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...The South Sea Company made only losses from its slaving operations as detailed by Adam Anderson, clerk to the company, in his history published in 1764....
...Sebastian Mallaby, ‘The Man Who Knew: The Life & Times of Alan Greenspan’ (2016) Favourite: The Money Game, by “Adam Smith”....
...The price of international crude benchmark Brent has jumped nearly 20 per cent to $88 a barrel since the start of June....
...What A newly renovated, Grade II*-listed town house, originally built in 1775 by architect Robert Adam....
...International crude benchmark Brent is up 20 per cent since the start of June and analysts say the oil price could rise more if the Israel-Hamas conflict escalates into a broader regional conflagration....
...Adam Bell, the former head of energy strategy at the business department, said the new prime minister, who is due to take over on September 5, must act quickly to replace gas in the energy mix of the UK...
...Futures for Brent crude, the international oil benchmark, rose as much as 4.2 per cent to $90.75 per barrel and then retreated to trade 1.1 per cent higher at $88.04....
...The Thin Blue Line uncovered the wrongful conviction of alleged murderer Randall Dale Adams, leading to an exoneration. His humour can also be darkly gonzo....
...International benchmark Brent crude reversed early gains to settle 0.2 per cent lower at $91.88 a barrel on Wednesday, having hit a 10-month high earlier in the day....
...The supply cut helped spark a rally in oil prices last week, sending international benchmark Brent rising to almost $80 a barrel....
...In room 55B, across from Dürer’s “Adam and Eve”, hung a small wooden mannequin, based on Dürer’s treatise on the proportions of the human body....
...Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, said US inflation could come down without a recession in an economy where labour traditionally has less bargaining power....
...Oil prices fell, with international benchmark Brent crude and its US equivalent West Texas Intermediate both falling about 2 per cent....
...Meanwhile, oil prices retreated, with international marker Brent crude falling 1.3 per cent to $75.96 per barrel, and US benchmark West Texas Intermediate settling down 1.7 per cent to $71.29 a barrel....
...Brent, the main international oil benchmark, rose more than 10 per cent in dollar terms in 2022 to end the year around $85 a barrel....
...This smart piece in The Economist explained the deficiencies of Brent crude as a benchmark for the global oil price....
...“It makes sense that the bank may not be able to fully wind up its support schemes until the markets’ fiscal concerns have eased,” said Paul Dales, chief UK economist at Capital Economics, the consultancy...
...Futures tracking Wall Street’s S&P 500 were down 0.2 per cent Crude oil prices advanced, with international benchmark Brent rising 2.3 per cent to $92.68 a barrel....
...Adam Tindle, of Raymond James, on Motorola February 2020 call....
...That is unusual and positive, said Adam Posen, head of the Peterson Institute of International Economics....
...Adam Turnquist, chief technical strategist for LPL Financial, described the stock market mood as “sell now, ask questions later”....
...Brent crude, the international oil benchmark, settled above $100 a barrel for the first time since the start of the month, rising 3.9 per cent to $100.22....
...Early on Sunday morning prime minister Rishi Sunak, at his constituency home in the Yorkshire Dales, received the report which sealed the fate of Nadhim Zahawi....
...Brent, the international benchmark, tumbled almost 11 per cent to $101.31 a barrel, while US marker West Texas Intermediate dropped 9.4 per cent to $98.25....
...The UK is heavily exposed to “soaring energy prices” like Europe, while at the same time having a similar experience to the US of excess demand pushing prices up, said Adam Posen, president of the Peterson...
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