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Grocery prices will continue to rise from Monday
Status: April 2nd, 2022, 7:35 p.m

Aldi, for example, expects increases of 20 to 50 percent in its purchase prices in the coming weeks. Meat, sausage and butter at Aldi Nord are said to be “significantly more expensive” as early as Monday.

https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/wirtschaft/preise-lebensmittel-handel-aldi-inflation-100.html

That is going to hurt those without their own safety net.

The new top end Mac Studios have nearly 2lbs of copper in them as a heat sink.

"A few people tonight suggesting I should go into politics. That's kind to suggest it, but party politics isn't for me.

My mental health isn't robust enough, nor my skin thick enough, to deal with having people paid to oppose you and the public vitriol. :)"

https://twitter.com/MartinSLewis/status/1486829689947791363

And people over that age should make as much use of a SIPP as they can afford; getting the notional tax back is useful if you have the funds to lock away each year.

Maybe because the Putin apologists got on his nerves? Fortunately, we still live in a democracy and alternative points of view are not yet criminalised [but soon will be if Doris get his way with the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill]

mick-b,

Many more chips than 150 - "A modern car can easily have more than 3,000 chips"

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/23/business/auto-semiconductors-general-motors-mercedes.html

"CREATING THE COMMODORE 64: THE ENGINEERS’ STORY"

https://spectrum.ieee.org/commodore-64

evi,

You liked the Commodore if I remember correctly...

Is your property well enough insulated for a heat pump? There are grants for that and possibly grants available for other options, but those tend to be means tested.

Just another problem

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-03-29/add-german-rain-and-rhine-water-levels-to-investors-checklist-of-worries?sref=r4AzvICB

In a show of hospitality, Ukrainian citizens in the besieged region of Kharkiv have reportedly been “treating” Russian troops to local delicacies—laced with poison.

At least two troops from the 3rd Motor Rifle Division of the Russian Federation died immediately after eating stuffed buns served by the residents of Izium, a town about 80 miles southeast of Kharkiv, the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine wrote Saturday in an announcement posted to Facebook.

Another 28 Russians are being treated in intensive care from eating the contaminated treats. The condition of these poisoned invaders has yet to be confirmed.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kharkiv-locals-kill-russian-soldiers-by-treating-them-to-food-laced-with-poison-ukraine-officials-reports?ref=home?ref=home

Evergrande: the end of China's property boom

https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fvideo%2F2fce1e2e-52a1-4882-868e-c18802793e8a

Interesting video

https://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2019-07-23/243568_648445_updates.jpg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-03/****stan-scraps-khan-confidence-vote-citing-foreign-interference?srnd=premium-europe

Boris chooses his friends well...

An alarming proportion of the stories on the front page of Sixth Tone are Covid related; an ominous sign for international trade. Bear in mind that Sixth Tone is Chinese State propaganda for Western consumption:

https://www.sixthtone.com/

[Sixth Tone is an online magazine owned by the Shanghai United Media Group, a state media company overseen by the Shanghai committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It is published in English from China, and its readership is intended for people in Western countries.]

Australia or the Devil [aka Putin]?

And Putin is going to Church to repent? Not sure how that works with laying mines as troops retreat from suburbs around Kiev or threatening to target British weapons crossing the Ukrainian border; bombing the border with Poland would only increase the likelihood of NATO being drawn into a shooting match.

Maybe some POLY shareholders [traders who risked holding over the weekend] are keen on a spike / maintaining the price to get out?

evi,

Bloomberg thinks the SEC may give BARC a dose of poison

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-01/behind-barclays-blunder-sit-years-of-u-s-regulatory-run-ins?srnd=premium-europe

I think Round-up and Round-up-Ready seeds are evil. The continuing short supply and increased price of Glyphosate is going to force farmers to use less / make fewer applications. This should result in lower yield and increased prices in markets tightened by the war in Ukraine.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/herbicide-shortage-hamstrings-american-industrial-agriculture

Another small factor in PHC's favour.

Why not mount it on a dartboard?

https://www-glencoreperu-pe.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

3lb of topside about to be curried... I will have to adjust the spice blend a little hotter and add more garlic and ginger.