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What Salvini’s setback means for Italy

In the end, Italy’s red wall held up against Matteo Salvini’s assault. The leader of right-wing League had hoped to score a famous win in a regional election in Emilia-Romagna, an area with strong leftist traditions. Voters thought otherwise: Stefano Bonaccini, incumbent Democratic Party governor, won convincingly against his opponent, Lucia Borgonzoni. The populist Five Star Movement collapsed to less ...

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London’s worst IPO award has a new contender

The bitter 2018 vintage of British initial public offerings is souring with age. After the dramatic fall of Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings Plc and Funding Circle Holdings Plc, yet another shock came on January 27 from subprime lender Amigo Holdings Plc, which listed around the same time. The company said the environment was worsening and that its founder and ...

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Climate change is real, and really expensive

In the chilly and rarefied air of Davos, recent days saw yet another surge in the temperature of the world’s debate on climate change. While Greta Thunberg led pleas to political leaders at the World Economic Forum for urgent action to avert climate catastrophe, Donald Trump used the same platform to denounce “prophets of doom.” The virtual confrontation between Trump ...

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