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...Utilities with an $850mn offering....
...According to the Indonesian declarations, these 30 representative sailings — totalling 3.1mn tonnes — cost $139mn, plus $3.1mn in shipping and insurance costs in Indonesia....
...(Miles Kruppa) Quick Fire Q&A I spoke with Itamar Lesuisse, co-founder and chief executive of Argent, which provides an Ethereum wallet as a competitor to customers holding their assets on exchanges like...
...It’s in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, outside the headquarters of an insurance company located alongside an interstate highway. This is a pittance, globally speaking....
...As ever, reach out to Imani (imani.moise@ft.com) or me (sid.v@ft.com) with your thoughts. Happy reading!...
...Her critics will hope she can apply similar enthusiasm to strengthening democracy and civil liberties in Bangladesh. COP Watch The UN’s COP26 conference convenes in early November....
...Nowadays, there’s a sure-fire way for a visitor to make it even less exciting....
...V. A month in, the occupation in Zuccotti Park — or Liberty Plaza — was becoming more permanent. Problems were emerging too....
...Global economy Our Economists Exchange series features former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers on the “substantially excessive” recovery plans of President Joe Biden....
...The developers of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine have demanded an apology from Europe’s drug regulator for comments made by the head of the agency likening having the jab to “Russian roulette”....
...(FT) Fire up the jet As commercial airlines tick by on life support, the private aircraft industry is taking off....
...Stumbling blocks (2): Intercontinental Exchange, owner of the New York Stock Exchange, admitted it had explored a potential combination with Ebay, reports the Financial Times....
...A subrogation claim, in the case of a fire, arises when an insurance company seeks reimbursement for the damage claims they paid to insured homeowners when the utility is found to have caused the fire....
...So-called “fitness contests” are growing increasingly common, where employees use step-counters or other tracking devices to prove how active they are in exchange for a discount on their health insurance...
...Respected technocrats Amien Sunaryadi and Zulkifli Zaini were put in charge of state utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara....
...The rating agency noted that Australian utilities tightened regulations following the fatal “Black Saturday” fires in 2009 so the country’s power providers could be spared the culpability that PG&E faced...
...A slightly weary one: We published a major report just two months ago, on 3 February: Utilities: Net Growth from Net Zero....
...The regulator says that consumers have lost at least £27m in crypto and foreign-exchange scams....
...Bankrupt utility Pacific Gas and Electric, which supplies electricity and natural gas to most of northern California, has cut off power to avoid falling wires from igniting fires owing to 80 mile an hour...
...And while shareholders and bondholders are battling for control of the utility, there are now calls for a government takeover. If the fires keep burning, expect the anger to get worse....
...Crown Castle Sector: telecoms / HQ: Houston, US Key stat: The company is building 10,000 ‘small cell’ mobile phone antennas on street lights and utility poles this year....
...According to KBW, the five largest insurers in California by market share are State Farm, Farmers, Liberty Mutual, Allstate and Auto Club Exchange. Many of those are mutuals or privately owned....
...Pacific Gas & Electric also said on Tuesday its board elected Michael Lewis as the utility’s senior vice-president of electric operations, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission...
...The economic model comes with an implicit contract — that Singaporeans give up a substantial amount of personal liberty in exchange for prosperity and security....
...Now the utility faces collapse....
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