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熊少明先生再度增持艾伯科技股份

HONG KONG, Mar 9, 2023 – (亞太商訊 via SEAPRWire.com) – 艾伯科技股份有限公司(「艾伯科技」,連同其附屬公司統稱「集團」;股份代號:2708.HK)欣然宣佈,著名企業家熊少明先生(「熊先生」)向集團主要股東益明控股有限公司(「益明」)收購1,000萬…

French Senate votes raising retirement age to 64

Senators attend a debate and vote session on the government's pension reform at the French Senate in Paris on March 6, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) PARIS – French senators early on Thursday voted in favor of raising the legal retirement age to 64 from 62, a first win for President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform plans […]

Hitachi Upgraded to “AA” in MSCI ESG Rating

TOKYO, Mar 9, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) today announced that as of February 2023, Hitachi received an MSCI ESG Rating of AA. MSCI ESG Research provides MSCI ESG Ratings on global public and a few private companies on a scale of AAA (leader) to CCC (laggard), according to […]

Biden budget aims to cut deficit by nearly $3 trillion

President Joe Biden talks to reporters after a lunch with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Democrats about his upcoming budget and political agenda, at the Capitol in Washington, Mar 2, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's budget proposal on Thursday will aim to cut US deficits by nearly $3 […]

Macron backs right to abortion in French constitution

French president Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a ceremony in tribute to late French feminist figure Gisele Halimi at Paris' courthouse, on Mar 8, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he backed including the right to abortion in the constitution, a move he said would send a […]

EU considers sending more military support to Ukraine

Photo taken on May 24, 2018 shows flags of Ukraine and European Union outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. (PHOTO / XINHUA) STOCKHOLM – European Union defense ministers on Wednesday discussed the idea of sending further military support to Ukraine, at an informal meeting in the Swedish capital Stockholm. "There was increasing consensus […]

UN, Ukraine call for extension of Black Sea Grain Initiative

In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (right) and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pose for a photo during their meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, March 8, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) KIEV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and visiting United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for the […]