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Exclusive: Bank of England governor sees threat of ‘liquidity trap’ and need for fresh monetary tools

Exclusive: Bank of England governor sees threat of ‘liquidity trap’ undermining fight on recession

A group of prominent internet pioneers is mobilizing to block the $1.1 billion sale of control of the .org internet domain, arguing that the takeover of .org by a newly formed private company would hurt the millions of nonprofits that rely on it.

PM has to tread a narrow path between the US and keeping faith with allies in Europe

A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc investment banker pleaded guilty on Tuesday to insider trading, as part of what U.S. prosecutors have called a wide-ranging international trading ring to generate tens of millions of dollars of illegal profits.

Self-driving cars employ lidar, a remote sensing technology using pulsed laser light the way radar uses radio waves, and lidar makers waiting for the automotive market to take off are courting new customers who would use the technology for everything from monitoring cattle to helping a disc jockey synchronize dance...

Ethiopia's economy is expected to grow at a faster pace in its 2019/20 fiscal year from the previous year, helped by improvements in its financial sector, its central bank said.

Recession risks have diminished in recent months, and the current window of weakness for global growth will give way to a "moderate recovery" in 2020, money manager Pacific Investment Management Co (PIMCO) forecast Tuesday in its 2020 outlook.

Britain's markets watchdog has told the bosses of commercial insurance companies to stamp out bad behaviour in the industry and improve diversity, or risk losing their jobs.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc unveiled details about its consumer business for the first time on Tuesday and will start disclosing its results regularly as part of a broader reporting-line shuffle, responding to long-standing requests for more transparency from analysts and investors.