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[johnwise] 06/12/2024 07:26

Trump taps hawkish former Senator David Perdue as ambassador to China

“As a Fortune 500 CEO, who had a 40-year International business career, and served in the US Senate, David brings valuable expertise to help build our relationship with China. He has lived in Singapore and Hong Kong, and worked in Asia and China for much of his career,” Trump said in a post on his social media platform Truth Social.

As a member of the Senate from 2015 to 2021, Perdue took a tough stance on China that has become a hallmark of the Republican Party.

[reidy66] 05/12/2024 16:18

351 then ?

[portside1] 05/12/2024 15:30

Have been talking to. Friends who worked at hbos. They are dismayed at reeves claims of her roll. She was a stamp,licker

[portside1] 05/12/2024 15:00

300 before Xmas

[portside1] 05/12/2024 14:15

Big buyer out their who is the buyer

[johnwise] 05/12/2024 11:00

Housebuilding in decline again as high borrowing costs hit demand


Activity in Britain's housebuilding sector continued to fall last month, as high borrowing costs and weak consumer confidence weighed on demand.

The closely watched S&P Global/CIPS UK Purchasing Managers' Index for the construction industry came in at 55.2 last month, up from October's 54.3.

While the construction industry picked up in November, growth was lopsided, amid weaker residential house-building which is sensitive to high interest rates.

Robust demand for commercial and civil engineering projects offset the contraction in residential housebuilding.

Commercial construction activity expanded at the fastest pace since May 2022.

Conversely, residential work declined at the steepest rate since June. Housebuilding firms said high borrowing costs and fragile consumer confidence were hitting demand.

[johnwise] 05/12/2024 10:51

China sanctions US military companies over Taiwan arms sales


China has sanctioned 13 US military companies, including Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc and BRINC Drones Inc, after the US went ahead with arms sales to Taiwan.

In addition, China will freeze the assets of six executives from five companies including Raytheon, BAE Systems and United Technologies, in China, and bar their entry to the country.

Chinese organisations and individuals are also prohibited from dealing with them.

[johnwise] 05/12/2024 10:38

The secretive U-2 spy plane on mission up north as Norway steps up deterrence against Russia

The exercise this week, aimed to deter Russia, includes fighter jets, strategic bombers, tankers and the grand old Cold War surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft: the U-2.

[johnwise] 05/12/2024 10:30

Equinor and Shell to create the UK’s largest independent oil and gas company


Equinor UK Ltd, a subsidiary of Equinor ASA and Shell UK Limited, a subsidiary of Shell plc are to combine their UK offshore oil & gas assets and expertise to form a new company which will be the UK North Sea’s biggest independent producer.

The incorporated joint venture (IJV) will be set up to sustain domestic oil and gas production and security of energy supply in the UK.

On deal completion, the new independent producer will be jointly owned by Equinor (50%) and Shell (50%), two leading global energy companies with decades of experience operating in the UK North Sea. With the once prolific basin now maturing and production naturally declining, the combination of portfolios and expertise will allow continued economic recovery of this vital UK resource. The new company will be more agile, focused, cost-competitive and strategically well positioned to maximise the value of its combined portfolios on the UK Continental Shelf.

The new company will invest to provide a long-term future for the individual oil and gas fields and platforms, helping extend the life of this crucial sector for the benefit of the UK.

[makinbuks] 05/12/2024 10:26

Target is to trade at a premium to NTA, well north of £3

[johnwise] 05/12/2024 10:21

VIDEO

Fox News host Sean Hannity comments on President Biden’s final weeks in office ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Sean Hannity

[smurfy2001] 05/12/2024 09:25

Buyback should complete this week.

[portside1] 05/12/2024 09:07

Buy buy buy target now over 300

[johnwise] 05/12/2024 08:24

VIDEO

Nigel Farage BLASTS Labour for handing £310m to 'Corrupt' WHO

[prbshares] 05/12/2024 08:15

@reidy : agreed , could be an interesting run up towards Christmas imo

[johnwise] 05/12/2024 07:42

Imagine how that money could have helped UK citizens? Less tax, better roads, warm pensioners ?


Cost of UK asylum system hits record £5.4billion after it surged by more than a third in a year - with 66% of small boat arrivals granted leave to remain, figures show

[johnwise] 05/12/2024 07:31

Your New Neighbors


Council gets grant to house asylum seeker families


More than £1.2m of government funding will be used to provide homes for 15 Afghan refugee families in Stoke-on-Trent, according to the city council.

[johnwise] 05/12/2024 07:13

Supermarkets’ senior executives to face questions from MPs over food price inflation, profits and relationships with producers


Senior executives from five of the biggest supermarket chains will be questioned about retailers’ role in the food supply chain, by MPs on the cross-party EFRA Committee