Reflections from the UN Women Expert Group Meeting for the Seventy-First Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW71) For much of the past decade, the dominant approach to advancing gender equality has been framed around integrating women more fully into existing economic institutions. We have asked how more women can participate in…
By Richard Johnstone on 14/07/2026 | Updated on 14/07/2026 The Senate of Canada building Recruitment of candidates will now focus on expertise in key Canadian strategic industries or areas of regulation – including technology and artificial intelligence – and social and economic affairs Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney has announced changes to the Senate appointments process…
Innovation Jul 13, 2026 Ana Palacio AI governance must account for everything from the technology’s material requirements to its effects on communities, businesses, labor markets, the environment, and strategic competition. To this end, a framework of verification-based trust—broader than national regulation and…
(L-R) Brian Moynihan, Chairman and CEO of Bank of America; Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase; and Jane Fraser, CEO of Citigroup; testify during a Senate Banking Committee hearing at the Hart Senate Office Building on December 06, 2023 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images Expectations are high that when banks…
Individuals may fail to recall and use information they already know when making decisions. We empirically investigate whether such “retrieval failures” distort consumption smoothing behavior among Zambian farmers, who derive their income from one annual harvest and then spend it down over the course of the year. We document that individuals underestimate upcoming spending by…
To frack or not to frack—the big question in Nova Scotia beng Fri, 07/10/2026 – 08:13 EST. READ TIME 4 MIN. Once again, a hot-button environmental debate has reopened in Nova Scotia. To use hydraulic fracturing (a.k.a. fracking) technology to unlock Nova Scotia’s natural gas resources, or to leave those resources (underground or undersea) unmeasured…
News release The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has today announced plans to consult on reforming rules around shared operational services for ring-fenced banks. Any bank that has over £35 billion of core deposits and undertakes material investment banking activity is subject to the ring-fencing regime, which was introduced in 2019 as a post-financial crisis reform….
Monday, July 13, 2026 Health Insurance Marketplace Agents’ Scams and the Efforts to Prevent Them Consumers can use the help of a broker or agent to help them navigate government-run health insurance marketplaces. Agents can be useful in helping consumers pick the best insurance plan. But recent federal fraud cases have highlighted concerns that some…
Please enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser or access the information through the links provided below. June 02, 2026 Agencies remove additional references to reputation risk Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Office of the Comptroller of…
All students should learn how to handwrite beng Mon, 07/13/2026 – 08:35 EST. READ TIME 4 MIN. During the schoolyear, first and second grade students at Hume Elementary in Nelson, British Columbia, learned how to handwrite. Some became so good at it they won awards in national handwriting contests. However, Hume Elementary is the exception…