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...In the summer of 1985, Dale Vince found himself happily living in a variety of vehicles, among them an ambulance and a fire engine....
...Eleven such transactions, with a total value of $215bn, were struck during the quarter, up from five takeovers worth a combined $100bn in the first three months of 2023....
...But that word “possible” is worth thinking about....
...There is, said Paul Dales of Capital Economics, an “implausibly big hole” in the UK’s public spending plans....
...The Bank of England estimates that £19.5mn in 2000 would be worth just over £35mn today....
...He said that the DMO would issue £241bn worth of gilts in the coming financial year — a sum second only to the near-half a trillion pounds’ worth issued at the height of the pandemic....
...They have frozen hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Russian assets and targeted some of the country’s biggest lenders, making it significantly more complicated for western companies to do business...
...The dairy industry is worth €13.1bn a year to the Irish economy, supports 54,000 jobs and brought in a record €6.8bn in exports in 2022....
...power companies have gone bust in the past six weeks as wholesale prices of gas and electricity surged to record levels with further collapses soon expected, with the majority of the now sector lossmaking.Dale...
...Dales expects the FTSE to rebound to 9,500 (!) by the end of 2024 as recessions at home and abroad begin to ease and the prospect of interest rate cuts grows....
...And it’s worth, I think, asking why....
...Chancellor Jeremy Hunt argues that while the impact of NHS strikes on patients is “incredibly regrettable”, the short-term hit to growth is a price worth paying if it helps curb inflation....
...Worth Matravers, Jurassic Coast – Dorset This part of Dorset has a bounty of impressive walks – including Corfe Castle, Old Harry Rocks and Studland – and Worth Matravers is the perfect start and end point...
...If you’re worth $200mn or $20bn, is it smart to do due diligence on the one you love?...
...The various legs range from 9 to 15 miles, and vary widely in terms of the challenges: while the highest point of the Way is only 548m above sea level, there’s more than enough uphill and down dale, and...
...Thus, an annual 1 per cent tax would be worth nearly 3 per cent of GDP....
...With household energy bills set to soar in April, it’s worth keeping a close eye on the data in the months ahead....
...It’s worth mentioning the wine list, which takes the fashion for British wines to its logical conclusion, with the whole front half featuring them by region....
...The seven economic wonders of a worried world In periods of economic gloom, it is worth highlighting the few countries that defy the prevailing pessimism....
...Paul Dales, chief UK economist at Capital Economics, went further than most BoE watchers and predicted there would be a half point rise....
...It is worth noting that not all borrowing is created equal....
...“There’s a point where people say, it’s not worth my going out any more.” Data underline this....
...Paul Dales: Yes....
...But Paul Dales, chief UK economist at the consultancy Capital Economics, described robust growth as “a statistical mirage generated by the pandemic”....
...His process uses 40 kilowatt-hours of energy to produce one carat, or four days’ worth of the average UK household’s energy use....
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