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...The Calamos Convertible High Delta ETF (CVRT) is expected to launch in the third quarter....
...She told MPs the length of stay in hospital of Omicron cases whose condition was not serious enough to require oxygen treatment was less than half that of Delta-related cases....
...Health officials will give evidence about the dangers of Covid-19 misinformation amid an outbreak of the fast spreading Delta variant that has prompted authorities to lock down 16m Australians....
...Most vaccines appear to offer protection against the emerging variants but some studies have shown reduced efficacy in response to the Beta and Delta strains, which first emerged in South Africa and India...
...Despite stringent measures, an outbreak of the Delta variant across 21 Chinese provinces continues to worsen....
...“I could give you other reasons, but when you peel the onion back on those sub-reasons, they tend to end up with: They have more debt.”...
...Delta also renewed its contract for its co-branded credit card with American Express through 2029....
...The S&P 500 airlines sub industry index fell more than 4 per cent....
...At one point, the sub index was down as much as 4.2 per cent, prompting debate among investors as to whether the tech bubble had burst....
...*This article was amended from the original to correct the sub-headline date...
...The rally in crude prices has been fuelled by supply disruptions in Nigeria where attacks by militants, that call themselves the Niger Delta Avengers, have driven oil output to the lowest levels seen in...
...Charles Ambaiowei, a representative of the INC, said the military was failing to tackle the insecurity and instead attacking “innocent communities and our people”....
...The outlook does not look so rosy if you live in the Niger Delta or in Tripoli. What we are seeing today is a forerunner of what will happen when the transition comes....
.../ From Eric D Tucker...
...According to Paul Tucker, the ex-deputy governor of the Bank of England, breaking down mental silos is “about having a curiosity and a generosity of spirit [to listen to others]”....
...The S&P 500 airlines industry sub-index declined more than 3 per cent to 304.74. Shares of Delta Air Lines fell 3.8 per cent to $43.26 while United Continental Holdings dipped 4.8 per cent to $64.01....
...The S&P 500 Railroads Sub Industry index was down 2.4 per cent....
...American Airlines, Delta and United did better in the past, when global competition was muted and Americans flying abroad were sufficiently loyal, or unworldly, to book business-class seats that did not...
...The IPO ranks as the largest for a sub-Saharan company since Kenya-based telecom group Safaricom’s in 2008, according to Dealogic....
...Theft, vandalism and civil unrest in the Niger Delta show little signs of abating, and Exxon Mobil and Shell have already declared force majeure this year....
...But the creation of the north Atlantic joint ventures involving the big US and European carriers over the past decade has made Virgin look sub-scale....
...The deal, which is subject to approval from Nigeria’s government, will see the Chinese state-controlled oil group acquire Total’s share of production in the Usan field in deep waters off the Niger Delta....
...Teflon Tucker Paul Tucker, deputy governor of the Bank of England, made a good fist of his appearance before the Treasury select committee on Monday....
...Among the top gainers on those sub-indices were coalminers Alpha Natural Resources , up nearly 10 per cent at $16.08, and copper and gold-miner Freeport-McMoRan , 5.9 per cent higher at $37.89....
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