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Advent International to acquire Israeli software provider Sapiens International for $2.5 billion in cash
“Insurers are increasingly turning to technology to help unlock...
African lender weighs claiming Lloyd’s payout on Zambia debt
TDB — together with the African Export Import Bank — has found...
Red Sea turmoil sends economic shockwaves far and wide
According to Freightos, a cargo booking company, the cost of shipping containers from China to the Mediterranean Sea has more than quadrupled since late November WASHINGTON: Two months of missile, drone and hijacking attacks against civilian ships in the Red Sea have...
Boeing to pause 737 production for quality stand down on Jan 25
During the stand down, employees will attend quality workshops and “pause, evaluate what we’re doing, how we’re doing it and make recommendations for improvement,” said Boeing Commercial Airplanes President Stan Deal WASHINGTON: Boeing will hold a quality stand down...
Australia imposes sanctions on Russian hacker over Medibank breach
This is the first time Australia has used its cyber sanctions framework since legislating it in 2021. The sanction makes it a criminal offence, punishable by up to 10 years in jail and fines Australia on Tuesday imposed cyber sanctions on a Russian man for his role in...
Global watchdog to report in October on how social media fuels bank runs
Depositors pulled $42 billion from Silicon Valley Bank in just 10 hours. FSB Secretary General John Schindler said the watchdog is looking at how have deposit dynamics changed, what role has social media played, and what role has new technology played now that...
Bermuda reinsurer returns peaking, to remain favorable in 2024: Fitch
``We expect market conditions to remain favorable at the 2024 midyear renewals, although with stabilizing rates as pricing is generally sufficient. (Re)insurers are also expected to mostly maintain the tighter terms and conditions negotiated in 2023,'' said Fitch New...
Spanish court rules Facebook moderator suffered work-related mental trauma
It is the first time in Spain that a court has recognized a content moderator’s sick leave was caused by their job, said Francesc Feliu, the worker’s lawyer who is also representing around 20 other former and current content moderators at CCC on similar legal grounds...
Near record jump in CO2 emissions expected in 2024 risks climate goal
The jump is the result human-induced pollution, plus the El Niño weather pattern, which weakens the ability of the world’s natural carbon sinks to absorb CO2, according to a forecast by the UK’s Met Office Carbon dioxide emissions are on track for one of the biggest...
Hedge funds rake in huge profits betting on catastrophe risk
The best hedge fund strategy of 2023 was a bet on insurance-linked securities (of which catastrophe bonds are the dominant sub-category), which generated over 14%, according to Preqin, a consultancy that provides data on the alternative asset management industry....
Russian charter flight with 6 people disappears over Afghanistan; crash reported
Russian aviation authorities said in a statement the plane was a charter ambulance flight traveling from India, via Uzbekistan to Moscow on a French-made Dassault Falcon 10 jet manufactured in 1978 Russian aviation authorities said on Sunday a Russian-registered...
Zuckerberg’s firms fined $2.8bn for wrongful user data processing in last 4 yrs: Report
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook "The fines levied on Meta are mainly based on the requirement for companies to store data in the country where it is collected rather than permitting unrestricted movement to global data centres," the report said New Delhi: Mark...