STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Carbon emissions throughout the full value chain of IKEA furniture fell for the first time last year, brand owner Inter IKEA said on Thursday citing increased use of renewable energy. From the production of raw materials and products through to customers’ use and disposal, emissions shrank 4.3% in the fiscal year to […]
Good morning. We’re covering the rising death toll from a building collapse in Florida and Sydney’s strict Covid-19 lockdown to contain the Delta variant. Rescuers find more bodies at Miami building collapse site On Sunday, four days after a residential building north of Miami Beach collapsed, the death toll rose to nine as rescuers found […]
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s unparalleled steps to directly backstop the U.S. economy and its willingness to purchase vast sums of U.S. government debt, mortgage-backed securities and even corporate bonds could help boost depleted liquidity in the $17-trillion Treasury market. But the disastrous impact of the runaway coronavirus on financial […]
