Posts by Nathan Pine
Indonesia aims to issue rules on commodity exchange by end-November
The new bourse aims to improve transparency and allow greater control over exports of commodities Published Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · 05:38 PM [JAKARTA] Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority plans to issue two new regulations by the end of November for a new commodity exchange set to be launched in January 2027, a senior official said…
Read MoreShell to sell US$1.5 billion stake in Australian LNG plant to Adnoc energy investment arm
XRG has been scouring the world for supply as it aims to be among the top five global LNG suppliers Published Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · 04:07 PM [DUBAI] The energy investment arm of Abu Dhabi’s state oil producer agreed to pay US$1.45 billion for Shell’s stake in an Australian natural gas project, the latest…
Read MoreLufthansa beats Q3 profit expectations as cost discipline, demand offset higher fuel prices
CEO warns 2027 will be ‘another year of transformation’ amid efforts to boost group earnings Published Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · 02:58 PM [FRANKFURT] Lufthansa posted better-than-expected quarterly profit as strong demand and cost discipline helped cushion the impact from high fuel prices. Third-quarter earnings rose 6 per cent to 1.4 billion euros (US$1.6 billion)…
Read MoreSpaceX, Anthropic IPOs highlight growing clout of retail investors, say Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley CEOs
The offerings’ reception reflects the appetite for quality companies, notes Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon [HONG KONG] Deep pools of capital and increasingly sophisticated retail investors are helping to drive demand for mega initial public offerings, including those of SpaceX and Anthropic, said the CEOs of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. “There’s been a handful of…
Read MoreProposed billionaire tax could impact California sports teams
The billionaires targeted by the wealth tax on the November ballot include owners of some of California’s top sports teams and, among them, there will be winners and losers if voters approve the measure. Which owners would be ensnared by the proposed tax on billionaires’ assets remains unclear, since it’s largely dependent on whether they…
Read MoreCalifornia’s billionaire tax battle is playing out on Instagram — with paid influencers
Between cheery Instagram videos about budget-friendly trips to a Halloween house or zoo with her kids, Bartley Chavez posted a video opposing Proposition 40 — the ballot measure to slap California’s billionaires with a new tax. “Look, I’m all for trying new things. A new recipe? Sure. A crazy haircut? Go for it. A quirky…
Read MoreMy husband tried to tough it out. Then came a devastating diagnosis
There’s a version of our story which allows my husband, Patrick, and I to grow old together. To watch our children take on the world around them, and to make decades worth of memories. When we got married in 2018, that was the future we hoped for. We met in September 2017 and have two…
Read MoreBrowns hand defensive star $30 million extension hours before Titans game
The Cleveland Browns have been one of the early surprises this NFL season, entering Sunday’s matchup against the Tennessee Titans with a 4-2 record and first place in the AFC North. Under new head coach Todd Monken, Cleveland already has two key wins over division rivals, beating the Steelers 27-24 in Week 4 and then…
Read MoreTrump says he doesn’t ‘give a damn’ about gas prices as US making ‘fortune’
President Donald Trump has said he does not “give a damn” about potential criticism of his remarks boasting that the United States is making a “fortune” from high oil prices, as American motorists continue to face elevated gasoline costs. Speaking at a rally in Georgia on Saturday, October 24, Trump said advisers had warned him…
Read MoreTrump claims Obama’s Michigan rally was ’empty’: What the photos show
President Trump told supporters that a rally addressed by former President Barack Obama in Detroit, Michigan, was “empty” during his own rally in Georgia. Obama was in Michigan to support Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who is in a close fight with Republican Mike Rogers, and his party’s gubernatorial nominee Jocelyn Benson. Trump’s comments are…
Read MoreHow Trump and Bolsonaro made anti-elite politics a family business
Millions of Brazilians are casting their votes Sunday in a hotly contested presidential runoff that, for one half of the ballot, doubles as a family restoration project. Left-wing incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is fighting for another term to cap off a storied career against right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who wants to return his…
Read More‘Healthy’ Daughter, 26, Dies Suddenly—Now Family Think They Know Why
A seemingly healthy 26-year-old woman died suddenly, leaving her family desperate for answers. Weeks later, an autopsy revealed a possibility they had never even considered. Ali, an art student from Florida living in Paris, France, may have been living with an undiagnosed form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), a group of inherited disorders that affect the…
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