Business & FinanceEconomyGovernment 20 February 2023, 7:39 pm. 1 minute By Reuters News Agency Reuters exclusively revealed that the United States’ sanctions authority has launched an inquiry into Raiffeisen Bank…
“There are no plans to introduce digital ID. Our position on physical ID cards remains unchanged.” These were the words of UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s spokesman a couple of…
Yves here. I have to confess to this claim at the top of the interview that is is about de-dollarization, when it is devoted almost entirely to telling the story…
Yves here. We have regularly pointed out that the greenhouse gas advantages of electric cars are considerably offset, if not more than offset, by other environmental cost. This article provides…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. “One does not consider the brand to be the guarantee of quality. For us, the quality guarantees the brand.” –Lord Peter Wimsey in Dorothy Sayers,…
Lambert here: He’s b-a-a-a-c-k!!!! And I’m guessing no. Read all the way to the end, where you will see a glorious example of lack of agency in a policy recommendation.…
Yves here. Hubert Horan again painstakingly goes through Uber’s deliberately distorted financial results to present something much closer to a real picture. To give an idea of the level of…
Yves here. There’s a lot competition for the title of “Nastiest CEO”. And just by weight of numbers, Amazon has a strong claim. Starbucks has only 400,000 employees while Amazon…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. On February 3, 2023, 38 cars of Norfolk Southern train 32N derailed in East Palestine, OH. 20 cars were carrying hazardous materials; several burned for…
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