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Europe frets with gas flows still at risk after pipeline restart

Bloomberg Europe is again on edge about potential gas supply disruptions from Russia, even after the restart of the crucial Nord Stream pipeline following maintenance this week. A turbine that helps pump gas into the link is held up in transit in Germany after first being stranded in Canada due to sanctions. President Vladimir Putin has warned that shipments through ...

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Tata may close Port Talbot without $1.8bn from UK

  Bloomberg Indian steel giant Tata Steel Ltd may close sites including Port Talbot unless it receives $1.8 billion in support from the UK government, the Financial Times reported. Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Tata Group chairman, said the firm had been in talks with the government for two years over funding for Tata’s transition to greener steel production. “We should come to ...

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Conservatives shouldn’t write off ‘Trussonomics’

  The contest for the Tory leadership may have weeks to run, but elite opinion has already plumped firmly for Rishi Sunak, former chancellor of the exchequer and Goldman Sachs banker, as its choice. The Times of London endorsed Sunak. The Financial Times and The Economist can be expected to follow. This is a mixed blessing for a candidate who ...

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