Hints and tips:
...Prosecute fraud, maybe regulate crypto exchanges like casinos, and keep the SEC et al out of it. This is a disagreement about how to cordon off crypto so that when crypto burns, it is controlled....
...Fury over Big Oil’s profits may recede along with commodity prices in coming months, as our colleagues at Lex argued in a punchy note....
...It’s the most likely answer, although we note that ICE also runs the Brent futures contract, and Saudi Arabia’s decision to provoke an oil price war sent crude and stock prices tumbling on March 8....
...However, Bebchuk et al conclude that this throws the ball into the government’s court....
...Will the private credit party end in tears?...
...It came just as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was in the middle of an oil price war that was collapsing the value of the country’s most important resource....
...Credit spreads, eh. Andrew Garthwaite et al at Credit Suisse has had a fiddle about with the model portfolio, resulting in insurers getting a push....
...oil and gas prices....
...There’s little incentive for HP’s shareholders to engage when the company’s shares are trading above the offer price....
...That includes Credit Suisse’s Greg Weinberger, an adviser to some of the world’s largest energy groups, and Scott Barshay, a partner at Paul Weiss, who has advised General Electric, IBM and Harris Corporation...
...Our report caused a 6 per cent jump in the Frankfurt-based bank's share price, giving it a market value of more than €15bn....
...Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, which administers more than $250bn in pension fund assets, this year launched a subsidiary to manage all project preparation itself....
...So the FDIC as liquidator of Penn Square et al asserted that the “sales” of loan participations by Penn Square and the others were not “true sales” that gave rights to the underlying collateral (whatever...
...That was the realisation: if we can undercut the price of oil, they will be forced to invest in their people; they will be forced to invest in education; they will be forced to liberalise.”...
...Kate argues that Verleger’s view of a hypothetical Saudi et al response to lower prices and/or production is compelling, in that it doesn’t follow that more prolific US oil supply will mean lower global...
...- Why the Acme Brick Company et al are Berkshire’s secret weapons....
...IFC buys $500m insurance to help global trade The International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank, has taken out a $500m insurance policy to help support imports and exports for emerging markets...
...High oil prices threaten to derail growth in China, India – IEA High crude prices have slowed the economic recovery in the United States, the world’s largest oil consumer, and could derail growth in China...
...Rising oil and gas prices mean more money is flowing into the Qatar Holding acquisition war-chest....
...And why, now, doesn’t someone come along and eat Durant for lunch, in the way that Blockbuster has been laid low by Netflix et al? There are two answers (at least)....
...Countrywide Financial Corporation, et al is ostensibly brought on behalf of purchasers of such CWALT, Inc. mortgage pass-through certificates, as well as various other mortgage-backed securities registered...
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...Working with the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and other international organizations, we will launch a G-20 Financial Inclusion Experts Group....
...The oil producer Cnooc fell by 1.7 per cent to HK$8.85 but mainland refiners rose as cheaper crude helps them to improve margins as Beijing controls the price of petrol and other refined products....
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