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"nordstream1.......halted again"
for 3 days Russian maintenance
lo!

FTSE100 UP 0.3%
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https://www.ig.com/uk/indices/markets-indices/ftse-100

https://www.teletrader.com/europe-up-premarket-ahead-of-data/news/details/58525891?internal=1

The women look formidable TOO !!!

The man who gave millions their FREEDOM !!!

The last leader of the Soviet Union Mikhael Gorbachev died earlier in the day at the age of 91, the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital announced on Tuesday.
"Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev died this evening after a serious and long illness," the hospital said in a brief statement. The late politician has suffered a series of health issues in the past few decades, which caused him to halt international travel in 2015. In June 2022, the online newspaper Mash reported Gorbachev was undergoing treatments for problems with kidneys.
Gorbachev served as the leader of the USSR from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991. During his tenure, he implemented significant pro-democratic reforms, most notably "glasnost," which enabled more freedom of speech and press, and "perestroika," decentralizing the country's economy. In 1990, Gorbachov was awarded Nobel Peace Prize.
Baha Breaking News (BBN) / JR

Natural gas futures prices in Europe plunged more than 27% on Tuesday after Germany said its reserves are filling up faster than expected.
Recently, Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) mentioned that Germany has so far managed to fill more than 80% of its gas storage capacity, surpassing its target of 75% for September this year, remarks confirmed today by Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a statement to the press. Despite the relief, deliveries remain tight for now, and the winter prospects are still very uncertain.
UK natural gas futures for delivery in September fell 27.38% to 465.000 pence per therm at 10:45 am CET.
Baha Breaking News (BBN) / JG

https://www.teletrader.com/european-gas-futures-dip-27-as-german-gas-stores-fill-up/news/details/58520574?internal=1

Braemar Shipping Services (BMS) guides FY-Feb23 U/L op profit £20m+, very materially ahead of the mgmt expectations of £12m. $ strength accounts for c.£5m of that.
[SP=286.57 Cap=93m]

FTSE100 UP 0.35%
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https://www.ig.com/uk/indices/markets-indices/ftse-100

https://www.teletrader.com/europe-mostly-higher-premarket-with-data-in-focus/news/details/58519054?internal=1

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday that the Commission is working on "an emergency intervention and structural reform of the electricity market" amid the skyrocketing energy prices in the European Union. She stated that the current EU energy market is "no longer fit for purpose" and that a new model "that really functions and brings us back into balance" is needed.
Von der Leyen said the EU is diversifying supplies of natural gas "at lightning speed" and that gas supplies from sources other than Russia have increased by 31 billion cubic meters since January, compensating for Moscow's recent cuts to gas supply to Europe.
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DOW recovered...down just 32 points
FTSE100 FUTURES are positive too
https://www.ig.com/uk/indices/markets-indices/ftse-100

EVIKING
BUR2 SPREAD is 99.75p/102.75p so u should get over a quid to sell
payments are 6.125% of 100p - half each every 6 months
it is fully repaid on 26/10/24 at a quid
It's a good income play BUT if it falls farther you may have to wait until 26/10/24 to get a quid back.
https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/BUR2/burford-capital-plc/company-page

If u have BUR3 then it's a long wait till 2026 to get a quid back, as it's around 93.25p to sell
But U do get 5% interest payments till then
https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/BUR3/burford-capital-plc/company-page

NOM
Very funny and oh! so true

Rory Stewart
A brilliant intellectual man and orator.
Britain would do well under his leadership
He may well be bitter the way "vote leave Government " treated him
But that doesn't demean the statute of the man.
And yes he is next to Ken Clark my favourite politician

a decade too late
it will take 20 years to build a nuclear power station assuming it isn't cancelled along the way
another CONservative trick
Announce it 20 different times and deliver nowt

https://twitter.com/LucyWoodslucy70/status/1563830650398031873/photo/1

In black and white....
"But France has stepped up its game at the source, forcing the state-owned energy provider EDF and forcing it to limit electricity wholesale price rises to 4 per cent for a year. The move is expected to cost €8.4 billion.

The country’s domestic tax on final electricity consumption (TICFE) has also been curbed from €22.50 per megawatt hour to only €1 per megawatt hour for households, and €0.50 for businesses. "
https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/08/26/energy-bills-are-soaring-in-europe-what-are-countries-doing-to-help-you-pay-them

Energy bills are up 3% in France, 30% in Germany and 300% in the UK - other government’s have a grip of this. And the EU has a plan to reduce energy use by 15% - while we have minsters saying it’s an individual choice….doing less than nothing.

Be careful there is a lot of anti-SCOTTISH exaggerated nonsense spouted by the right wing press

Barking mad !!
Our military is a joke alongside Chinese military muscle