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...More than half of Thames Water’s debt is index-linked, according to rating agency S&P, burdening it with higher interest repayments as inflation soared over the past 18 months.The utility may also face large...
...Additional reporting by Robert Wright...
...More on US politics: Robert Kennedy Jr’s appeal to conspiracists poses a genuine threat to Joe Biden, Edward Luce wrote in June....
...Email us your view: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com....
...Chart of the day The S&P 500 stock index yesterday crossed the milestone of 5,000 points for the first time....
...S&P gave the new UBS AT1 a BB rating, five notches below its A- credit rating on the bank....
...Additional contributions from Benjamin Wilhelm and Gordon Smith...
...P Soleil d’Or gives bright yellow berries on red stems, and P rogersiana Flava has glossy yellow fruits....
...S&P 500 futures were down 0.1 per cent during morning trading in Europe. 2....
...Rating agency S&P has negative outlooks for about two-thirds of the UK water companies it rates — indicating the possibility of downgrades if financial performance worsens....
...But RFK Jr’s name recognition has its benefits. It is hard to imagine a conspiracy theorist called John Smith polling 20 per cent among Democratic voters within weeks of declaring his candidacy....
...Rating agencies Fitch and S&P have cut SBB’s bond to junk status over concerns about its substantial short-term debt....
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...Email us your thoughts: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com. The US housing market and the substitution effect Single-family homes are expensive....
...We’re also reading . . . 2024 election: Ron DeSantis, Robert F Kennedy Jr and Nikki Haley in recent weeks have all seized on the social and economic problems San Francisco is experiencing for campaign fodder...
...If you have a theory about footwear-specific investment risks, email us: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com....
...John Roberts, who worked for 35 years at the Fed, said he expected the central bank to skip a September rate rise and then reassess at later meetings....
...More on Amazon and Apple: Whether you prefer to own Apple or Amazon stock will reflect on what you think about the future of technology, argues Robert Armstrong....
...Originally called The Towers, it was owned by the railroad magnate Robert Young and his wife Anita O’Keeffe (sister of artist Georgia O’Keeffe)....
...Earlier this month, rating agency S&P downgraded Casino, saying “a default, distressed exchange, or redemption appear inevitable within six months, absent unanticipated and significantly favourable” changes...
...Global February construction PMI data US: Federal Reserve Beige Book Results: AIB Group FY, Breedon FY, Brown-Forman Q3, Campbell Soup Company Q2, Capita FY, CLS Holdings FY, ConvaTec FY, DS Smith Q3 trading...
...Not so, says Robert Armstrong, author of the FT’s Unhedged newsletter. In an article this week he argues that UK stocks are cheap for a reason. However, he also laid down a challenge to FT readers....
...S&P Global Market Intelligence has estimated more than 400 tankers operate within the shadow fleet, with estimates of the wider group of vessels at risk of breaching sanctions ranging into the thousands....
...The film that Downey Jr and director Chris Smith set out to make is hijacked partway through by its subject....
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