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No respite for the Federal Reserve on high inflation

  If the Federal Reserve was hoping for some sign that inflation is subsiding, it was cruelly disabused by the latest figures for consumer prices. The headline rate fell back slightly in September, from 8.3% to 8.2%, but the more telling measure of core inflation, which excludes the cost of food and energy, reached the highest rate in 40 years, ...

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China’s biggest airlines plan more international flights

  Bloomberg China’s biggest airlines are planning more international flights, a sign the government is aware of the country’s growing isolation as it persists with lockdowns and mass testing internally — hallmarks of its Covid Zero policy. China Eastern Airlines Corp., which was severely impacted by virus lockdowns in Shanghai, will operate 108 international flights a week from October 30 ...

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Bill Gates-led fund to make green jet fuel as cheap as fossil fuels

Bloomberg The burgeoning market for sustainable jet fuel will soon reach a milestone, with a plant capable of turning out for the first time a lower-emission fuel at the same price as fossil fuel-based options. But this price parity will only come as result of a $50 million grant from Bill Gates-led Breakthrough Energy, alongside support from discounted loans and ...

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