In a move signaling deepening climate diplomacy, Taiwan and Paraguay have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on carbon credit cooperation, Taiwan Today has reported.The signing, which took place on October 1 in Taiwan’s capital Taipei, reflects both governments’ ambition to leverage the carbon market in pursuit of net‑zero emissions.The agreement, inked by Taiwan Environment Minister Peng Chi‑ming and Paraguayan counterpart Rolando de Barros Barreto, was witnessed by Taiwan’s Vice Foreign Minister Ger Bau‑shuan and senior officials from both sides.The partnership aims to expand collaboration in areas such as carbon credit regulation, governance frameworks, capacity building, and talent cultivation.Relevant: Taiwan…
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Image source: International Airline Group It has been a good few years for shareholders in British Airways’ parent company International Consolidated Airlines Group (LSE: IAG). The share price for IAG (as it’s known) is up 27% so far this year and has more than doubled over the past five years. However, a look at the price chart shows that it seems to have gone into something of a holding pattern – with the current price the same as it was back in July. Is the share just taking a breather before potentially gaining more altitude, offering me a buying opportunity…
This week, we’re joined by Adele Houghton of the Harvard School of Public Health and Carlos Castillo-Salgado of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to discuss their new book, Architectural Epidemiology: Architecture as a Mechanism for Designing a Healthier, More Sustainable, and Resilient World. We chat about how to architecture itself can create more healthy neighborhoods — and why it’s not just checking off boxes on a LEED checklist.Now, at Talking Headways, we want to put you in charge, so we give you three ways to enjoy our content: first, you could just click on the blue arrow in…
Image source: Getty Images Vistry (LSE:VTY) is a name I’ve been focused on in my Stocks and Shares ISA recently. And I’m expecting to keep buying until the end of the year. After falling 48% in a year, the stock looks cheap. But I think there are some strong reasons for thinking the company could do very well in 2026. UK housing The UK property market is in a difficult position at the moment. Despite mortgage rates being at their lowest levels in three years, the ratio of sales to inventory levels has been falling recently. Source: JP Morgan Guide…
The latest report by IMARC Group, “Australia Carbon Credit Market Size, Share, Trends and Forecast by Type, Project Type, End-Use, and Region, 2025-2033,” provides an in-depth analysis of the Australia carbon credit market. The report also includes competitor and regional analysis, along with a breakdown of segments within the industry. The Australia carbon credit market size reached 18.35 million ACCUs in 2024 and is projected to grow to 32.16 million ACCUs by 2033, exhibiting a steady growth rate of 6.43% during the forecast period.Report Attributes and Key Statistics:Base Year: 2024Forecast Years: 2025-2033Historical Years: 2019-2024Market Size in 2024: 18.35 Million ACCUsMarket…
US stocks edged up on Tuesday as investors weighed the likely fallout of President Trump’s latest tariff blitz and the US government careened toward its first shutdown in seven years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose 0.2%, notching a fresh closing record. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose 0.4%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) gained 0.3%, coming off modest closing gains on Wall Street. Both the Nasdaq and S&P 500 notched their best third quarter since 2020 and their best September performance since 2010. But markets are bracing for a government shutdown after Trump and Republicans met with Democrats…
Image source: Getty Images Generally speaking, global gold stocks have soared in 2025 as yellow metal prices have continued to take off. Bullion values are up 43% since 1 January and have hit dozens of new daily highs in the process. There’s no guarantee gold will keep rising. However, long-term drivers indicate this rally is no flash in the pan, unlike with more volatile assets like cryptocurrencies. The bull run stretches back to 2005, boosted by forces such as inflation fears, rising geopolitical tensions, and strong investor and central bank demand. Source: London Bullion Market Association Analysts see scope for…
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 1, 2025. NYSEThe S&P 500 closed at a record high on Wednesday as traders were hopeful that a U.S. federal government shutdown would be brief and possibly have little impact on the economy.The broad market index gained 0.34% to close at 6,711.20. Earlier, it had hit a new all-time intraday high. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.42% to settle at 22,755.16, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average traded up 43.21 points, or 0.09%, to finish at 46,441.10.It was a notable turnaround. At its low of the day, the S&P 500 was…
“Dividends are unethical. They give you the impression that you are getting something extra from the fund. However, you are not. The dividend is just your returns being given back to you.” – Parag Parikh, in the first unitholder meet held in Chennai and Mumbai, Nov 2014. Sources: this author, who attended the Chennai meet as an NFO investor in the fund; a Moneylife article covering the meet, also reproduced by the fund house.So, you can imagine our surprise when PPFAS announced the introduction of the Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal (IDCW) Option in their flexicap fund.IDCW is the accurate,…
Image source: Getty Images Tesco (LSE:TSCO) has been one of the FTSE 100‘s best-performing shares in the year to date. Up 21% since 1 January, Britain’s largest retailer has outpaced the UK’s broader blue-chip share index (up 17%). Its focus on the defensive food retail segment helps to protect profits when consumers cut spending, as we’re seeing at the moment. But it’s not totally immume to pressures as the cost-of-living crisis drags on. So Tesco’s strong trading numbers on Thursday (2 October) went a long way to soothing investor nerves, sending its share price higher. My question here is whether…