One would think that President Biden’s initiatives on climate change would have been the worst possible scenario for the energy sector in 2021 and beyond. He stopped construction on the XL pipeline, rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement via executive order and paused drilling on federal lands, putting a shudder through energy investors. The reality, according to many on Wall Street, […]

Sarah Everard’s death in the UK has sparked attention around violence against women. Many women who experience violence don’t report because they “didn’t think it would help.” It’s up to the government, police, and men to make changes so that women feel safer.  Lauren Crosby Medlicott is a freelance journalist in Wales.  This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed […]

FILE PHOTO: A view of the exterior of the Nasdaq market site in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., October 24, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton(Reuters) – Nasdaq 100 futures fell more than 1% on Thursday as bond yields jumped to 14-month highs after the Federal Reserve pledged to look past inflation for a while and keep monetary policy loose […]

The key catalysts for the stock include faster-than-expected market share gain in retail, oil-to-chemicals stake sale, recovery in gross refining margins, potential public listing of Jio and even a possible banking licence going ahead. Despite a massive underperformance at the bourses since the last six months, analysts are turning optimistic on Reliance Industries (RIL). Those at Jefferies, for instance, say […]

For the first time, Los Angeles County officials on Wednesday announced a timeline for students under 18 to be vaccinated. Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said that, while all teachers and school staff in the region are currently eligible for shots, on May 1 all students ages 16 and over will become qualified. See second-to-last bullet point below from Ferrer’s […]

“A victim of Covid-19’s wrecking ball,” is how two men involved in a theatre business with an estimated $1 million liabilities but only $350,000 of assets have described their demise. Miles Gregory and Tobias Grant of the Pop-up Globe said the pandemic killed their theatrical venture, built from scaffolding and most recently in the Auckland Racing Club’s Ellerslie car park […]

New Zealand is almost certainly back in recession, with the December quarter GDP slump of 1 per cent expected to be followed by another contraction in this current quarter. That doesn’t mean we need to panic about the economic recovery but we do need to be realistic about the challenge we face this year. Given the scale of the pandemic, […]

Most people who have had Covid-19 are protected from catching it again for at least six months, but elderly patients are more prone to reinfection, according to peer-reviewed research. The large-scale study was carried out in Denmark, with the findings published in The Lancet. The level of protection that previous infection gave against reinfection differed by age. LONDON — Most […]

Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea prompted much international outrage but little meaningful action. Today, a similar scenario could easily unfold in the South China Sea. In this case, China would be the aggressor, while Taiwan’s Dongsha Islands, which Beijing also claims, are the potential targets. See more stories on Insider’s business page. Russia’s 2014 annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in […]