UK companies will be required to set out plans by 2023 for a transition to a low-carbon economy, as part of steps to make Britain the world’s first net-zero financial centre * Transition plans for listed companies and asset managers * Britain to set out transition pathway for finance in 2022 * New task force …
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A potentially faster-spreading “sub-lineage” of the coronavirus Delta variant named AY.4.2 has been spotted by labs in at least 8 states, and health authorities in the United Kingdom say they are investigating a growing share of cases from this strain of the virus. Labs in California, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, North Carolina, Rhode Island and …
The number of confirmed new cases of COVID-19 in Germany increased by 33,949 per day, which is the highest since the start of the pandemic in the country. The corresponding data follows from published on Thursday, November 4, materials of the Berlin Institute of Virology named after Robert Koch. The previous anti-record was recorded on …
The Federal Reserve will start easing its vast support for financial markets this month, marking a highly anticipated policy change as central bank leaders grapple with major price increases in some parts of the economy but plenty of room to grow in the labor market. The Fed’s announcement, made after its two-day policy meeting Wednesday, …
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China is suffering its most widespread Covid-19 outbreak since the virus first emerged at the beginning of the pandemic in Wuhan in 2019. The country’s new locally transmitted Covid cases have spiked to a near three-month high amid what the Chinese government called a ‘serious’ new outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant. Now, more …
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Russia saw its crude oil and condensate production rise in October for a second consecutive month as it increased output under the OPEC+ agreement to ease the collective production cuts. Total crude and condensate production at the leader of the non-OPEC countries in the OPEC+ deal rose by 1.1 percent from September to stand at …
https://youtu.be/wZvm75xKklE Investing.com – U.S. crude stockpiles rose more than expected last week at a time when uncertainty over the supply outlook continued to weigh on prices ahead of the OPEC+ Alliance’s meeting later this week. West Texas Intermediate, the benchmark traded at $83.06 a barrel on the news, after settling down 14 cents at $83.91 …
https://youtu.be/HGxNmegYjAM (Bloomberg) — U.S. President Joe Biden kept up the pressure on OPEC+ to combat high oil prices, blaming it for inflationary pressure at home just two days before Saudi Arabia, Russia and the rest of the cartel meet to discuss oil policy. “If you take a look at gas prices, and you take a …
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the above video from January is Biden putting the screws to domestic oil . Biden now turns to overseas producers after targeting domestic drilling Team Biden had to play defense Monday after suffering a self-inflicted dent to his reputation ahead of the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, when he urged other major energy producers …
President Biden said he and other world leaders agree that diplomacy is the best way to keep Iran from gaining a nuclear weapons. He also blamed the U.S. exit from the Iran nuclear deal on former President Trump’s ‘very bad judgments.’ President Biden said that the U.S. is “continuing to suffer” from former President Trump’s …
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