In The Blind Spot (City Regulation, Coal, Anon Archaeology)
This week’s edition of the Blind Spot Wrap was compiled by Izabella Kaminska (IK) and Dario Garcia Giner (DGG). Business, Econ & Finance: Walmart’s CEO claims they could shut stores and hike prices due to the spate of thefts at their stores, stating that prosecutors’ lax’ approach towards thieves needs to harden. The Bank for […]
ALTIF Transcripts: Bulb Failure
It’s not often when a start-up fails that taxpayers end up getting a bill for £6.5bn – equivalent to a penny on income tax. But that’s what happened with Bulb, a venture that tried to bring the economics of Deliveroo and Uber to the staid business of selling power to domestic customers. Energy expert Nick […]
Spot Markets Live Transcript: 05/12/22
Izabella Kaminska 10:58 … Good morning! Happy nearly St. Nicholas day. Hope you’ve all got your advent calendars on the go. This, of course, is Spot Markets Live, the daily tour around the markets. Today I’m joined by my trusty partner in pixel crime, Anjuli Davies. Hello Anjuli. Anjuli Davies 11:00 Greetings Festive nearly St […]
In The Blind Spot (Temasek, BlackRock, Poland)
This week’s edition of the Blind Spot Wrap was compiled by Izabella Kaminska (IK) and Dario Garcia Giner (DGG). Business, Econ & Finance etc: Did the Fed just admit that inflation may be non-transitory? Oh to remember the good old days when the fintwit community was so sure all inflation would be transitory. Even now, […]
In Geneva, State Parties Are Calling for New Biological Weapon Verification Mechanisms
Between Kanye and Elon Musk breaking the internet, the SBF interviews and a right Royal drama unfolding at the palace, you’d be forgiven for not noticing that one of the more important gatherings of international experts and state signatories of the year has been taking place in Geneva, Switzerland under the auspices of the United […]
Another Blockchain Project Bites The Dust
Blink and you may miss the announcement. The world’s second-largest container shipping group AP Møller-Maersk said on Tuesday (with very little fanfare) that: A.P. Moller – Maersk and IBM to discontinue TradeLens, a blockchain-enabled global trade platform Starting today, the TradeLens team is taking action to withdraw the offerings and discontinue the platform, and the […]
The Nuclear Renaissance Faces Many Hurdles Yet
This is a guest contribution from Ed Castorina, an attorney with over a decade of experience in the power generation field. Bill Gates can have his opinion published by The New York Times any time he chooses (we would think). But, noblesse oblige, he does not abuse the privilege. Only a handful of Gates’ opinion […]
ALTIF Transcripts: The City Contra Mundum
The US politician Dean Acheson once said of Britain that it had lost an empire but not found a role. Could the same be true of the City of London? Out of the EU, it needs to find a new mission to retain its slot as one of the world’s top financial centres. Neil and […]
Spot Markets Live Transcript: 28/11/22
Izabella Kaminska 10:58 … Greetings rabble. Hello and welcome to Spot Markets Live, the weekly tour of what’s going on in markets and finance. Today I’m joined by Anjuli Davies… Hello Anjuli. Anjuli Davies 10:59 Good morning From London for a change Izabella Kaminska 10:59 Also, it’s a special session, as we are currently holed […]
In the Blind Spot (HKD, Semafor, Elon)
This edition of the Blind Spot Wrap was compiled by Izabella Kaminska (IK) and Dario Garcia Giner (DGG). Business, Econ & Finance etc: Nigel Farage has entered the investing world, but his calls have severely lagged the market. After more than a decade and $100bn, the self-driving market appears to be yet another Silicon Valley money […]