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Technip Energies India has been honoured with the Platinum Award for Best Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Performance at the 12th Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Northern Region EHS Excellence Awards. The recognition was awarded for the company’s MS Block Project at HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited (HRRL) in Barmer, Rajasthan, marking a significant achievement in the execution of one of India’s key refinery developments. The award reflects the company’s commitment to maintaining rigorous safety standards throughout project execution. The MS Block Project demonstrated strong performance across multiple HSE parameters, including the implementation of structured safety management systems, adoption of innovative…

Since President Donald Trump launched a war against Iran in late February, the U.S. economy has absorbed a series of escalating shocks. Gas prices have surged almost 40% to over $4 a gallon. Dated Brent crude — the physical oil that refineries actually buy — spiked this week to $141 per barrel, the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis. Meanwhile, institutions from Vanguard to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta have raised inflation expectations and revised growth estimates downward, with the Fed’s GDP tracker falling from 3% in early March to just 1.6% as of Thursday. If the economic…

A run of low inflation buys the RBI some time before it has to move on rates, said Shilan Shah, economist at Capital Economics. “The pressure to tighten policy over the coming weeks and months will build if the Middle East conflict intensifies and in particular if the rupee comes under further downward pressure,” Shah said. Taiwan Taiwan is set to report March inflation data on Wednesday, which will likely show early signs of price pressures from the energy supply shock. Most banks expect consumer inflation to remain under the 2% target watched by the central bank, but see mounting…

  While Brazil remains the world’s largest producer and exporter of coffee by wide margins, a new peer-reviewed analysis suggests its specialty coffee footprint remains comparatively small, highly concentrated and expensive to scale. In an open-access paper published late last year in Scientific Reports, researchers affiliated with the Rural Development Institute of Paraná (IAPAR-EMATER) and State University of Londrina analyzed 2023 data from 175 farms associated with the Brazilian Specialty Coffee Association (BSCA), focusing on production area, certifications, cultivars, processing methods and the specialty coffee production chain. A Small Certified Specialty Footprint The authors estimate that Brazil had about 1.872…

Coventry Building Society has reduced selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company buy to let (BTL), with limited options for new borrowers. The mutual has reduced rates for first-time buyers by up to 11 basis points (bps) and pricing for limited company BTL by as much as 25bps.  Its first-time buyer options include a five-year fix 65% loan to value (LTV) deal priced at 4.94% with no fee, while the corresponding option at 75% LTV has been priced at 4.99%.  Across its two-year fixes for first-time buyers, there is a 65% LTV product with a £999 fee,…

Korea Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives Chairman Kim In (3-R) applauds with Interior and Safety Minister Yun Ho-jung (4-R) during an international symposium on social finance in Seoul on Tuesday. Also attending the event were European Association of Cooperative Banks CEO Nina Schindler (2-L) and Global Alliance for Banking on Values Executive Director Martin Rohner (L). Photo by Korea Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives. SEOUL, March 25 (UPI) — The Korea Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives said it hosted a global symposium in Seoul on social and solidarity finance. The group noted that the Tuesday gathering was intended to explore…

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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 02: Emerald Finance Limited (BSE: EMERALD), a dynamic financial services company offering a spectrum of financial products and services, including its flagship Earned Wage Access (EWA) in India, has announced two significant business milestones for the fourth quarter of FY26, reaffirming its commitment to growth and financial inclusion. Expansion of Earned Wage Access Platform During Q4 FY26, the Company has partnered with 30 (Thirty) corporates/firms to offer its Early Wage Access program to their employees. These partnerships span multiple sectors and geographies, underscoring the growing acceptance of EWA as a practical and responsible financial solution for India’s salaried workforce. Through these partnerships,…

“Throughout the past month of rapidly changing market conditions, our focus has been to ensure brokers continue to have access to the best options for their landlord clients”- Elise Coole – Keystone Property Finance Keystone Property Finance has reintroduced two and five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let products, expanding broker options after a period of market disruption forced a temporary withdrawal. Keystone Property Finance has reintroduced fixed-rate products across its two and five-year buy-to-let ranges, expanding the options available to brokers and their landlord clients after a turbulent period for the mortgage market. The lender had temporarily withdrawn fixed-rate products in…