A man walks past a solar farm in Abu Dhabi.
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The United Nations' annual climate summit, COP28, will kick off in Dubai later this week. What will we be looking for?
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A holiday shopping weekend roundup
Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, as nonprofits look for some love during a season of spending. But between now and then is Cyber Monday (though we wouldn’t dream of shopping online during work hours). Consumption is an economic barometer and shoppers have been spending more vigorously than predicted.
Shedding light on one of China's shadow bank
Chinese officials have launched an investigation into one of the country’s biggest financial services companies — one that looks a lot like a bank but is termed a “shadow bank.” The BBC’s Monica Miller reports.
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