Published on : 12/22/2022 – 12:13 Sam Bankman-Fried, the fallen founder of FTX, the cryptocurrency trading platform, arrived in New York on Wednesday, December 21st. The day before he had given his consent to be extradited from the Bahamas where he was being held. Accused of massive fraud, among other charges, he is to appear … Read more
The boss’s pay may now be tied to their company’s climate goals. This is the shock measure of the new governance code for French employers devised by the French association of private companies (Afep) and Medef, who jointly published this best practice guide on 20 December. It recommends that the remuneration of company leaders be … Read more
Justice seeks a €100,000 fine for steel group Tata Steel in Amsterdam court for spreading dangerous dust clouds and dumping wastewater. According to the Public Prosecution Service (OM), the IJmuiden steelmaker violated environmental regulations. The request concerns four lawsuits filed against Tata Steel following investigations between 2018 and 2021. In two cases there was an … Read more
Colombia cannot impose taxes on imports of frozen potato chips from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled in a case brought by the EU. The South American country found that the three European countries were selling their frozen fries at dumping prices (below the market price) on the Colombian … Read more
The Turkish central bank keeps its key interest rate at 9%. With this, the central bank is responding to the Turkish president’s desire to bring interest rates below 10 percent by the end of the year. This while Turkey is struggling with sky-high inflation of over 84% year-on-year. Price hikes in the country are fueled … Read more
Interviewed yesterday, in Lisbon, in the context of the process of Benfica emails released on the Porto Canal, Júlio Magalhães, former director of the television station, denied any responsibility in the case, assuring that the responsibility lay with FC Porto to reveal the email content. “That was FC Porto’s responsibility and it didn’t escape me. … Read more
– There are historically high electricity prices and estimates that indicate an imminent energy deficit in Norway. Then the question to electrify the plant shows a total lack of understanding of the situation. So we don’t need electrification at the summit, which will only shift Norwegian emissions to other countries to beautify our climate bills, … Read more
Prices for owner-occupied homes rose 4.9% last month compared to a year ago. In October, houses that changed hands were still 7.8% more expensive than in the same month a year ago, according to Statistics Netherlands and Kadaster. “It’s the smallest year-over-year price increase in more than six years,” says CBS. If you compare house … Read more
About 90 percent of those entitled to the energy allowance of 1,300 euros also requested it. Minister Carola Schouten (Poverty Policy) said this in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. According to the minister, this can be seen from the data of the municipalities. According to her, this figure is very large. Other poverty and … Read more
Swedish clothing company, H&M, has pulled a group of clothes featuring images of famed Canadian pop star Justin Bieber, including shirts and jackets, as well as shopping bags, from its store shelves after the young singer criticized it , the German news agency reported. ». Bieber, 28, took to social media earlier this week to … Read more