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UBS posts first quarterly loss since 2017 on Credit Suisse costs
UBS posts first quarterly loss since 2017 on Credit Suisse costs
by  AFP

UBS posted a larger-than-expected loss in the third quarter on Tuesday, the first quarterly drop since 2017 as it integrates Credit Suisse after taking over its fallen Swiss banking rival. Credit Suisse posted a positive inflow of net new money for the first time since the first quarter of 2022 at $3 billion.

China owed more than $1 trillion in Belt and Road debt: report
China owed more than $1 trillion in Belt and Road debt: report
by  AFP

China is owed more than a trillion dollars through its Belt and Road project, making it the biggest debt collector in the world, a report said this week, with an estimated 80 percent of the loans supporting countries in financial distress.

Asian markets take a breather after Fed rate pause rally
Asian markets take a breather after Fed rate pause rally
by  AFP

Asian markets turned negative Tuesday after their latest rally as high hopes the US Federal Reserve has finished hiking rates gave way to profit-taking. Still, markets are betting on a number of rate cuts next year totalling more than 100 basis points.

Polish truckers block Ukraine border points in protest
Polish truckers block Ukraine border points in protest
by  AFP

Several dozen owners of transport companies on Monday blocked three major Polish border crossings with Ukraine to protest what they say is unfair competition from the neighbouring country's businesses. "Their costs of servicing a truck, hiring a driver or merely of opening a business or paying social insurance are much lower," Marek Oklinski, a transport company owner, told AFP in Dorohusk.

Corporations fall short on implementing green agendas: report
Corporations fall short on implementing green agendas: report
by  AFP

Corporations are increasingly committed to green agendas, but a new report on Tuesday reveals that only one in 20 of over a thousand publicly listed companies have a detailed strategy for how they will reach their greenhouse gas targets. And whether companies have a detailed plan for reaching them," he added.

Competition proposed to deliver European space cargo to ISS
Competition proposed to deliver European space cargo to ISS
by  AFP

The European Space Agency on Monday proposed a competition between European firms to build a ship that would deliver cargo to the International Space Station. "You have to be able to send a cargo ship to a station and come back.

British Steel green furnace switch sparks jobs warning
British Steel green furnace switch sparks jobs warning
by  AFP

Chinese-owned British Steel on Monday launched plans to replace its coal-powered blast furnaces with electric technology that emits less pollution, but unions warned it would threaten up to 2,000 jobs. Unions predict British Steel, which employs 4,500 people across the country, could axe up to 2,000 jobs under the cost-cutting plan.