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...In today’s newsletter, FT EU correspondent Alice Hancock gives us the latest twist around the bloc’s green rules, with a wave of new requirements set to hit environmental, social and governance rating providers...
...pursuing a progressive social agenda....
...Magellan “completely reversed its view of industry prospects”, EIP said in a securities filing. But 55 per cent of outstanding Magellan unit holders approved the transaction on Thursday....
...Abdel-Fatau Musah, Ecowas commissioner for political affairs, peace and security, insisted this week that the military option was the “last resort”....
...The story may be subverted and expanded but, like Dickens, Kingsolver means to shine a floodlight on the suffering of the poor, especially children. Small wonder she won the Pulitzer....
...“The extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detention of members of Uyghur and other predominantly Muslim groups . . . may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity,” the report...
...The comment period on most of them has now come to a close, so chair Gary Gensler and his fellow commissioners will soon have to decide whether to push forward with some or all of them....
...Now I don’t know Threads that this new kind of social media app that Meta and Zuckerberg are launching. I don’t know if that’ll catch on. I have no insight into that....
...However, even with the impetus of renewables-driven energy security, BP may need more help from policymakers and regulators to convince investors to stick with it through the transition....
...It added it “recognises the work” of the members of the advisory group and “take[s] note that some . . . have decided to step down”....
...Expectations are mounting in London and in financial markets that Kwarteng will imminently announce a U-turn on the £43bn package of unfunded tax cuts....
...Speakers include Hester Peirce, a commissioner on the Securities and Exchange Commission, and US Senators Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand and Steve Daines....
...and social control....
...If the BTP is the Gotham City Police Department, and Turner is Commissioner Gordon, Colin Saysell is Batman....
...S&P Dow Jones Indices said it was “monitoring the development of the conflict in Ukraine and is reviewing the recently issued sanctions”....
...Some researchers believe it may be possible to draw a line between the sexist culture of some police forces and violence in the home....
...Bracing for impact EU preparations for the economic and social impact of a Russian attack on Ukraine are running at full speed....
...The full impact of 2022’s tightening of monetary policy is still to be seen, and we expect another 50bp of rate hikes in early-2023....
...Email us at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com....
...Meanwhile, early testing indicates mutations of Omicron may hamper the effectiveness of Regeneron’s Covid antibody drug, the company said....
...“E” and “S” issues may grab more headlines, but unless companies are well governed, they can struggle to put their environmental and social plans into action....
...Social media videos showed police using tear gas and an increased security presence designed to deter defiant protesters....
...Hester Peirce, the top Republican commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission, has also raised concerns with ESG ratings....
...“They may be committed to broad notions of social justice in the workplace and society, yet here is a situation where that aspiration cuts against them.”...
...“This is not going to be a V-shaped recovery, at best, this is going to be a U-shaped.”...
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