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Fin24.com | Saudi Crown Prince has `blood on his hands', Erdogan aide says

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has “blood on his hands” in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a top aide to Turkey’s president said, in his country’s first direct accusation against the power behind the Saudi throne.




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Fin24.com | Pakistan's 'penniless billionaires' expose money laundering frenzy

It took rickshaw driver Mohammad Rasheed a year to save 300 rupees to buy his daughter a bike, so when he found three billion rupees ($22.5 million) had passed through an unused bank account in his name, he was stunned ... and scared.




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Fin24.com | Trump seeks to limit birthright citizenship in constitution

US President Donald Trump says he plans to sign an executive order ending birthright citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorised immigrants born on US soil.




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Fin24.com | How long will world leaders be in power? Here's a reality check

Political power is a slippery thing. Even in an absolute monarchy, it can get away from you with one wrong move.




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Fin24.com | Eyeing Saudi riches, Wall Street gets back to business as usual despite Khashoggi aftermath

For a moment, Wall Street seemed to be inching away from Saudi Arabia. Now, it’s already inching back.




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Fin24.com | Beirut's ghost apartments are haunting the economy

Permanently-drawn curtains on the city’s empty luxury high-rises and dust gathering over shuttered storefronts in the Beirut Souks mall offer a glimpse of the economic gloom gathering over one of the world’s most indebted countries.




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Fin24.com | EU Plan to tax Facebook as Amazon heads for Brussels showdown

Finance ministers meeting in Brussels will try to push forward a legislative proposal for a levy on the European sales of companies with a global annual revenue of $853m or more, such as Facebook, Alphabet and Amazon.




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Fin24.com | Trump, Xi set for `big meeting' as investors await trade truce

President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping will sit down for a highly anticipated dinner with investors and allies eager for a truce in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies.




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Fin24.com | Indonesia was rocked by more than 11 000 earthquakes last year

Indonesia was rattled by more than 11 500 earthquakes last year, almost double the annual average of the past decade, according to the nation’s meteorological agency.




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HUB-Robeson Galleries presents exhibit of graduate student's photography

The HUB-Robeson Galleries are proud to present "moments," an online thesis exhibition of photography by Zsuzsanna Nagy, a second-year master of fine arts student in photography.




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(Virtual) Things to Do at Penn State: April 23-30

Penn State Homecoming's Legacy Celebration, a Facebook Live event hosted by Centre County United Way and a new online exhibit by the University Libraries in conjunction with Earth Day are among the virtual highlights at Penn State this weekend and next week.




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Penn State and Palmer Museum mourn death of donor and alumnus John Driscoll

Penn State and the Palmer Museum of Art mourn the loss of dear friend, generous donor, and loyal champion John P. Driscoll, who died from complications due to COVID-19 on Friday, April 10. Driscoll, owner of Driscoll Babcock Galleries in New York, was a longtime friend and supporter of the Palmer Museum and will be remembered for his role as a leader, gracious mentor and trusted adviser, as well as for the expansive gifts he made to the collection and to his alma mater, Penn State.




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Stuckeman School graduate student earns Alumni Association Dissertation Award

Stuckeman School graduate student Debora Verniz, who is a doctoral candidate in architecture, has been awarded the 2020 Alumni Association Dissertation Award from the Graduate School at Penn State for her research work in planning affordable housing structures in low-income areas.




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Graphic design students bring senior showcase to social media

Unable to host their senior capstone showcase as an on-campus celebration of their work with family and friends in attendance, graduating students in the Graphic Design undergraduate program in the Stuckeman School at Penn State are turning to Instagram to highlight their design work in a creative way to an even larger potential audience during the week of May 4-8.




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Energy, environmental strategic planning community forums announced for May

The Institutes of Energy and the Environment, in collaboration with Stewarding Our Planet's Resources, announced two separate community forums aimed at providing reports on existing energy and environmental activities and strategic opportunities as well as soliciting community input and recommendations for the future.




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Penn State senior organizes virtual popup art gallery

The recent business shutdowns and stay-at-home orders resulting from the coronavirus pandemic haven’t stopped a Penn State student artist from helping her peers show their work remotely after galleries closed across the United States.




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Stuckeman School studio breaks down disciplinary lines through design

A studio course for architecture and landscape architecture students in the Stuckeman School prepares students for the collaborative design process they will take part in once they begin careers in their respective fields by blurring the boundaries between the disciplines in the college setting.




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(Virtual) Things to Do at Penn State: April 30-May 7

A virtual Senior Week, the first "We Are Penn State Virtual 5K" and the College of Engineering's Learning Factory Capstone Design Showcase are among the virtual highlights at Penn State this weekend and next week.




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Fin24.com | Read between the lines

Capital structure, or the DNAs of different sectors differ substantially.




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Fin24.com | Foreigners large net buyers

JSE: Few listings, several delistings.




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Fin24.com | Dowdy sectors prevail

There's something distinctly un-sexy about the BFA Index by sector.




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Fin24.com | Companies for all seasons?

The McGregor BFA table showed surprising ‘all-rounder’ listings in the top 30 rankings.




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Fin24.com | Calculating the ratios

Putting the 'p' in EPS.




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FCCC/SBI/ICA/2017/TASR.2/TUN

Technical analysis of the second biennial update report of Tunisia submitted on 31 December 2016. Summary report by the team of technical experts




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FCCC/SBI/ICA/2017/TASR.2/SGP

Technical analysis of the second biennial update report of Singapore submitted on 16 December 2016. Summary report by the team of technical experts.




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FCCC/SBI/2017/19

Report of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation on its forty-seventh session, held in Bonn from 6 to 15 November 2017.




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FCCC/SBI/2018/3

Capacity-building work of bodies established under the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol. Compilation and synthesis report by the secretariat.




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FCCC/SBI/2018/1

Provisional agenda and annotations. Note by the Executive Secretary.




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FCCC/SBI/2018/2

Technical workshop on ways to increase the efficiency and transparency of the budget process. Report by the secretariat.




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FCCC/TAR/2017/CIV

Côte d'Ivoire. Report of the technical assessment of the proposed forest reference emission level of Côte d'Ivoire submitted in 2017.




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FCCC/ARR/2017/ISL

Iceland. Report on the individual review of the annual submission of Iceland submitted in 2017. Note by the expert review team.




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FCCC/SBI/2018/3/Add.1

Capacity-building work of bodies established under the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol. Compilation and synthesis report by the secretariat. Addendum. Compilation of capacity-building activities undertaken by bodies established under the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol




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SBSTA48.Informal.1

Initial draft of the technology framework. Informal document by the Chair




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FCCC/SBI/2018/4

The 33rd meeting of the Least Developed Countries Expert Group. Report by the secretariat.




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SBSTA48.Informal.4

Informal document containing the draft elements of the draft decision on the work programme under the framework for non-market approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 8, of the Paris Agreement. Informal document by the Chair.




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SBSTA48.Informal.3

Informal document containing the draft elements of the rules, modalities and procedures for the mechanism established by Article 6, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement. Informal document by the Chair.




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SBSTA48.Informal.2

Informal document containing the draft elements of guidance on cooperative approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement. Informal document by the Chair.




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SB48.Informal.1

Draft elements of the modalities, work programme and functions of the forum on the impact of the implementation of response measures under the Paris Agreement . Informal document by the Chairs.




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FCCC/SBI/2018/5

Implementation of the framework for capacity-building in developing countries. Synthesis report by the secretariat.




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FCCC/SBI/2018/7

Arrangements for Intergovernmental Meetings. Note by the Executive Secretary.




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FCCC/IRR/2017/MCO

Monaco. Report on the review of the report to facilitate the calculation of the assigned amount for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol of Monaco.




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FCCC/SBI/ICA/2017/TASR.1/CHN

China. Technical analysis of the first biennial update report of China submitted on 12 January 2017.




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FCCC/SBI/2018/INF.5

United Nations Environment Programme response to the independent review of the Climate Technology Centre and Network.




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FCCC/SBI/2018/INF.7

Status of submission and review of seventh national communications and third biennial reports. Note by the secretariat.




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Fin24.com | OPINION | Coronavirus survival guide for entrepreneurs: Get to rational quickly

Allon Raiz is CEO of business incubator Raizcorp. In this series of articles, he offers entrepreneurs advice on surviving a crisis.




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Fin24.com | OPINION | Banks could be the next Big Tech

Banks can be as powerful and valued as the big technology firms. Yes, those trillion-dollar titans.




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Fin24.com | OPINION | Could coronavirus threaten the benefits of stokvels for SA savers?

Stokvels are an important strategy for financial survival, so it's crucial to find a way to make them work during the pandemic, says Dr Norman Chivasa.




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Fin24.com | OPINION | Coronavirus survival guide for entrepreneurs: Build an opportunity matrix

Now, more than ever, we need to be listening for market signals and ensuring that our businesses are primed to both take advantage of opportunities and to mitigate risks, says Allon Raiz.




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Fin24.com | OPINION | Time to recover like a millennial

For companies to survive and even thrive beyond the coronavirus pandemic, they’re going to have think more like the millennial generation, says Dr Anushka Bogdanov.




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Fin24.com | INSIDE LABOUR | Hiding behind a coronavirus scapegoat

Authorities unable or unwilling to face up to a reality that might reveal their own shortcomings and ineptitude, usually resort to pinpointing a scapegoat. This year, Covid-19 fits that bill, says Terry Bell.