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...We’re all paying for the effects of fires that are now hitting. We saw $28bn [of] disasters in the United States last year — more than we’ve ever seen before. We’re all paying for that....
...El Niño is a climate pattern originating in the Pacific Ocean, marked by above-average sea surface temperatures....
...Private credit’s fundraising spree has given managers a lot of cash to lend and the industry’s love affair with investing in or buying insurance companies over the past five years has also added billions...
...Then, in the early hours of June 4, troops marched in, opening fire on activists....
...In August, six United States senators wrote a letter to Rostin Behnam, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), decrying betting on the outcomes of American elections....
...China was quite willing until recently to co-operate with the United States, but is an ancient history now....
...The complimentary amenities – from locally roasted Spearhead Coffee to the Linus bikes, fire pits and (of course) Tesla chargers – are pure Golden State. thepacificmotel.com, from $299 In Paris, a tale...
...In 2020, a record heatwave and forest fires drove rolling blackouts for hundreds of thousands of customers....
...A huge chunk of that — Rs205bn — came from the sale of a 3.5 per cent stake in state-run Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) in May through a long-delayed initial public offering....
...A department store I went to over the weekend was packed with crowds, and I even had to wait in line to get a table at a coffee shop....
...And it was passed also in Washington state — a version of the bill — earlier this year, and went into effect on June 9. So it’s now in the two states that most broadly cover the tech industry....
...(I went to two weddings in two different states last week and I’m still recovering.)...
...What do you make of the current state of the fintech market?...
...The US software company said on Sunday it was in negotiations with ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, to explore “a purchase of the TikTok service in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand...
...“In any given year, we’re partnering with 50 to 60 fintech companies in the Asia-Pacific,” said Matthew Wood, who oversees Visa’s digital and fintech partnerships in the region....
...The quick-fire round: public auctions make a comeback (of sorts) Auctions for control of publicly traded companies, overseen by the UK’s Takeover Panel, haven’t been a big feature of the country’s M&A landscape...
...manufacturing, insurance and banking....
...annual FT ranking of 500 leading high-growth companies in the Asia-Pacific region....
...In that state, more than 3.1m acres have burnt so far — 60 per cent more than the previous fire season record of 1.9m acres in 2018 — according to the state department of forestry and fire protection....
...Of the world’s cities with the worst air pollution last year, ranked by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir, the top 148 are all in the Asia-Pacific region....
...United Microelectronics, the Taiwanese contract manufacturer, is a case in point....
...In parallel with the financial restructuring of PG&E, California has also created a $20bn insurance fund for state utilities to fund future claims from wildfires. PG&E will initially contribute $5bn....
...causing new fires....
...The state-run Saudi oil company pipped previous record-holder Alibaba, which had held the title for years after its $25bn listing on the New York Stock Exchange in 2014....
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