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EU backs fund focused on cutting energy wastage

European Union flags fly outside the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - A private fund that plans to build power projects on sites such as hospitals and data centres to reduce energy wastage has secured backing from the European Union's investment arm.The European Investment Fund (EIF) said it had invested 125 million euros in the 'Green Energy Solutions Fund', which is run by Sustainable Development Capital (SDCL).The investment helped the fund hit its fundraising target of 650 million...
Currencies

Wall Street tortoise overtakes Chinese hare

ORLANDO, Florida, Nov 10 (Reuters) - For long-term investors, the famous 'tortoise and the hare' fable is a useful reminder that the stock, sector or country racing ahead today may not be the winner tomorrow.This has been true of the performance of Chinese stocks vis-à-vis Wall Street at nearly every juncture over the past 30 years, perhaps surprisingly, given China's surge to global economic and financial powerhouse status in that time.With economic, trade, and geopolitical relations between the two superpowers at their lowest ebb in decades, investors are more attuned...
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