07:00 AM EDT, 09/27/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria ( BBVA ) said Friday it has formed a strategic partnership with KKR (KKR) to support the decarbonization of the economy and has committed $200 million to KKR's Global Climate Strategy. The collaboration will focus on climate infrastructure investments, with a particular emphasis on energy transition and electrification, the...

DUBLIN, Sept 27 (Reuters) - The lead European Union privacy regulator fined social media giant Meta 91 million euros ($101.5 million) on Friday for inadvertently storing some users' passwords without protection or encryption. The inquiry was opened five years ago after Meta notified Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) that it had stored some passwords in 'plaintext'. Meta publicly acknowledged the...

07:04 AM EDT, 09/27/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Defense Metals ( DFMTF ) late on Thursday said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) to help strengthen the rare earth element supply chain in Canada. The MOU outlines a framework for Defense Metals ( DFMTF ) and SRC to leverage their capabilities in the supply...

SAO PAULO, Sept 27 (Reuters) - The global sugar market is heading to a surplus of 1.96 million metric tons in the 2024/25 season (October-September), following a surplus of 3.16 million tons in the previous season, agribusiness consultancy StoneX ( SNEX ) said on Friday. The fresh forecast is higher than the 1.2 million-ton surplus StoneX ( SNEX ) had...