European gas prices fall as Gazprom signals additional supplies in November
The price of gas futures for November delivery at the TTF hub in the Netherlands stood at $956 per thousand cubic meters – €79.8 per megawatt-hour in household terms – marking a sharp decline of 8%.Earlier this week, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller said the company was ready to turn to refilling its European gas storage facilities next month after it completes filling the underground sites in Russia. Also on rt.com Amid gas supply shortages surging prices, Putin directs Gazprom to fill EU storage units once Russian domestic demand satisfied “Certainly, there are no doubts this will improve reliability and stability of supplies during the forthcoming winter season,” Miller said, adding that the gas injection into Russian depositories would … [READ MORE...]
He Won the Nobel. Why Are His Books So Hard to Find?
Mark LaFramboise, a book buyer at Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C., said the store often struggles to get stock of a new Nobel laureate, but this year it’s been unusually difficult. “In a typical year, it would take about two weeks. This year, I hesitate to even guess,” he said.In Britain, Bloomsbury has ordered “tens of thousands” of reprints, which are shipping all over the world, Pringle said. “Our printers are doing really well, they’re pulling all the stops out.”In the United States, restocking has been more challenging. The bulk of Gurnah’s catalog is published by Bloomsbury USA, which has six of his books. Bloomsbury expects to have copies of “Gravel Heart” and “The Last Gift” in stock by mid-November. Bloomsbury said it had seen a significant bump in e-book sales but declined … [READ MORE...]
Last Call for the Beer Bar?
Dave Pollack and his wife, Alex, opened the Diamond in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, in 2007. Their quirky bar featured bathrooms decorated with cassette tapes, seating in a backyard ski gondola and good beer, drawing on Mr. Pollack’s experience working for a beer importer. At first, the diverse selection, from imported German kölsch to up-and-coming American I.P.A.s, drew customers, but the owners eventually had to add cocktails to the menu in 2018 to compete with other bars in the area, which also had deep beer lists.With an affordable renewal of their lease seeming improbable, the couple shuttered the Diamond in January.***Closings can leave longtime customers at a loss. Mariangela Lopez, a teacher and choreographer, lives near the Diamond, which she visited “almost daily” for years. She often … [READ MORE...]
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Pastries and Persuasion: How a Global Tax Deal Got Done
Mr. Grinberg, a tax law professor at Georgetown University who worked in the Treasury Department during the Bush and Obama administrations, was initially viewed with skepticism by some progressives, who noted that in 2016 and 2017, he lamented America’s “singularly high corporate tax rate” during congressional hearings and called for the rate to be slashed in favor of a consumption tax.But in early 2020, Mr. Grinberg wrote in a Foreign Affairs essay that European digital services taxes could … [Read More...]
Persistent Inflation Threatens Biden’s Agenda
During a CNN town hall last week, Mr. Biden conceded the limits of his power, saying, “I don’t have a near-term answer” for bringing down gas prices, which he does not expect to begin dropping until next year.“I don’t see anything that’s going to happen in the meantime that’s going to significantly reduce gas prices,” he said.Understand the Supply Chain CrisisCard 1 of 5Now, ports are struggling to keep up. In North America and Europe, where containers are arriving, the heavy influx of ships is … [Read More...]
Return to Office Makes a Big Difference for Budding Lawyers
As it happens, the most valuable currency for any associate are hours spent working on client business, which are both a measure of productivity and a way for young lawyers to learn their trade.At most large firms, associates have formal quotas for billable hours, typically 1,800 to 2,000 per year. Those who want to be promoted tend to focus on accumulating these hours, which they track with time-keeping software, sometimes monomaniacally. (At Dickinson Wright, the required minimum is 1,850 … [Read More...]
Stocks Hit a Record as Investors See Progress Toward a Spending Deal
But the recent rally seemed find its footing two weeks ago. On Oct. 6, word broke that Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, was willing to offer a temporary reprieve allowing Congress to raise the debt ceiling. The market turned on a dime from its morning slump, finishing the day in positive territory. That week turned out to be the market’s best since August.Once done as a matter of course in Washington, raising the debt ceiling has been an increasingly contentious issue … [Read More...]
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Last Call for the Beer Bar?
Dave Pollack and his wife, Alex, opened the Diamond in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, in 2007. Their quirky bar featured bathrooms decorated with cassette tapes, seating in a backyard ski gondola and good beer, drawing on Mr. Pollack’s experience working for a beer importer. At first, the diverse selection, from imported German kölsch to up-and-coming American I.P.A.s, drew customers, but the owners … [Read More...]
Don Guerra Is on a Mission to Bake Bread That Blurs Borders
“Sometimes I’m like, ‘Wow, I birthed this thing out of my garage,’” Mr. Guerra said, laughing. “Look how many cool things came out of garages: Steve Jobs, the Ramones. In other places — for example, Mexico — man, you’re a legend if you can kit your house out and you have a little storefront on the side. That person is really respected.”In 2016, after eight years in the garage, Mr. Guerra opened … [Read More...]
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How to Protect Yourself From Online Card Fraud
The service is used by more than 10,000 merchants and has “tens of millions” of cardholder participants, said Sukhmani Dev, senior vice president of digital products, North America, at Mastercard.Here are some questions and answers about safe practices when shopping online:How else can I protect myself?The Federal Trade Commission offers these tips: Shop with a credit card online, and never buy … [Read More...]
F.S.A. Limits in 2022: You May Be Able to Carry Over More Money
With annual open enrollment underway at many employers, workers should log on to their accounts or check with their employer to see how much money is available and decide whether to tweak their paycheck deductions for next year, Ms. Myers said.“Employees need to know their balances,” she said.Employers have generally said they are seeking to hold the line on increases in health insurance costs for … [Read More...]