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IDT Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Fiscal Year 2019 ResultsOct 11, 2019 6:15 AM ET Oct 11, 2019 - NEWARK, N.J.,– IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT) reported EPS of $0.06 and Non-GAAP EPS* of $0.15 on revenue of $356.1 million for the fourth quarter of FY 2019, the three months ended July 31, 2019. For the full fiscal year 2019, IDT reported EPS of $0.01 and Non-GAAP EPS of $0.38 on revenue of $1,409.2 million. 4Q19 & FISCAL YEAR OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS(4Q19 results are compared to 4Q18. FY 2019 results are compared to FY 2018) net2phone’s Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) attained the. Read More |
UNGA 2019: No room for coal in Africa’s renewable future: Akinwumi AdesinaOct 9, 2019 9:45 PM ET Oct 9, 2019 - By African Development Bank Climate Action Summit 2019. Credit: AfDB Group. UNITED NATIONS, Sep 25 2019 – African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina on Tuesday unveiled ambitious plans to scrap coal power stations across the continent and switch to renewable energy at United Nations climate talks on Monday. Addressing a gathering of leaders and officials from almost 200 countries in New York, Adesina outlined efforts to shutter coal-fired. Read More |
UN, African Development Bank High-Level Meeting Calls for Speed and Action on SDGsOct 9, 2019 9:40 PM ET Oct 9, 2019 - By African Development Bank UNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 2019 – With an estimated 390 million people living in extreme poverty, hunger and food insecurity, Africa is in a race against time to deliver on its regional and global development goals. On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Sunday, African heads of states and governments met to emphasize urgent collective action and the need for greater collaboration between. Read More |
Africa’s Industrial Development: Turning Challenges into OpportunitiesOct 9, 2019 9:35 PM ET Oct 9, 2019 - By Li Yong LI Yong is Director General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Credit: UNIDO VIENNA, Sep 23 2019 (IPS) – When world leaders gathered in New York for the 70th session of the General Assembly back in 2016, and proclaimed the period 2016-2025 as the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa (IDDA III), it reaffirmed the importance of industrialization in supporting Africa’s own efforts towards sustained, inclusive. Read More |
Not Enough Good Information About Africa’s Climate for AdaptationOct 9, 2019 9:20 PM ET Oct 9, 2019 - By Isaiah Esipisu In this edition of Voices from the Global South Dr James Kinyangi head of the African Development Bank’s climate and development Africa special fund, and fellow climate scientist Laban Ogallo, a Professor of Meteorology at the University of Nairobi and an author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, chat to IPS correspondent Isaiah Esipisu about local solutions that can help the fight against. Read More |
G5 Sahel Summit: African Development Bank, partners, commit to light up and power the Sahel with the Desert to Power initiativeOct 9, 2019 9:00 PM ET Oct 9, 2019 - By African Development Bank Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Sep 13 2019 – Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank, has arrived in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, ahead of the G5 Sahel Summit, and was received by Burkina Faso’s president, Mark Roch Christian Kaboré. The Burkinabe president applauded the Bank’s Desert to Power initiative, and also highlighted his country’s excellent relationship with the Bank, expressing his thanks for. Read More |
Three Questions to Wale Shonibare, Acting VP, Power, Energy, Climate & Green GrowthOct 9, 2019 8:55 PM ET Oct 9, 2019 - By African Development Bank Sep 13 2019 – The Desert to Power initiative is an ambitious and innovative partnership-driven initiative of the African Development Bank to transform the Sahel and Sahara region through the deployment of solar technologies, at scale, in eleven countries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sudan. ———————————————- Bank Achievements in Energy: 78% of Bank financing is focused. Read More |
October Tariff Update: Everybody in the Tariff Pool!Oct 9, 2019 5:25 PM ET Oct 9, 2019 - Since our last tariff update in September, we’ve received a number of price increase notifications covering the gamut of electrical, lighting and tool manufacturers – many directly attributable to the “List 4B” tariffs effective December 15th. These price increases have effective dates beginning in October, and span through January 2020. In 2018, Trump tweeted: “trade wars are good, and easy to win“. With neither side overly optimistic, trade talks between China and the US. Read More |
‘Salty’ Concern: Tackling High Salt Consumption in ChinaOct 8, 2019 8:55 AM ET Oct 8, 2019 - By Veena S. Kulkarni and Raghav Gaiha Veena S. Kulkarni, Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, Sociology and Geography, Arkansas State University, USA; and Raghav Gaiha, (Hon.) Professorial Research Fellow, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, England. NEW DELHI, India and JONESBORO, US, Oct 7 2019 (IPS) – China’s almost meteoric transition from a being a low income to a middle income country within a span of four decades is. Read More |
Africa’s Mineral Wealth May Just have to Stay in the Ground to Protect a Changing ClimateOct 7, 2019 2:35 PM ET Oct 7, 2019 - By Busani Bafana The extraction of natural resources across Africa, including minerals like gold, is being affected by a changing climate. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Oct 7 2019 (IPS) – As a result of climate change, resource extraction industries in Africa will be impacted by asset stranding, researchers say. “Stranding implies that several natural assets are going to become commercially unviable around the world as a result. Read More |
Investments to Cushion African Countries against Climate Shocks Not EnoughSep 30, 2019 3:30 PM ET Sep 30, 2019 - By James Reinl The African Development Bank (AfDB) has been investing in projects to assist African countries adapt to climate change. Seven out of the 10 most vulnerable countries to climate change are located on the continent even though Africa contributes less than 4 percent of world greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). However, Africa needs between 7-15 billion dollars every year to adapt to the impacts of climate change,. Read More |
Prologis Recognized for Industry-Leading Global ESG InitiativesSep 24, 2019 8:05 AM ET Sep 24, 2019 - SAN FRANCISCO, Prologis, Inc. (NYSE: PLD), the global leader in logistics real estate, has again been recognized by the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) and the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for outstanding performance in environmental stewardship, social responsibility and governance (ESG). “GRESB and DJSI are leading indicators for real estate companies and investors to evaluate and track ESG performance,” said Prologis chief legal officer and ESG head Edward S. Nekritz. “Prologis’ repeat inclusion. Read More |
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World’s Hard Fought Battle Against Climate ChangeSep 23, 2019 1:50 PM ET Sep 23, 2019 - By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Sep 23 2019 (IPS) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres describes the ongoing crisis as a “climate emergency”– as the world continues its hard fought battle against devastating droughts, floods, hurricanes and rising sea levels that threaten the very existence of small island developing states located in low-lying areas. The heat wave in Europe last summer was a scorcher – one of the worst. Read More |
The Top Tech and Gadgets to Help Protect Your PrivacySep 18, 2019 1:00 PM ET Sep 18, 2019 - Nowadays, due in large part to the ever-growing popularity of social media and the way in which people are all constantly glued to their devices, ‘privacy’ has become a relative term. In many ways, each individual’s business is everybody’s business. However, while everyone still has a certain amount of control over how much of their daily lives they reveal to their online communities, they have less control over those who. Read More |
African Development Bank Plans for a Self-sufficient, Integrated and Industrialised ContinentSep 17, 2019 10:20 PM ET Sep 17, 2019 - By Nalisha Adams and Busani Bafana Women rice farmers in a field, Accra, Ghana. Through the African Development Bank’s Feed Africa project, 19 million people were provided with improved agricultural technologies, and almost 1.54 billion dollars was approved in 2018 to transform agriculture on the continent. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS JOHANNESBURG, South Africa/BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Sep 16 2019 (IPS) – Arama Sire Camara, a fruit and vegetable seller in the. Read More |
— AfDB ‘s Solar Project Aims at Making Africa a Renewable Power HouseSep 17, 2019 10:15 PM ET Sep 17, 2019 - By Razeena Raheem Credit: AfDB UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 2019 (IPS) – When UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched the International Solar Alliance last October, he applauded the goal of mobilizing about $1 trillion dollars towards the deployment of some 1,000 gigawatts of solar energy by 2030. “It is clear,” he said, “that we are witnessing a global renewable energy revolution.” That revolution is also taking place under the. Read More |
Tariff Update: More tariff confetti and a trip back to the futureSep 17, 2019 12:55 PM ET Sep 17, 2019 - 220, 221 – Whatever it takes The first of September has come and gone and with it, a list of new tariffs enacted. List “4A” to be exact (see table below). In fact, The USTR increased the planned September 1st tariff of 10% to 15%. U.S. Customs will also start collecting a 15% tariff on December 15th on the remainder of the $300 billion list (list “4B”). Hey, 10 percent. Read More |
The Best Software To Improve Business ProcessesSep 16, 2019 10:55 PM ET Sep 16, 2019 - New software is being developed all the time, at a fast rate. It’s important as a business to keep informed regarding trends and new releases, to ensure that your business is implementing the most useful and time-saving software for you. Especially where software and IT is concerned, no business can afford to fall behind and use outdated methods which may use up valuable time and resources. Here are the key. Read More |
Park View City Islamabad | Map | Location | Plots on Sale| Plot PricesSep 16, 2019 3:10 PM ET Sep 16, 2019 - Introduction Park View City Islamabad is a pious project of The Vision Group owned and founded by honorable Aleem Khan, Senior Minister of PTI. The Project is a true definition of extravagance and tranquility. It is a private, gated housing society with most lavish residential and commercial options. The private residential housing scheme is incorporated with the state of the art development work, brilliant architecture, and modern amenities. It is. Read More |