UK small businesses mired in bureaucracy after Brexit
[ad_1] Before Brexit, it would have been a routine job for freelance event producer Netty Miles to bring traveling exhibitions to Brussels. But since the UK ended free movement with Europe, life has become more complicated for Miles and a team of three technicians who need to set up the exhibition, Sunwhich has a 7-meter-tall […]
A Round-Up of Anti-Covid Nasal Spray Vaccine and Treatment Research
[ad_1] By Lambert Strether of Corrente. As readers know, I’m a big fan of anti-covid nasal sprays. The first time I did a round-up, in July of 2021, there were a few vaccines under development, but the focus was mainly on prophylaxis and treatment. As of this writing, there are many more solid nasal vaccine […]
Ukrainian refugees and cost of living will be in focus this week
[ad_1] This article is a live version of our newsletter for the week ahead.register here Get the newsletter straight to your inbox every Sunday Hello and welcome to Workweek, Had a warm few days in London. You have to hold on to things like this during this difficult time. Sadly, like the global news agenda, […]
Transcript: Samara Cohen – The Big Picture
[ad_1] ?? ?? The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Samara Cohen, BlackRock CIO for ETF and Index Investments, is below. You can stream and download our full conversation, including the podcast extras on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google, Bloomberg, and Acast. All of our earlier podcasts on your favorite pod hosts can be found here. […]
John Oliver on the conductor – the big picture
[ad_1] What kind of crazy, fucking world do we live in, and John Oliver’s Ticketmaster story is exactly right? Customers and legislators are too stupid to understand how the game works. He called Irving Azoff a lack of charisma, I disagree, you don’t become as successful without charisma, trust me, but Irving said it directly […]
Stop the news: End of an era as FT’s own print site shuts down
[ad_1] A sort of Fleet Street pilgrimage took place on a recent wet night when a group of FT reporters headed to a nondescript warehouse in Ball, a cab driver in Stratford and the Thames nowhere to be found. The team spent a lot of time on digital screens compiling on the FT’s “pink” print […]
Will OPEC increase oil production as Russia disruption boosts oil prices?
[ad_1] Will OPEC increase oil production in response to Russian supply disruptions? In the oil market this week, all eyes were on OPEC’s next ministerial meeting on Thursday, after G7 leaders called on the producer group, led by Saudi Arabia, to boost output to make up for the damage caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. […]
Link March 27, 2022 | Naked Capitalism
[ad_1] Dear patient reader, Lambert and I, along with many readers, agree that Ukraine has sparked the worst information environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in the comments to reduce the fog of war – real fog and stage fog. None of us need more cheerleaders and linkless repeat memes; there are platforms. Low-value, […]
10 Sunday Reading – Big Picture
[ad_1] Avoid your eyes!mine Sunday morning Look at incompetence, corruption and policy blunders: • How Putin fell victim to his own lies Vladimir Putin and the dangers of those who respond. (sound) see also Both the Kremlin and QAnon are telling the same dangerous lies Americans Amplify Kremlin’s ‘Biolab’ Conspiracy Theory in the Internet’s Echo […]
Expectations grow that the Fed will deploy massive rate hikes
[ad_1] Expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates sharply by half a percentage point this year are rising as central bankers say they may soon need to step up efforts to bring down the highest level of inflation in 40 years. Wall Street economists collectively revised their forecasts for monetary policy in 2022 […]
The Oil and Gas Industry is Using the War in Ukraine to Profit and Push Its Interests
[ad_1] Lambert here: Big Oil? Surely not. By Stella Levantesi, an Italian climate journalist, photographer and author. Her work has been published in The New Republic, Nature Italy, Wired Italy, and the Center for Investigative Journalism in Puerto Rico, among others. Originally published at DeSmog. When Russia invaded Crimea, the EU and United States issued […]
UK-Australia free trade deal risks being held ‘hostage’ by farmers
[ad_1] A leading trade group has warned that Britain should not allow the Australia-UK free trade agreement to be “held hostage” by the country’s agriculture sector and should focus on ratifying the deal this year. The British Chamber of Commerce in Australia released a report this week saying the first post-Brexit trade deal would remove […]