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NRG Energy sees $750m loss after Texas cold snap

Bloomberg NRG Energy Inc. withdrew an earlier full-year profit forecast and said it expects a $750 million loss due to the brutal cold snap that froze Texas and led to sweeping blackouts across the state. “Based on new information available to us, we are unable to provide financial guidance due to the unprecedented and unpredictable market outcomes resulting from winter ...

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The Republican Party isn’t against democracy

In the 1990s, a Republican explained to me why “the Democrat party” was his preferred term for the opposition: “They’re no more democratic than we are.” Nowadays that is very much a subject of dispute. In recent years, and especially in recent months, progressives have increasingly become convinced that the Republican Party is a threat to democracy; that hostility to ...

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Inflation is a monster under the bed

Economic recoveries are supposed to be a time of celebration for investors, and the recovery from Covid-19 now underway should be no different. The economy is growing again; business activity is picking up; deflation is a distant threat; cheap money is goosing the recovery; and stocks are surging on hopes of higher profits. And yet, rather than cheer their good ...

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