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🌎 David versus Exxon

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ExxonMobil is preparing to fend off activist investors... The oil giant wants shareholders to vote against proposals calling for greater clarity over the company’s emission reduction targets.

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... while Delta Air Lines is being sued over its carbon neutrality claims. A class action lawsuit questions the efficacy of the airline’s carbon offsets.

AI experts warned that the technology poses an existential threat to humanity. Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, was among the open letter’s signatories.

Twitter has now lost two-thirds of its value since Elon Musk’s takeover. Fidelity slashed the value of its stake in the company once again, an overall 66% decrease from what it was worth at the end of October.


Foreign tech is powering China’s homegrown plane

At least $70 billion: Investment China has made in its C919 airplane since 2007

State-backed agencies have hailed the aircraft as one that’ll compete directly with Airbus and Boeing. But core parts of the C919—including its engine, tires, and in-flight entertainment—are sourced from the US and European countries, thanks to the very Airbus-Boeing duopoly China is trying to dismantle.

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The Turkish lira didn’t cheer on Erdoğan

Turkey’s currency had a bad day yesterday, slipping to a fresh low against the US dollar. The lira was reacting to the re-election of president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, whose fiscal policies have been unpopular.

Graphic:  Mimansa Verma
Graphic: Mimansa Verma


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