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...Copper demand is expected to double to 50mn tonnes a year by 2035 compared with 2021, according to energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie....
...Wood Mackenzie said last month that $7bn of deals had been struck for Australian LNG assets in the first 10 months of 2023, making it one of the top destinations for global investment in the sector....
...“LNG is increasingly about scale and having a large portfolio,” said Frank Harris, head of global LNG consulting at Wood Mackenzie....
...It’s a fine pub, to be sure, all handsome wood panelling and blood-red leather banquettes....
...Wood said Labor had exercised political caution in the budget despite riding high in the polls....
...In 2009, Kirin led a A$6.5bn buyout of the Lion Nathan brewery, which produces famous Australian beers including XXXX, Tooheys, Little Creatures and Stone & Wood....
...Additional reporting by Leo Lewis in Tokyo, Mercedes Ruehl in Singapore, Nic Fildes in Sydney and William Langley in Hong Kong...
...Employer compensation for commutes is partly governed by worries about fairly treating those who live close to the workplace and those who travel, says Alastair Woods, workforce consulting partner at PwC...
...Other potential candidates include Chris Hipkins, an experienced politician and the current minister of education, police and public service who was responsible for the Covid response, and Michael Wood,...
...A wood-encased poster advertising “Coffee/Whiskey/Hair/Shoes” at the top of the stairs signals that this is no ordinary place....
...Commissioning your own garden sculpture is a must for any self-respecting garden show-off — names to drop include David Harber, David Williams-Ellis and Nic Fiddian-Green....
...“It’s being driven by the energy crisis, people are looking for alternatives,” says Nic Snell, managing director of Hereford-based Certainly Wood, the UK’s largest supplier of homegrown kiln dried logs....
Lawyers master tech tools to help disgraced banking clients handle information quickly
...New Zealand has been accused of cosying up to China, its biggest trading partner, accounting for NZ$20bn (US$13bn) of exports including dairy, meat and wood, and placing economic considerations above human...
...Michael Wood, the transport minister, said in parliament that while many of the protesters could be described as confused, scared or manipulated, the wider movement was underpinned by a “river of filth”...
...nic.fildes@ft.com...
...future of the dollar-based global financial order in the wake of Russia invading Ukraine that have transformed him into one of Wall Street’s most read (and most controversial) analysts. https://twitter.com/nic...
...Ben Wood was working at Vodafone’s long-forgotten premium rate phone line division in the mid-1990s when the mobile phone market suddenly took off....
...Additional reporting by Nic Fildes in Sydney...
...James Sherwin-Smith, organiser of a 100-home scheme in Furnace Wood, a village on the West Sussex-Surrey border, secured his vouchers and a grant from the local council on Friday, but only after repeated...
...They contain around 350 components, crafted from the same wood, metal and bone materials used more than 250 years ago....
...Nic Fildes has more and Janan Ganesh has been rueing not keeping the BlackBerry Pearl he was issued with back in 2007....
...Tech tools — Yoto Yoto’s £80 speakers, which can be operated by young children, have been a pandemic hit with parents, writes Nic Fildes....
...But there is a lot of wood to chop to get there. Buyers these days are more willing to pay a hefty price for a business that will deliver than between 9 to 12 times for a mediocre asset.”...
...Nic judged that we should take a little from the seat and shorten the leg just a touch....
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