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...The plunge means this could be the right time to buy into battery technologies, says Kenneth Lamont, senior fund analyst at Morningstar....
...On Medium, Dave Troy has a collusion conspiracy theory. For Bloomberg, Matt Levine does piecework. On Twitter, Andrew Gawthorpe has the geopolitical conspiracy theory....
...Phil Murphy, the Democratic governor who referred to anti-vaccination activists as “ultimate knuckleheads” in a speech on Friday, said the mandate is effective from Monday....
...Governor Ned Lamont said late last month that from May 19, fully vaccinated Connecticuters will be eligible for a free drink at participating restaurants (a food purchase will be required)....
...Murphy highlighted 13 participating breweries across the state in a message on Twitter....
...Gold fell 0.3 per cent to $1,867 a troy ounce while the dollar was little changed....
...“We continue to see a broadening market rally at the expense of recent leaders,” Christopher Murphy, the co-head of derivatives strategy at Susquehanna said, referencing big tech....
...As played by Troy West, the latter is so crude and repulsive that a radioactive cockroach might seem comparatively fetching....
...Mr Troy has pioneered approaches to incentivise law firms for delivering better value and efficiency....
...Gideon Rachman discusses the Indian prime minister's first year in office with Victor Mallet and James Lamont....
...They agreed instead with Johann Lamont, the former Scottish Labour leader, who said the party in Westminster treated her part of the party as a “branch office”....
...Mr Brown’s decision not to contest the leadership means Jim Murphy, member of the UK parliament and Labour’s shadow international development secretary, is seen as the most likely successor to Johann Lamont...
...The East Renfrewshire MP confirmed last week that he would run to replace Johann Lamont, who resigned after the referendum, accusing the Labour leadership of treating Scotland as a “branch office”....
...Ms Lamont voted for Mr Murphy’s two rivals in the leadership election, declining even to list the MP as her third choice of three....
...When she stepped down in October, Ms Lamont accused London colleagues of treating Scottish Labour like a “branch office”....
...While many of Mr Murphy’s comrades say reviving Labour’s fortunes will take time, he is seen as a much more energetic, assured and media-savvy politician than his predecessor as Scottish leader Johann Lamont...
...While Ms Lamont had little impact during the referendum campaign, Mr Murphy won an outsize share of the political limelight with a national tour in which he set out the case for union from a mobile stage...
...Ms Lamont had been the subject of criticism from colleagues at Westminster....
...Mr Murphy, shadow development secretary, said on Wednesday night he would become the third and most high-profile politician to enter the race to succeed Johann Lamont....
...A spokesman for Ms Lamont said: “She’s not going anywhere. She’ll be here to lay the path into 2016.”...
...Former leader Ms Lamont toyed with the idea of promising a shift to targeted benefits, but failed to follow through....
...There were also the comments from Johann Lamont, Labour’s former leader in Scotland, saying the party in Westminster had treated it as a “branch office.”...
...Mr Darling is backing Jim Murphy, the former Scottish secretary, to succeed Johann Lamont as the Scottish party’s leader, claiming that he is best placed to emulate Mr Brown’s pugnacious sense of conviction...
...However, political analysts said the favourites for the Labour leadership were still considered to be Jim Murphy, the UK’s shadow international development secretary, and Neil Findlay, the more leftwing...
...He hopes that Mr Murphy, the combative former Scottish secretary, can pick up the pieces....
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