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...The International Energy Agency and Opec recently published updated forecasts that the cuts would produce a deficit in oil markets this year if they are maintained....
...Yet none of them — not the rating agencies, nor the examiners from the US Federal Reserve, nor the outside consultants that SVB hired from BlackRock — was able to coax the bank’s management on to a safer...
...The game is on Friday at 2pm ET. Apologies for the error — Gordon....
...Brussels seeks EU-wide gas price caps The European Commission’s energy agency has called for member states to adopt an “emergency wholesale price cap” on gas to tackle a widening energy crisis, according...
...Coronavirus digest Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has overruled her agency’s advisory panel and recommended that people in occupations at high risk of Covid...
...The latter sentiment has been echoed by Fatih Birol, executive director of the usually conservative International Energy Agency....
...Brandon Wales testifies on cyber security In Washington, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency acting director testifies before the Senate today after the Solarwinds hack....
...He hopes the club can have a happier future under new management....
...The Federal Reserve is ending the bulk of the remaining emergency facilities it rolled out last year to support financial markets through the coronavirus crisis....
...The chair of the US Federal Reserve will appear alongside Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the IMF, and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the new boss at the World Trade Organisation....
...This was translated into emergency financing for 88 countries provided at great speed....
...Andrew Smith: At the moment, it’s out of their hands....
...In addition to slashing interest rates to near-zero and committing to buying an unlimited quantity of Treasuries and agency mortgage-backed securities, the central bank has rolled out 11 emergency facilities...
...The credit rating agency said India's economy was likely to contract 5 per cent this financial year....
...Nominations for the next director-general of the World Trade Organization formally opened on Monday....
...Going forward, the federal government has ordered that only Euro-V standard fuels can be imported. Elsewhere, banks have announced policies to end financing for coal-powered plants....
...The projections, based on government modelling by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, forecast about 200,000 new daily cases by the end of the month....
...(FT) Coronavirus digest US agencies warned that China was attempting to steal vital coronavirus research by hacking....
...(FT, Reuters) In the news Dimon’s emergency surgery Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase chief executive, had emergency heart surgery on Thursday morning....
...(FT, CNN) Regulators praise market ‘resilience’ In interviews with the FT, officials at two US federal agencies expressed relief that markets have withstood recent volatility in what amounted to a dramatic...
...Bargain hunters are circling the $4tn US municipal bond market after a selling frenzy pushed the prices of some issues to record lows and prompted emergency intervention from the US Federal Reserve....
...To solve this problem the Federal Aviation Administration is working with private companies to develop a new traffic management system for unmanned flights....
...Once an upstart investment company shunned — even mocked — by rivals, it has disrupted the investment management world....
...Economists say a V-shaped recovery is unlikely. Even then it could be two Vs stuck together – a W, in other words....
...The local medical examiner turned to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the federal agency that handles such cases. No, this wasn’t Ebola. But it was another disease endemic in Africa....
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