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...The climate summit yielded a mixed bag of results that left some observers outside of the carbon markets torn between acknowledging the historic nature of the deal brokered by COP28 president Sultan al-Jaber...
...Six billion dollars that was about to be released by the United States in return for a prisoner exchange was blocked. There was a hint of irritation at Hamas in public comments by Iranian leaders....
...If you owned rate-sensitive, high-risk stocks yesterday you have Unhedged’s permission to sell and take the rest of the year off (Carvana, Zillow, SoFi, et al rose 10 per cent or more)....
...The perception of higher masculinity as indicated by a high [dominance] score violates the female stereotype, which Oh et al. [2019, 2020] suggest dominant-looking female analysts are perceived as less likable...
...“The reason is they all follow one leader, Ayatollah [Ali] Khamenei.”...
...But it takes short-sighted self-interest to a whole new level for Poland et al to threaten to smash apart the mechanisms of the single market and the EU’s common trade policy because of the short-term impact...
...Eurostar narrowly dodged bankruptcy in 2021 after being bailed out by shareholders including French state railway SNCF, Canadian institutional fund manager Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Hermes...
...Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi et al (Seven Stories Press) The much-feted author of the graphic novel Persepolis leads a collection of vivid, “visually stunning” accounts of the current unrest gripping...
...“It’s not even in the realm of possibility right now,” he said. “There is no break glass plan. We’re staying in the United States.”...
...boom in North America....
...being undermined by the leadership of United Arab Emirates oil executive Sultan al-Jaber....
...Need to know: Global economy Sultan Al Jaber, the president-designate of COP28 and head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, promised to “supercharge” global climate finance, finalise a $100bn fund to...
...His name is Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan . . . He is one of the most powerful men on Earth, and yet the ruler of the United Arab Emirates maintains a relatively low profile on the world stage....
...“The idea that Saudi Arabia would do this to harm the US or to be in any way politically involved is absolutely not correct at all,” Adel al-Jubeir, minister of state for foreign affairs and a former ambassador...
...That global macroeconomic movements this year have been in large part due to the United States Federal Reserve is so obvious that this paragraph is pointless....
...Now see the many state attorneys-general (acolytes, no doubt of Alito et. al.) who want to sanction corporations that adopt ESG....
...al) wouldn’t bring globalisation to a halt....
...Ali Shihabi, a Saudi commentator familiar with the leadership’s thinking, said Saudi Arabia was interested in a good relationship with America “but it wants to be treated with respect”....
...It comes iced, nitro (cold brew made with nitrogen gas for an ultra-smooth texture) or hot, with all of the usual suspects represented: macchiato, cappuccino, cortadito et al....
...The United Arab Emirates had taken a temporary seat on the council this year and US secretary of state Antony Blinken called his Emirati counterpart, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, to reiterate the...
...To this day, many Americans will take their first steps on the road to appreciating art via the legacy of Frick, Rockefeller, Carnegie et al....
...They look at Facebook’s past five years and its attempts — frequently belated, often ambiguous — to deal with the way that state actors (Russia et al), hoodlums (such as the Proud Boys), politicians (a list...
...Despairing of a strong US presence, America’s allies in the region (Japan, Australia, New Zealand et al) will agonise about how much they can slow-walk China’s application to join the CPTPP....
...The SEC charged the United States Oil Fund, the exchange traded product at the centre of last year’s sub-zero oil market meltdown, and its partner United States Commodity Funds, for “misleading statements...
...As the first senior United Arab Emirates official to visit the Biden administration touched down in Washington, the message the Gulf state sought to promote was “the strength and continuity” of the partnership...
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