BEIJING--China's commerce ministry unveiled a pilot program to use a digital currency across major cities, expanding on an initiative to launch the first electronic payment system by a major central bank. The digital currency pilot program, part of the government's sweeping plan to promote the service sector, covers Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei province, the Yangtze River Delta and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement...
The Trump administration on Thursday rolled back regulations aimed at reducing emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from oil and gas operations, its latest move to unwind environmental rules ahead of November's presidential election.
Brazil's economy is unlikely to make a 'V-shaped' recovery, in large part because social isolation measures will continue to weigh on the dominant services sector, the central bank's Economic Policy director Fabio Kanczuk said on Thursday.
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Canada's main stock index fell on Thursday, weighed down by energy stocks as crude prices weakened after the International Energy Agency cut its 2020 forecast for oil demand due to coronavirus-led travel restrictions. * IEA warned that reduced air travel due to the pandemic would lower global oil demand this year by 8.1 million barrels per day.
Canada's main stock index fell on Thursday, weighed down by energy stocks as crude prices weakened after the International Energy Agency cut its 2020 forecast for oil demand due to coronavirus-led travel restrictions. * At 09:30 a.m. ET, the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was down 16.67 points, or 0.1%, at 16,558.61.
DAS Health, the Tampa-based industry leader in health IT and management, has been ranked on the Inc. 5000 List of the nations fastest-growing companies for the 8th year since 2012. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economys most dynamic segmentits independent small businesses. DAS has grown exponentially in the last 3 years.
Services activity in Brazil rose in June, figures showed on Thursday, the first increase in five months as the sector slowly recovers from a record slump triggered by the social isolation measures put in place to combat the COVID-19 outbreak.
Some of Britain's biggest financial and legal firms have stepped up support for staff and customers suffering domestic abuse after the coronavirus lockdown shed new light on the scale of a problem affecting millions nationwide.
* Banks, law firms respond to staff, customer pleas. * Lockdown has led to rise in calls to abuse helplines. * New legislation to legally recognise economic abuse. By Sinead Cruise and Kirstin Ridley.
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