Tanker owners see older ships trading in absence of charter-backed newbuildings
With a low orderbook, charterers may have to get used to using older ships to move oil and oil products
Day: March 21, 2023
Enforce transit fares, but fairly, without bias or intimidation
When most police agencies complain of being understaffed, using deputized law enforcement agents to collect bus fares is a misplacement of resources.
What France’s revolt over raising the retirement age says about the attitude to work
France is in turmoil over President Emmanuel Macron’s move to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. New polling shows a huge majority of the population disagrees with how it was done.
Trump indictment would be unprecedented moment in US history
The decision whether to indict former President Donald Trump over hush-money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 presidential campaign lies in the hands of a Manhattan grand jury that has been meeting in secret to hear evidence for weeks.
A Donald Trump indictment would be an unprecedented moment in U.S. history
The decision whether to indict former President Donald Trump over hush-money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 presidential campaign lies in the hands of a Manhattan grand jury that has been hearing evidence in secret for weeks.
Trump indictment would be unprecedented moment in US history
The decision whether to indict former President Donald Trump over hush-money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 presidential campaign lies in the hands of a Manhattan grand jury that has been meeting in secret to hear evidence for weeks
JPMorgan and Deutsche to face lawsuits over Jeffrey Epstein ties
Manhattan judge allows central accusations that banks benefitted from ties to sex trafficker to proceedA US judge has ruled that a pair of lawsuits accusing two major banks of knowingly benefitting from ties to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein can procee…
Cold War 2.0 — Kremlin rolls out red carpet for China’s Xi
Cold War 2.0 shifted into a new gear Monday as Chinese President Xi Jinping traveled to Moscow in a major show of solidarity with Russian President Vladimir Putin against the United States and the West.