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Sweden sets up $23.2bn emergency backstop for utilities

  Bloomberg Sweden’s government will provide Nordic and Baltic utilities as much as 250 billion kronor ($23.2 billion) in credit guarantees as it seeks to prevent Russia’s energy curbs from setting off a financial crisis. The measure is aimed at helping companies struggling to meet the surging collateral requirements needed to trade electricity, and avoid the threat of some going …

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EU unanimity on Russia price cap a ‘challenge’, says Le Maire

Bloomberg The European Union (EU) needs to act with unanimity to impose a price cap on Russian oil and overcome reluctance by some member countries to support the initiative by the Group of Seven to limit Russian energy revenue, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said. G-7 leaders agreed to put a cap on oil prices, but without support from EU …

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Amazon closes, scraps plans for dozens of US warehouses

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc, determined to reduce the size of its sprawling delivery operation amid slowing sales growth, has abandoned dozens of existing and planned facilities around the US, according to a closely watched consulting firm. MWPVL International Inc., which tracks Amazon’s real-estate footprint, estimates the company has either shuttered or killed plans to open 42 facilities totalling almost 25 million …

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