GABORONE, July 23 (Reuters) - Botswana is proposing a law that will ask mining companies, once granted a licence, to sell a 24% stake in mines to locals if the government does not exercise its option to acquire the shareholding, a draft bill seen by Reuters on Tuesday shows. The current Mines and Minerals Act allows the government of Botswana,...

12:00 PM EDT, 07/23/2024 (MT Newswires) -- (Adds new information throughout, requests for comment from companies in fourth paragraph). JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) , Mastercard ( MA ) and Accenture ( ACN ) are among eight companies ordered by the Federal Trade Commission to provide information about the potential impact of surveillance pricing products and services on consumer privacy...

JOHANNESBURG, July 23 (Reuters) - Visa prevented 80 million fraudulent transactions worth $40 billion globally last year thanks to investments in technology including artificial intelligence (AI), a senior company figure said on Tuesday. In 2025, cybercrime is projected to cost the world $10.5 trillion. If this were a nation's gross domestic product, it would rank as the world's third-largest economy,...

12:03 PM EDT, 07/23/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Solis Minerals ( SLMFF ) last seen down 9.1%, on Tuesday provided an update on exploration activities at the recently claimed Guaneros Project in Peru. The company contracted a geophysical contractor to carry out a maiden drone airborne magnetometry survey to assist in fast-tracking target generation, identify zones for further geophysical follow-up, and...