Bloomberg Expanding stock markets could be good for the earth, according to research from the European Central Bank (ECB). Economies receiving more funding from stock markets than credit markets generate less carbon, it said in a paper. Increasing the global share of equity financing to half would reduce aggregate per capita carbon emissions by about a quarter of the Paris …

Bloomberg Global central banks are approaching the end of the year with a collective shudder at the risky behaviour that their low interest-rate policies are encouraging. Policy makers from European Central Bank (ECB) and the Federal Reserve are among those raising cautionary flags at potentially unsafe investing stoked by their efforts to flood economies with ultra-cheap money. Stock indexes from …

Bloomberg Equinor ASA will reduce its focus on the frontier areas of the Barents Sea in another blow to Norway’s ambition to build a new big oil province in its Arctic region. “Our focus going forward will be on the more prolific areas of the Barents Sea,” Tim Dodson, the company’s executive vice president for exploration, said. That means drilling …