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...Dow said French courts had already ruled in a connected but separate case that there was no threat to recovering a judgment....
...Brian Dow, deputy chief executive of Mental Health UK, said the “cost of living has hampered the nation’s recovery from the pandemic, people’s wellbeing has clearly continued to suffer”....
...Munich Re told Simon that for the second year in a row, global insured losses from natural disasters had exceeded $100bn — a “new normal”....
...(Simon Mundy) Quote of the day “Are you going to pay for the environmental damage you have caused in Ukraine?”...
...Simon MacMahon, head of ESG research at Sustainalytics, says the growing scrutiny and “increasing politicisation of ESG in some markets . . . has not changed our focus or our commitment to including any...
...It was also kicked out of the S&P Dow Jones sustainability indices last year following reports that it had business dealings with Myanmar’s military, which has been accused of serious human rights abuses...
...The French have it absolutely right, writes Simon Kuper....
...Simon Edelsten is co-manager of the Artemis Global Select Fund and the Mid Wynd International Investment Trust...
...(Simon Mundy) ‘Grade inflation’?...
...One striking discovery was that 69 per cent of the funds are guided by ratings and indices provided by MSCI, FTSE Russell and S&P Dow Jones Indices, the investigation revealed....
...And, as the second-best performer among Dow 30 companies this year, Microsoft has helped fuel ESG performance in 2021 and 2020. But Microsoft’s lofty ESG reputation took a hit on Tuesday....
...Barclays has appointed Tracy Corrigan, who previously held roles as chief strategy officer of Dow Jones and editor of the FT’s Lex column, and former NatWest chief risk officer Vanessa Bailey as independent...
...This idea rang true to us, so Simon Mundy and I asked if she would elaborate on a follow-up call....
...The benchmark S&P 500 index closed up 0.3 per cent while the Dow Jones Industrial Average had risen 0.7 per cent....
...Follow Simon on Twitter @KuperSimon and email him at simon.kuper@ft.com Follow @FTMag on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first Letter in response to this column: Tax the rich, and tax them...
...(FT) Bertelsmann in lead to buy Simon & Schuster The German owner of Penguin Random House was the highest bidder to buy Simon & Schuster, ahead of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp....
...The ADB’s new coal policy is “a positive step,” said Simon Nicholas, energy finance analyst at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)....
...Tesla’s gains came amid a broad rally in global equities that propelled the Dow Jones Industrial Average to 30,000 for the first time....
...Many Republicans are also following Trump in endorsing a choice unimaginable in Europe: risking death for the Dow....
...On Wednesday, Bertelsmann announced its acquisition of book publisher Simon & Schuster for $2.2bn, concluding a hot auction where the German media titan outgunned the likes of France’s Vivendi and Murdoch...
...Yangtze’s chief executive Simon Yang has tried to allay fears of a massive glut of chips....
...After the Dow Jones index rallied 27 per cent in seven weeks from its March 23 low, John Cassidy of The New Yorker asked: “Have investors . . . lost their minds?”...
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.6 per cent but remained below its historical peak....
...Simon Kuper envisions Paris in 2050 following a quest for liveability. (FT) Is less more?...
...By the time this horror ends, it might have changed our way of life, Simon Kuper observes — already, it is pushing us into green living....
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