By Supantha Mukherjee and Promit Mukherjee STOCKHOLM/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Oracle opened a data centre in South Africa on Wednesday to provide local cloud services across Africa for the first time, joining the likes of Microsoft...
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Emissions set to rise with global power demand – IEA
PARIS (Reuters) – Global electricity demand over the next few years is set to slow after a record 2021 but will still result in higher carbon emissions without rapid gains in low-carbon supply and energy efficiency, the...
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SAP reports 28% jump in Q4 cloud computing revenue, targets 26% growth for 2022
(Reuters) -German business software group SAP on Thursday said fourth-quarter revenue from its cloud computing business jumped 28% as more customers shift their IT operations to its cloud business database. Cloud revenue climbed to 2.61...
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Life insurers adapt pandemic risk models after claims jump
By Carolyn Cohn and Noor Zainab Hussain LONDON (Reuters) – A coronavirus pandemic which lasts five years, another pandemic in a decade, and ever more transmissible variants are among the scenarios life insurers are predicting after...
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Air France KLM says it suspends all flights to Mali until further notice
PARIS (Reuters) – French-Dutch carrier Air France KLM on Wednesday said it suspended all flights from and to Bamako, Mali until further notice, cancelling two already scheduled flights. The call was made “in accordance with...
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Ethiopian Airlines is profitable as cargo demand booms, CEO says
DUBAI (Reuters) – Ethiopian Airlines is profitable and cash positive, underpinned by booming demand for air cargo, its chief executive said on Tuesday. The air freight market has been a rare bright spot for airlines over the past...
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