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...From the disruption of shipping lanes to fears about the conflict sparking a wider conflagration, the war in Gaza continues to have a sizeable impact on the global economy....
...It also, says Foroohar, raises questions about America’s ability to reindustrialise in strategic sectors and its ability to continue to police global shipping lanes when it no longer has the industrial capacity...
...publishes its monthly card-spending statistics US: NAHB Housing Market Index Conference: S&P Global’s CERAWeek energy industry gathering, with speakers including ExxonMobil’s chair and chief executive Darren...
...Need to know: UK and Europe economy Martha Lane Fox, “dotcom dinosaur” and new president of the British Chambers of Commerce, warned that businesses were holding off big decisions because of political and...
...Items continuing into Ireland, and thus into the EU’s single market, would be subject to stricter controls in a “red lane”....
...Looking ahead, Lane says: “Our current assessment is that if there is a recession, it’s going to be mild and short lived.”...
UK energy cap rises 80%, Moderna launches legal action over vaccine patents, and the arrival finally of ‘peak TV’
...While one side of the building might face the diminutive Old Barrack Yard, the other faces the five usually traffic-filled lanes of Knightsbridge....
...Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis Allen Lane £25/Norton $27 272/288 pages Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall by Zeke Faux Weidenfeld & Nicolson...
...Today’s top stories Eurozone wages are rising in a “moderate way” says the European Central Bank’s chief economist Philip Lane....
...“These are people who fight for protected bike lanes, run for the school board, plan block parties.” It also has an impact on local services....
...and the EU single market would face “red lane” checks....
...The Nureyev gala, only a few blocks away in Drury Lane, showcases the many aspects of male classical dancing — flashy, refined, introspective — and the preening powerplay between tights and tutu....
...She has pointed out that neither Fed chair Jerome Powell nor BoE governor Andrew Bailey studied economics....
...Among those who jumped on this ascetic bandwagon was the “appalling self-publicist Jerome” in the late fourth and early fifth century, “whose personal ‘desert’ was his large library on the main road between...
...Some US importers are betting that their need to circumvent congested shipping lanes will last well beyond the next holiday season....
...For a short period, he writes, the device stood for a golden age of the web before smartphones helped social media mutate from Speaker’s Corner to Gin Lane....
...As its chief economist Philip Lane explains, the ECB has updated its guidance on when it will tighten policy: not until inflation reaches (or exceeds!)...
...ECB chief economist Philip Lane, as part of our Economists Exchange series, says that long-term damage will be “relatively contained” though....
...as fish and chips, fish pie and Sunday roasts alongside seasonal fare like rabbit terrine and gazpacho. 1 Comely Bank Row, 0131-332 6281; scranandscallie.com Borough This family-run affair from chef Darren...
...Many governments are offering subsidies for bike buyers and are planning thousands of miles of new cycle lanes....
...(Duan however did not have time to wash her hands before covering her face for our picture…) Here’s Darren....
...Guided by their enterprising manager Darren (Max William Bartos), Sing Street come up with a series of lively tunes that effectively mimic the synth-heavy style of new wave pop groups such as Duran Duran...
...In September, the government announced £220m of central government funding for buses, on targeted interventions including building “express lanes” for buses, and putting together a long-term bus strategy...
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