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...“More importantly, depending on the technology involved, it preserves natural resources by saving energy, water and the use of solvents.”...
...Attention to detail is conspicuous, from the suite amenities, including L’Occitane toiletries, hair tools and Nespresso coffee machines, to the thoughtful service of the staff....
...Real Return fund, which avoids companies incompatible with the aim of limiting global warming to 2°C....
...This opens the door for these assets to be invested in housing, infrastructure and renewable energy....
...The MSCI ACWI returned 8.48 per cent annualised in the 10 years to the end of 2023, while the MSCI USA index returned 11.98 per cent....
...Plus, a classic Provençal mas in towns and villages like Ménerbes, St-Rémy, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Gordes (where Knight Frank is selling a seven-bedroom house for €2.35mn) and, of course, Cézanne’s native...
...“The base rate changes are coming thick and fast,” says David Hollingworth, director at mortgage broker L&C....
...David Hollingworth, associate director at broker L&C Mortgages, notes that several lenders have increased their stress rates this month, and expects others to follow....
...David Hollingworth, associate director at broker L&C Mortgages, said the rise to 1 per cent could leave borrowers on a 25-year repayment mortgage at a standard variable rate of 4.24 per cent paying an extra...
...Dall-E is spelled D-A-L-L dash E. It’s a portmanteau of Wall-E, the Pixar robot, and Salvador Dali. And this software is part of a new trend in digital technology called AI-generated art....
...L’état, c’est moi President Emmanuel Macron has suggested he will fully nationalise state-controlled electricity group EDF in a further effort to reform France’s energy sector and calm the turmoil in European...
...C Mortgages....
...Letter in response to this article: A token appreciation of the New York City subway / From Peter L Jaeger, Tokyo, Japan...
...I mean, the World Bank is saying that we might need over 3bn b tonnes of new metal to achieve the 2-degree C future. But where's all this copper, cobalt going to come from?...
...Refining capacity is to shrink c.30% by 2030, from c.1.7mbd to 1.5mbd by 2025 then to 1.2mbd by 2030....
...L-f-l rents down 27%: net rental income fell down to just £87.3m which represents a l-f-l fall of 27% (excluding premium outlets), as a result of covid and the reduced rent collection rate....
...Garfield, Banbury, England Crossword 16,218: Richard Gibson, London; M Amey, Macclesfield; George Warburg, Connecticut Polymath 1,030: David Wadsworth, London Crossword 16,212: Caroline Sproule, Moira; L...
...My favourite neighbourhood is Saint-Germain-des-Prés, because I love L’Hotel and all the antique shops and art galleries there....
...The performance in Europe (LFL -17% is softer than we had expected, mainly due to Iberia (28% of European retail space) and big city centre stores, while USA is -9%....
...However, at c.18x recovered earnings, we’d prefer to look elsewhere or wait for a cheaper entry point....
...Lundin and Serica Energy are also upgraded with Tullow and Cairn remaining on “underperform” and most other things are “buy”....
...at the ‘C-suite’....
...The formulation works on the skin’s mitochondria – the “batteries” where cellular energy is stored....
...The move fuelled a significant escalation of trade tensions with some of Washington’s closest allies, and prompted retaliatory Canadian duties on C$16.6bn ($12.2bn) worth of US goods....
...BP’s announced a strategic partnership with Equinor (which we used to call Statoil) to develop offshore wind energy in the US....
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