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...In 2022, these funds raked in a net $10.9bn in North America, up from what had been a record $4.1bn the previous year, according to data from FactSet....
...Last year, a particularly fierce US fire season ripped through forest projects that had generated offsets bought by companies including BP and Microsoft....
...That’s why the company is seeking to buy what it calls “mini-MatchMoves” in markets in central Europe, Latin America and the US, he said....
...Companies that sell software to insurance groups have also fared better....
...“Insurance is a massive problem, even car insurance,” she says. “Buildings and contents insurance is another one....
...The latest devastation caused by forest fires in North America and south-eastern Europe, and floods from China to Germany offer a glimpse of this future of increasingly extreme weather....
...“I think America by nature is impatient,” he said, noting it was three years before he hosted his first runway show. It was 23 years before his company went public....
...Here’s Investec (sell) to summarise: [L]ockdowns are impacting consumption in North America (c. 30% of sales), Europe (c. 20% of sales), India (c. 10% of sales), Africa (12% of sales) and many countries...
...The big question is whether the pace of the Chinese rebound can be replicated in Europe and North America....
...The growing number of fires are costly for insurance companies....
...liability, medical negligence, insurance and bankruptcy....
...As investors in energy companies “you are largely saying [to them], what you are making is no longer a product that this society can afford”, she says....
...(Its new frontman, Jon Gray, is pictured below) Carlyle, the US buyout group, just raised North America’s largest ever fund at $18.5bn, breaking through its original $15bn target....
...But onerous restrictions — the product of another political fudge — have made it almost impossible for some addicts to access....
...Hardly, says Ben Rabidoux, president of North Cove Advisors, a Toronto-based firm which advises institutional investors....
...As legal counsel for the global insurance business, she noted that a company that sells promises cannot operate without the rule of law....
...Sales grew at a steady pace in the second quarter, with the sportswear company’s accelerating gains in international markets helping to offset sluggishness in its home market in North America....
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...Many end up in the informal urban economy as drivers, delivery men and security guards, working punishing hours without paid vacation or health insurance....
...We also need the tech companies to acknowledge the disruption they cause and do far more to benefit all aspects of our lives. john.thornhill@ft.com...
...A sign at the NT car park at Great Langdale advises mountain hikers to wear sensible footwear: “No stilettos please!”...
...The US Congress has banned the company from using the Russian-built RD180 engine that powers its Atlas V rockets, like the one that took off on May 20....
...It will be levied on the companies. It will be introduced in two years’ time to give companies plenty of space to change their product mix....
...Actavis, however, may have warmer feelings towards Allergan’s product development. Yet Actavis may offer fewer near-term cost cuts, and there is limited overlap between the two companies’ sales forces....
...This will remove over £1bn from the cost of providing motor insurance. We expect the industry to pass on this saving, so motorists see an average saving of £40-50 per year off their insurance bills....
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