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European buyers snapping up most Russian crude since April

­­­Bloomberg Russia’s crude shipments surged last week, recovering almost all of the previous slump. Seaborne exports to European buyers rose to the highest level since April, as some refiners continue to process barrels, even after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Total flows rise to 3.41 million barrels a day in the period to August 19, vessel-tracking data monitored by Bloomberg show. ...

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UK energy bills for average household to hit $4,200 a year

  Bloomberg British households will see the average energy bill soar to $4,200 a year in October when the UK next raises a cap on prices, according to consultancy Cornwall Insight Ltd. The forecast confirms other recent estimates that bills will rise about 80% this winter compared with prices in April. Surging wholesale natural gas prices following Russia’s invasion of ...

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Want to cut billions off tax bill? Buy a container ship

Europe wants US tech giants to pay more taxes, but it’s been oddly reticent about the cosy and highly unusual tax arrangements of one of its own dominant industries: container shipping. Given the outsized profits the industry is generating, the current regime is unsustainable. Freight rates have soared in the past two years as pandemic disruption and surging US demand ...

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