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Climate activists put the heat on shareholder meetings
Climate activists put the heat on shareholder meetings
by  AFP

Climate activists are using shareholder meetings to turn up the heat on corporations about their carbon footprints, from flooding them with questions to more colourful tactics like singing or throwing cake at executives.

Asian markets mixed as sluggish debt talks worry investors
Asian markets mixed as sluggish debt talks worry investors
by  AFP

Unease over the slow progress of US debt talks further dampened sentiment in Asian markets Wednesday, though Japanese stocks got a boost from forecast-beating economic growth data. All eyes are on Washington, where lawmakers remain deadlocked in negotiations to lift the country's borrowing limit to pay its debts and avert a market-rattling default.

Brazil 'finfluencers' bring finance to the favelas
Brazil 'finfluencers' bring finance to the favelas
by  AFP

With his tattooed arms, drop-fade haircut and baby-face looks, Murilo Duarte doesn't look like a typical financial adviser as he dishes out investment tips on social media from the Sao Paulo favela where he grew up. Next step, he says: invest in the Sao Paulo stock exchange.

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