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Some 25 out of 30 respondents in a snap poll predicted a 10-basis-point reduction in the one-year loan prime rate, which banks charge their best clients.
Tenaga Nasional plans to spend $4.5bn annually over the next three decades to help it, and the country, reach net zero emissions by 2050.
Japan's Nikkei closed above 29,000 for the first time in seven months and China and Hong Kong stocks rose. South Korea was down.
The US warned New Delhi that Russian oil was being exported via high-seas transfers to hide its origin – in violation of US sanctions, a top Indian banker official said on Saturday.
The climate law passed by the US aims to localize the manufacturing of EVs but "adds a steep requirement aimed at weeding out 'foreign entities of concern' from supply chains", it says.
Companies in India use the UAE dirham, the HK dollar, yuan or euro when buying Russian coal, in a bid to avoid the dollar and US sanctions, according to customs data and industry sources
Rare earth mines surged from a small number to "more than 2,700 mining collection pools at almost 300 separate locations over an area the size of Singapore," Global Witness reported.
Thousands of people flooded the streets of Dhaka, demanding gas prices are cut to previous levels within 48 hours.
China and India now account for more than 41% of purchases of Russian crude oil, but there are signs that their buying has maxed out.
Clean energy would reduce the average cost per energy unit by 12%, said the report, meaning 63% lower annual cost.
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