon emissions, Craig Cohon drained his pension to offset them, and began a 2,600-mile trek to raise awareness.
Top Cleaning Products Waste Water. Will Concentrated Versions Help?
Companies are selling everything from tile cleaner to toothpaste tablets in concentrated form, touting the benefits of reduced packaging and water use.
Fed Officials on Track to Hike Rates and Signal Potential Pause
Federal Reserve officials are on track to raise interest rates a quarter percentage point next month and signal a potential pause from the steepest hiking campaign in decades.
Philippine Central Bank Eyeing Peso After Slide to 4-Month Lows
The Philippine central bank is closely monitoring the peso “for possible spillover impact on inflation amid the recent global banking stresses” after the currency slid to more than four-month lows this week.
ICICI Bank Fourth-Quarter Profit Jumps 30%
ICICI Bank Ltd. reported a 30% rise in profit, helped by robust demand for retail loans in the world’s most populous country.
Union Calls for Strike at Berlin Airport Monday in Wage Dispute
The German trade union Verdi called on its members working at Berlin’s airport to strike on Monday in an ongoing wage dispute that’s likely to lead to flight cancellations.
The Real Climate Job of the Future: Carbon Accountant
When people realize that no technological silver bullet is going to fix climate change, it will be time to call in the consultants.
Greece’s PM Mitsotakis Confirms General Election on May 21
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis confirmed a general vote on May 21, completing the formal process to call for an election that will take place in the aftermath of a deadly train crash which has shaken the country.
