- etf.com
Investors Appear OK With 'ESG' Label: Morningstar
Retail investors feel less polarized about ESG than those in financial services may believe, research finds.
- Reuters
UPDATE 1-Mexico's Slim eyes $7.7 billion investment in Brazil in coming years
Mexican magnate Carlos Slim is considering investing more than 40 billion reais ($7.70 billion) in Brazil in the coming years, he said on Friday, after meeting with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brasilia. Slim, whose family controls telecommunications giant America Movil, said the investments would be made in Brazil's 5G and fiber-optic networks. America Movil-owned Claro is a huge player in the South American country's telecom sector.
- Reuters
US State Dept 'fully expects' to finalize new AUKUS trade exemptions in next 120 days
The U.S. State Department said on Friday it fully expects to finalize new trade exemptions for the AUKUS defense project with Australia and Britain over the next 120 days. "Exemptions in our export control systems, within a framework of shared standards with Australia and the UK, are key to harnessing and maximizing the innovative power residing in our defense industrial bases," the department said in a statement. "We fully expect to finalize the new trade exemptions – based on stakeholder input – over the course of the next 120 days," it said.
