Furious En+ chairman hits back at Bloomberg for ‘wrong article’ on US sanctions October 17, 2022 Christopher Burnham, chairman of En+ Group, generally considered the world’s leading producer of low carbon aluminium and hydropower, has hit back at media giant Bloomberg. Its news site ran an article on 12 October making a series of allegations with regards to En+ Group’s relations to Russia and sanction compliance, which City A.M. won’t repeat [...]
Moscow’s elite in shock as another close Putin ally suddenly dies: Gazprom ‘wonderkid’ and Kremlin insider Nikolay Petrunin is no more October 17, 2022 Rumours are flying in Moscow today as it has emerged that another one of Vladimir Putin’s close allies has suddenly dies. Nikolay Petrunin, a 46-year-old Russian multimillionaire and a close confidant of the Russian president, is no more. The official reason by authorities was that the Gazprom executive has died as a result of complications [...]
Dealmaker’s Spotlight: Evercore October 17, 2022 Datasite recently spoke with Alexander Asher, Vice President, Consumer-Retail Team at Evercore, to hear his thoughts and insights on market conditions, trends, and technology. Evercore is a premier global independent investment advisory firm. Founded in 1995, the firm has advised on over US$4.7 trn M&A and restructuring transactions. Headquartered in New York, it has 17 advisory [...]
Ukraine holds talks with US over gas reserves to fight supply crisis October 16, 2022 Ukraine is preparing to market its national gas reserves, and has entered into discussions with US firms over its supplies.
Gazprom boss threatens to halt gas supplies if Europe backs price cap October 16, 2022 Russia would halt gas supplies into Europe if the price of its gas exports was capped warned Gazprom boss Alexei Miller.
Sanctions on Russia are on a collision course with Europe’s green ambitions October 14, 2022 These days, Europe is seen as the weak link in the developed economic world. The European stock market is underperforming its US rival, down 22 per cent year-to-date. Even risky emerging markets are doing better. Likewise, Europe’s surging inflation rates, in countries like Germany and Spain (not to mention what the UK is going through), [...]
Labour would ban fracking ‘for good’ if Starmer gets into power October 13, 2022 Labour has committed to ban fracking “for good” if it was to get into office, while condemning a plan for a price cap on renewables. Keir Starmer’s party called of the Prime Minister to call of plans to block renewable energy projects, while calling fracking “expensive, dirty, and dangerous” Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine [...]
IEA warns OPEC+ cuts risk pushing global markets into recession October 13, 2022 OPEC+'s decision to cut oil production risks driving up prices and pushing global markets into recession, warned the IEA.
Lloyds and Aon team up to build customer resilience to Ukraine conflict October 13, 2022 The insurance industry must help customers build resiliencethe Russian invasion Ukraine, according to new research from Lloyd’s and Aon.
Ed Warner: Boxing’s parallel existence, Benn-Eubank, and a Trussian shambles October 13, 2022 The Sweet Science. The Noble Art. Boxing has a lore of its own and is a law unto itself. It occupies a parallel existence in which its rules, first published under the sponsorship of the ninth Marquess of Queensbury in 1867, and a love of litigation – real and threatened – are deemed sufficient to [...]