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...These have picked up markedly in recent years, from a low of about 400,000 b/d in the pandemic year of 2020 to about 1.4mn b/d recently, according to Richard Bronze at Energy Aspects....
...He is also viewed as a potential pick for Treasury secretary, or to succeed Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell in 2026....
...The real game will be parsing Chair Jay Powell’s words with obsessive precision, for hints about rate cuts to come....
...Triple-B [the lowest rung of IG] spreads are at about 120bp, whereas double-B high-yield is at 200bp. So you pick up 80bp from going from triple-B to double-B....
...We’re wondering to what degree Jay Powell will acknowledge slowing pace of disinflation, and what he will attribute it to. Send me your thoughts: robert.armstrong@ft.com....
...Harbour’s oil and gas production will rise from about 190,000 barrels a day to more than 500,000 b/d when the deal completes....
...Which of the following was not a pre-bitcoin digital currency: B-Money, HashCash, Internet Money, Bitgold, Beenz?...
...Jay Powell in Spain: The US Federal Reserve chair speaks at the Bank of Spain Conference on Financial Stability in Madrid....
...“They’re clinging to that idea, even if [Chair Jay Powell] didn’t give a clear message that they’re done”....
...company is so big now — 6 per cent of the S&P 500’s total shareholders’ equity — that there are no companies in the US or abroad that are (a) big enough to make a meaningful impact on Berkshire’s earnings, (b)...
...He also had a vintage Alanda coffee table by Paolo Piva – a new version of which is made by B&B Italia (from $2,318)....
...debates on whether 2% target is the right target or not, policymakers cannot neglect the practical implications of moving the goalposts because of a) credibility issues (as you discuss in your column), and b)...
...In his early twenties, he became manager of a lounge bar in Newark owned by bandleader Teddy Powell....
...Read more about Linda Yaccarino’s plans for Twitter. 5....
...Twitter: Days after Elon Musk announced the platform’s rebranding to X, chief executive Linda Yaccarino visited Hollywood in a bid to woo talent agencies and entertainers. 5....
...Monetary policy: Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell will participate in a panel discussion with former chair Ben Bernanke in Washington DC....
...The British discounter B&M, which has traded well through the economic downturn, updates on trading in its latest quarter on Thursday. More details about these and the other companies reporting below....
...It spotlights black country artists like Linda Martell, and it has made history maybe too little, too late....
...This week will bring a string of post-meeting Fedspeak, culminating with Jay Powell talking at the IMF on Thursday. We expect opinions on the economy to diverge widely....
...This is just a coincidence, though if Jay Powell brings inflation all the way back to 2 per cent without causing a recession there may be talk of canonisation....
...Her multi-platinum repertoire has spanned golden-age R&B, punk-pop riffing, country-tinged ballads and clubby bangers, all powered by her gloriously sweet-spiky vocals and irrepressible attitude....
...“You should be able to have a blues tune next to a country tune next to a jazzy tune next to an R&B tune,” she says....
...Unscripted (Cornerstone Press/Penguin Press) by James B Stewart and Rachel Abrams makes a worthy bid for Paramount founder Sumner Redstone to be considered Logan-worthy....
...Well-off parents buying into preferred catchment areas is nothing new and for years families have been moving to Kent for the grammar schools, but demand has notably intensified in recent months, says Linda...
...On a p/b basis, then, the Russell looks reasonably priced: Next, consider the biggest risk to small-caps: the business cycle....
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