Hints and tips:
...Laying out the agenda for COP28, Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, the president-designate, set down a loose “mid-century” timeline for the reduction of fossil fuels produced without the capture of emissions....
...Castel del Monte was built by the brilliant Holy Roman emperor and king of Jerusalem, Germany, Italy and Sicily, Frederick II (1194-1250), known as “Stupor Mundi”, or Wonder of the World....
...Despite the long and tough negotiations to set up the fund, COP28 president Sultan al-Jaber said the timeline was “unprecedented” for a UN process....
...They followed the Pinault family of Ch Latour et al, who, in 2013, bought what is now called The Eisele Vineyard from the Araujos, and were so confident of their savoir-faire that they didn’t even impose...
...Bunzl, Howdens et al are generally smaller than the household names, and smaller companies can grow faster. Bunzl’s revenues, for example, have increased from £2.7bn to £11.8bn over the past 20 years....
...Financial markets closed Germany: GfK consumer climate survey Italy: Liberation Day holiday....
...Speaking during the leaders summit, Sultan al-Jaber, president of COP28, also announced a new framework for climate finance, backed by the UAE, the US, Germany, Kenya and Barbados and six other countries...
...It also pledged to make an $8bn investment in Malaysia’s clean energy economy last month, while there have also been deals in Zambia, Saudi Arabia, Germany and Austria among other countries....
...It’s me back again after Aime Williams superbly stood in last week. Her take on the World Bank in the run-up to its spring meetings is here if you missed it....
...The German MP said she was sure such an incident could happen in Germany. “Attacks on Muslims are an almost daily occurrence here.”...
...Sultan al-Jaber, president-designate of the UN climate summit, hit out at rich countries for failing to support the fund....
...As Wachowiak et al correctly note, the recent pressures militating in favour of greater cooperation (Ukraine, a second Trump presidency, fiscal constraints), “have not, to date, proven sufficient to overcome...
...If you owned rate-sensitive, high-risk stocks yesterday you have Unhedged’s permission to sell and take the rest of the year off (Carvana, Zillow, SoFi, et al rose 10 per cent or more)....
...So does Blackstone’s default on a €531mn loan backed by a Finnish office portfolio and Blackstone, KKR et al, limiting real estate investment trust redemptions....
...Hermès, L’Oréal, Dior et al sell an idea of French high-end craftsmanship that derives almost whole cloth from the 17th-century court of Versailles....
...Given how volatile the data was during Covid-19, Williams et al suspended their estimates until May....
...The perception of higher masculinity as indicated by a high [dominance] score violates the female stereotype, which Oh et al. [2019, 2020] suggest dominant-looking female analysts are perceived as less likable...
...Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi et al (Seven Stories Press) The much-feted author of the graphic novel Persepolis leads a collection of vivid, “visually stunning” accounts of the current unrest gripping...
...FT subscribers knew that already, after yesterday’s scoop with all the details by Aime Williams and other colleagues....
...Isn’t it high time the regulators increased oversight on Blackstone and Apollo, et al, as this relatively new and powerful group of financial titans continue their march to the top of the heap on Wall Street...
...But it takes short-sighted self-interest to a whole new level for Poland et al to threaten to smash apart the mechanisms of the single market and the EU’s common trade policy because of the short-term impact...
...Aesthetically and intellectually it fits into a no-nonsense box with St John, Labour and Wait, Ercol, Jasper Morrison et al....
...Saudi Arabia is far from hanging up its jersey Yasir al-Rumayyan has had a busy few seasons....
...William Morris called it the “noblest of the weaving arts”....
...Plus if you really miss Brian Cox et al, you can slowly flick through the archive photographs while humming a haunting piano theme....
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