Hints and tips:
...But the US’s rising power as a net oil exporter also complicates his attempts to court progressive and young voters worried about the environment....
...Computer-driven hedge funds that bet on trends in financial markets are enjoying strong returns as bets on soaring cocoa prices and a sinking Japanese yen have borne fruit....
...First, the BoJ has begun signalling that “normalisation” does not, in any immediate sense, open the gates to progressive interest rate rises....
...“The UAE and Saudi Arabia are some of the most progressive markets in their mindset right now,” Biz2Credit’s Arora said....
...Lai, who takes office next month, announced last week that Cho Jung-tai, the former chair of the China-sceptic Democratic Progressive party, will be premier....
...A progressive loosening of monetary policy and fall in interest rates must be part of its reckoning....
...In this context, Agoa is the best bet for strengthening trade relations between the US and Africa....
...China’s was an extreme example of the most successful development strategy of the modern era — high investment, rapid industrialisation and progressive upgrading of exports of manufactures....
...But this strategy has made it a target for climate campaigners, progressive politicians and regulators....
...Paul Weiss has also taken on Twitter/X’s former headquarters in central London, a significant bet that London will remain a hub for its clients....
...In feuding with Biden, Netanyahu has bet that the other levels of influence he has cultivated for decades — from friendly US senators, to the powerful pro-Israel lobby and Israel’s pivotal role in the regional...
...This resonates with her own progressive ethos, as well as Prada’s, a self-defined leftist feminist....
...Some allies, including Japan, hoped that it would move the US towards joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership....
...“Bonds are back” was the biggest bet in markets in 2023, but it was a flop....
...What that means, in practice, is that Chevron will spend just $2bn of its $14bn capital spending budget on lower carbon investments this year, because such bets offer lower returns....
...And he is relying on a base of progressives who need to turn out to vote for him in November....
...The downfall of the judge who dominated bankruptcy in America Carl Icahn admits mistake with bearish bet that cost $9bn ‘Project Springsteen’: how law firm Paul Weiss raided rival Kirkland in London push...
...But, Friedman says, London, second by sales, “will continue to be an art capital” and is “a very progressive city, with the greatest range of communities”....
...The 92-year-old made his fortune as a prominent hedge fund investor, including his famous 1992 bet against the value of the British pound, on which he made a more than $1bn profit....
...It is a safe bet that Johnson would do what he could to oblige. That is the most sobering fact about America’s new second in line to be president....
...Man Group’s AHL Evolution fund lost 11.3 per cent in March to the 28th of the month, while Progressive Capital Partner’s Tulip Trend dropped 26.3 per cent in March to the 24th....
...Or they make the bet . . . of rejuvenating the traditional Christian Democrats vision, adapting it to the 21st century.”...
...Not all the purely contrarian bets would have paid off. Europe’s economy fell farther behind the US. American mega cap tech stocks again led the charge....
...This allows western progressives to feel their favourite emotion: ostentatious guilt....
...But more is needed than the unbridled endorsement of activist investors or the reflexive opposition of progressive critics....
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