[ad_1] Business activity in Britain slowed less than expected in March, a closely watched survey showed, but waning optimism in manufacturing and services, coupled with

[ad_1] Rishi Sunak pledged to “support the British people in tackling rising energy costs”. In this context, the Prime Minister’s spring statement adds little to

[ad_1] Today’s world is like a large and fragile train. From about 1990 to 2008, as China, India, and the former Soviet bloc joined the

[ad_1] my morning train WFH wrote: • Russian central bank chief wants to quit Ukraine, but Putin says no The Russian president has said he

[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

[ad_1] Yesterday, Russia launched what amounts to a counter-sanction by mandating that all payments for Russian gas from “unfriendly countries” be made in roubles. Sadly