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...Divergence is sharp between more fragile, resource-poor Middle East nations and wealthy Gulf oil exporters, which are more insulated from the shocks than their neighbours....
...Foundation boards are powerful and largely insulated from criticism. There are few checks and balances....
...Icho said Maruwa was insulated from competitors as it was “nearly impossible” for any non-ceramic supplier to enter the market at this stage by building a business from scratch....
...“Given many — not all — larger tech companies have strong balance sheets and are more insulated from rising rates, they have been the defensive plays,” said Gordon....
...As I worked on the borders, the roof was peeled back and insulated with sheep’s wool. Inside, the loose box became a reading room, the rusty manger rubbed down and re-enamelled boot-black....
...Britain’s housing offers the worst value for money of any advanced economy, combining high prices with old, cramped, poorly insulated buildings and long commutes, according to an influential think-tank....
...According to real estate website Se Loger, almost 20 per cent of the homes for sale in the first half of 2023 were poorly insulated ones, double the level in 2021....
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...The structure has insulated the firm from the whiplash of US politics on China, as it does not have to answer to institutional investors....
...But the megacap companies with heavy index weightings had “really strong cash positions” and were relatively insulated from the moves in rates, according to Kevin Gordon, senior investment strategist at...
...“But it is widely suspected that he will be less insulated from ruling party pressure and will thus be less likely to hold the line in sustaining the IMF fiscal consolidation programme,” he said....
...Hot rock tech works by transferring heat energy, either direct from source or generated by electric heaters, into an insulated vessel containing the storage medium....
...But Orcel said UniCredit would be insulated from the decline in net interest income by rising fee revenue and lower restructuring costs....
...The smartphone panic exists because we are advanced enough to have invented such a device, rich enough that most people can afford one and, above all, so insulated from life-and-death issues that sad teenagers...
...The unusually high average maturity has insulated the public finances from sudden changes in market conditions, because it takes longer for moves in yields to feed through to the government’s overall interest...
...Marex appears to be staking its future on US securities markets that are more insulated. A deeper pool of specialist investors adds to the list of reasons why a New York ticker makes sense....
...Publicly listed water companies have been more insulated from the market jitters, however, with the spread — or extra yield above government debt — on a €650mn bond at United Utilities rising less than 15...
...On an earnings call last month, Schwarzman said the group’s increasingly diversified business had insulated it from recent market turmoil....
...Sales of Kingspan’s core insulated panels have held up, even with healthy price rises. These panels make up well over half of operating profit....
...Banks reclassified $1 trillion in securities as held-to-maturity (HTM) which insulated these assets book values from interest rate fluctuations. More vulnerable banks were more likely to reclassify....
...The top end of London’s property market is insulated from the impact of higher borrowing costs, which have slowed the wider UK housing market this year, because few buyers rely on mortgages....
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