Australia said on Thursday it will offer redress payments of A$75,000 ($55,000) to some members of its Indigenous population who were forcibly removed from their families as children.
Ohio asked a court on Tuesday to declare Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google a public utility, a step the state's Republican attorney general said would forbid the search and advertising giant from giving preferential treatment to its own products.
EnvironmentZurich court convicts Credit Suisse climate protesters
Brenna NeghaiwiEmma Farge
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A Zurich court on Friday convicted nine climate activists who protested outside Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) headquarters in 2019 over the Swiss bank s financing of fossil fuel projects on charges including trespass and coercion.
Protests against big banks activities that contribute to global warming have prompted a number of legal disputes over the last two years.
Seeking to pressure Swiss banks into halting the financing of fossil fuels, environmental activists blocked entrances to Credit Suisse in Zurich and UBS (UBSG.S) in Basel during the July 2019 demonstration before police intervened and arrested some protesters. https://reut.rs/2LGyqY5
EnergyU.S. appeals court denies Dakota Access oil pipeline stay request
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Protesters demonstrate against the Energy Transfer Partners Dakota Access oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, in Los Angeles, California, September 13, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo - TM3ECAK1KGS01
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Thursday denied a request from operators of the Dakota Access oil pipeline for a stay, while they seek a Supreme Court review in the company s battle to keep the line open.
The 570,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) pipeline is the largest out of the Bakken shale basin of North Dakota and operators have been locked in a legal battle with Native American tribes on whether the line can stay open.
Freeport-McMoRan stock (NYSE: FCX) has doubled in the last six months (126 trading days) and currently trades close to $38 per share. The rally in the stock from $19 to $38 was driven by a sharp recovery in copper prices over recent months. Global copper prices jumped from $3.05/pound at the end.