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...Budapest has been locked in dispute with the EU over the rule of law and has yet to strike a deal with the commission on unlocking its share of the bloc’s post-Covid-19 recovery fund....
...Oxy reckons its expertise in enhanced oil recovery — in which carbon dioxide is injected into the earth to release more oil — will give it a leg-up as the world scrambles to find ways to store carbon back...
...Most likely in the Budget is some form of enhanced capital allowances under which companies can write off qualifying expenditure against taxable profits....
...Corporation tax is a tax on investment not on shareholders, corporation tax revenue should be reduced to zero....
...I’ve seen first-hand how she brought member states together to take novel and innovative measures to counter the economic impact of Covid-19 and help drive Europe’s recovery....
...This is welcome news for prime minister Narendra Modi, who needs the money to finance the country’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and to help fund a revamp of India’s sprawling rail and road networks...
...Guedes said the country had entered a “V-shaped” recovery and would grow as much as 2.1 per cent next year, aided by investment commitments from the private sector of more than $100bn....
...As such, it took time to recognise that rather than the economy going through a deep V-shaped contraction and recovery, it was facing a “new normal” of excessively low and unequal growth — or what was later...
...and the wealthy, in order to strengthen the recovery....
...“This idea of a V-shape [recovery] that you can see in the first semester of 2020 is now completely impossible,” said Mr Gentiloni....
...Essentially, the world is facing a two-track recovery.” Worse, it is the rich — among countries and within them — whose economic recovery is fastest....
...“The bumper sticker would say, we’re past the V,” says Michael Gapen, chief US economist at Barclays, referring to the shape of the recovery since the shocking collapse last year....
...“Republicans see an enhanced safety net keeping people away and oppose government involvement.”...
...International concerns have also led tech corporations to axe undersea cable projects that would have enhanced telecommunications and made Hong Kong a global data hub....
...Optimists, including most politicians and some central bankers, hope the recovery will not resemble a U or an L shape, but a V for victory. Market indices appear to agree....
...The EU drug regulator is also to launch an investigation next week into whether clinical trials of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine contravened ethical and scientific standards....
...The economy was hit by a tough initial lockdown imposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi while dreams of a V-shaped recovery have been obliterated by a surge in cases and new lockdowns....
...Without wanting to overstate it, I think theatre has a part to play in the mental health recovery of our country, not just the economic recovery.”...
...Governments have put in place guarantees to banks that lend to corporations....
...Dear readers, Will the recovery be shaped like a V, a U, or Nike’s “swoosh” symbol? There is much discussion on this quasi-theological question....
...“People have been knocking on our doors asking for affordable housing, job training and enhanced transit,” says Andy Berke, the mayor of Chattanooga, a midsized city in Tennessee....
...Joe Biden wants Congress to rapidly reach a deal on new fiscal stimulus, in an attempt to boost the US recovery before he takes office in January....
...Yes, the numbers are bigger, but the shock, while not a V is shorter and sharper than that crash, and the pre-crisis fiscal situation was strong....
...Dan Eberhart, a Republican donor to Mr Trump, said while the GDP numbers appeared to validate the president’s promise of a “V-shaped recovery”, they may have come too late in the campaign to help Mr Trump...
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