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...That, Alfani observes, did not happen in the global financial and eurozone crisis, nor during the pandemic or the energy crisis....
...Guyana’s oil riches, estimated at 11bn barrels of gross recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block, have thrust the South American nation into the limelight, with neighbouring Venezuela bulking up its military...
...Others caution that Guyana risks falling victim to the “resource curse”, in which sudden natural resource riches hollow out other domestic industries and breed political division and corruption....
...Clips from Yahoo Finance, Reuters, CNBC, Bloomberg For further reading: Oil megadeals usher in an age of energy uncertainty Dealmakers see Chevron-Hess tie-up as the start of oil ‘arms race’ The race...
...And the reality is that even the most diversified of energy stocks still have a 50 per cent-plus correlation to oil prices....
...RISC-V processors already appear in simpler devices such as smartwatches....
...“This is a good time for energy producers to invest these riches given their purchasing power in financial markets has risen sharply,” he said....
...When Vicki Hollub flew Occidental Petroleum’s Gulfstream V jet to Omaha for a meeting with billionaire investor Warren Buffett in April 2019, she needed cash to place a bet....
...Arrival is merging with Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp V, paying a huge premium in order to add $300mn to its balance sheet. It is a desperate move that is unlikely to trigger a Spac revival....
...This week, the base, which is the headquarters of the US Army’s V Corps, was renamed Camp Kościuszko after the Polish revolutionary who crossed the Atlantic to fight the British (gee, thanks Thaddeus)....
...But his fundraising illustrates, too, the power of private capital — and in particular of the riches unleashed by the technology boom. A new generation of superwealthy has emerged in Silicon Valley....
...The bank’s expensive push into consumer banking, asset management and transaction services has yet to generate the same embarrassment of riches as the past two years’ dealmaking boom....
...Space is already exploitable — the commercial satellite business is worth $270bn — but the real riches lie in the metals, minerals and gases that make up extraterrestrial objects....
...Chart of the week Europe’s escalating gas supply crunch has pushed up the price of allowances linked to carbon emissions as energy producers switch over to cheaper but dirtier coal....
...When the Iran-Contra story finally broke late in 1986, Powell had been in Germany for less than six months, now with three stars and in command of the 75,000 strong V corps, having skipped the normal intermediary...
...From an economic viewpoint, climate change holds out the prospects of faster, ice-free shipping lanes between Europe and Asia, and of access to vast, remote energy and mineral riches....
...He hasn’t announced a blank-cheque deal since January, when his Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp V announced a tie-up with the digital lender SoFi....
...(FT) Inverse rags to riches Evergrande has been under huge pressure from both the Chinese government and investors to cut its debt pile....
...Can the gas help solve the world’s dirtiest energy problems? asks today’s Big Read. 5....
...The Israeli company, which has more than 20m registered users, will combine with Fintech Acquisition Corp V, the special purpose acquisition company set up by banking tycoon Betsy Cohen, in one of the largest...
...Tristram Hunt is director of the V&A and a former MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central....
...On Friday, Honda also doubled its full-year profit guidance and raised its annual dividend forecast, citing strong demand for its Vezel and XR-V models in China....
...Vladimir Putin said he would be vaccinated with the Sputnik V jab on Tuesday....
...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....
...“I can’t imagine a complete V-shaped recovery, and it will be more like going back and forth at the bottom of a U-shaped recovery,” Mr Kakiuchi said....
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