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...Merlin Cochran, director of Mexican Association of Hydrocarbon Companies, said billions of dollars had gone to other countries once Mexico’s tenders were stopped....
...which provides water and sewerage services to around 15mn households in London and surrounding areas, said that pre-tax profits fell to £246mn in the six months to September 30 on revenues from customer bills...
...The company has asked Ofwat for a 40 per cent increase in customer bills by 2030 to underpin the £750mn investment....
...The equity is subject to bill increases that need to be approved by the regulator Ofwat....
...Alastair Cochran, finance director of Thames Water, told a hearing by MPs in July that its “incredibly supportive shareholders” had provided “£500mn equity, which it had fully drawn”....
...Ross, a former head of Ofwat, was subsequently appointed interim co-chief executive along with Alastair Cochran....
...The new funds are dependent on Thames developing a new business plan and Ofwat signing off on an increase in water bills....
...The next regulatory period will probably see higher levels of investment across the industry, with likely bill implications,” he added....
...Other companies are experimenting with using rent payments, utility bills and even video streaming subscriptions....
...For instance, some blame the stimulus bill passed in the early days of the Biden administration, which helped boost demand just as the economy was recovering....
...Days later, on a Monday, he received a text from his former boss, Bill Belichick, the longtime coach of the New England Patriots, and a man with longstanding ties to the Giants organisation....
...This week Mr Giuliani attacked attorney-general Bill Barr for stating the obvious truth that there’s no evidence of significant fraud in November’s election....
...Ms Hyde-Smith, the state’s former agricultural commissioner, was appointed to the senate following the retirement of Thad Cochran, receiving the endorsement of Mr Trump....
...A second Republican senator, Thad Cochran, is separately recovering from a skin cancer scare, but is expected to be back on Capitol Hill by next week....
...The health-related absences of John McCain, the Arizona senator, and Thad Cochran of Mississippi helped fuel the doubts, as did wavering support from other lawmakers....
...Discussions continue, and Mr Lee remains undecided on the tax bill. Asked about Mr Rubio’s position, President Donald Trump told reporters he expected the senator will “get there” on the bill....
...The odds of the budget bill passing improved after John McCain, an Arizona senator, backed the measure, and Thad Cochran, a Mississippi senator, returned to the Senate after illness....
...One small snag: Uganda is virulently homophobic, its parliament having attempted to pass a “Kill the Gays” bill in 2013....
...After this was announced, Shaun Cochran, Korea head for brokers CLSA, wrote: “This deal essentially amounts to accepting clearly fundamentally expensive Cheil shares in exchange for clearly fundamentally...
...Mr Cochran has emphasised his record as an “appropriator” on Capitol Hill who has harnessed federal spending for the state – one of the two poorest by household income – via farm bills, hurricane relief...
...Bill Lampton, an Ergon executive, introduced him by saying “he looks at [Mississippi] as his family and his job is to take care of it, cuddle it”....
...They will have the power to pass bills on their own....
...In Washington, by contrast, Democrats had seen Mr Cantor as a major impediment to getting an immigration reform bill through the House of Representatives....
...In Mississippi Thad Cochran, the entrenched Republican senator awash in establishment money, has been forced into a run-off he may well lose by a Tea Party-backed candidate....
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