Analysis: U.S. energy shares on fire again to start 2022, stoked by inflation
Shares of U.S. energy companies are soaring in the early days of 2022, driven by a shift to so-called value stocks and assets that stand to benefit from the steepest inflation in nearly four decades.
Analysis: Shrink to fit: the year Big Oil starts to become Small Oil
Europe’s Big Oil companies are planning to spend their windfall from high energy prices on becoming Small Oil.
Oil firms face workforce crunch as renewables beckon -survey
The oil and gas industry risks a huge workforce shortage as more than half of workers in the sector seek to move into the renewable energy industry, a survey published on Tuesday showed.
Futures slump on fresh Omicron worries after vaccine warning
U.S. stock index futures fell sharply on Tuesday after a warning from vaccine maker Moderna’s chief executive on the effectiveness of COVID-19 shots against the Omicron variant hammered travel, energy and banking shares.
Japan PM Kishida urges companies to raise wages by 3% or more
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday urged companies whose earnings have recovered to pre-pandemic levels to raise wages by 3% or more at their labour talks next spring, aiming to achieve a virtuous cycle of growth and wealth distribution.
Analysis: Amid Bukele’s bitcoin hype, not all Salvadorans ‘Feel the Bit’
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele took the stage last weekend at the end of “Bitcoin Week” to the cheers of fans delighted his Central American country has become the first to adopt crypto currency as legal tender, alongside the U.S. dollar.
Shell launches shareholder talks to win backing for HQ move, sources say
Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) has launched talks with investors to secure support for its plan to relocate its headquarters from the Netherlands to Britain, sources said, as a leading advisory recommended backing the move at a December vote.
Insurers plan to up ramp up private market investments, BlackRock says
Insurers plan to increase their allocations to private markets to 14% from 11% over the next two years in the hunt for yield, as they add more money to environmentally focused investment funds, BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) officials said. (BLK.N)
Momentum grows for green hydrogen projects in Tasmania
Woodside Petroleum (WPL.AX) said on Friday it has acquired land for a proposed hydrogen plant in Tasmania, one of three proposed hydrogen projects the island state is promoting to take advantage of its abundant hydropower and wind power.
EXCLUSIVE BlackRock raises $673 mln for climate-focused infrastructure fund
BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) told Reuters it has raised a target-beating $673 million for an infrastructure fund with backing from the French, German and Japanese governments to invest in climate-focused projects such as renewable energy in emerging markets.
