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Retired financial journalist, specialising in commodities and geopolitics. Volunteer on two heritage railways in the UK. All things Swiss and railway.
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Swiss private bank EFG International to acquire Quilvest Switzerland
Swiss private bank EFG International said on Monday it would acquire Quilvest Switzerland Ltd, a Swiss private bank with longstanding ties to Latin America.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Swiss private bank EFG International to acquire Quilvest Switzerland reut.rs/4rbnbXY
From personal experience I can strongly recommend giving this a go.
Have you ever thought about volunteering at The Watercress Line? 🚂
Why not come along to one of our Volunteer Welcome Days on 8th March or 12th April!
To find out more or book your place, email us at [email protected] or call on 01962 587058.
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Why not come along to one of our Volunteer Welcome Days on 8th March or 12th April!
To find out more or book your place, email us at [email protected] or call on 01962 587058.
Learn more: buff.ly/HUFjZPZ
January 22, 2026 at 6:54 PM
From personal experience I can strongly recommend giving this a go.
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Indonesia scraps plan to introduce B50 biodiesel this year, will raise palm oil export levy reut.rs/49AhrQF
Indonesia scraps plan to introduce B50 biodiesel this year, will raise palm oil export levy
Indonesia has scrapped plans for a mandatory B50 grade of palm oil-based diesel this year and will stick with B40 owing to technical and funding concerns, government officials said on Wednesday, easing concerns over strains on global palm oil supplies.
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January 14, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Indonesia scraps plan to introduce B50 biodiesel this year, will raise palm oil export levy reut.rs/49AhrQF
DieCS, eine unerschoepfliche Skandalquelle. www.srf.ch/news/wirtsch...
Bundesanwaltschaft: Anklage wegen Geldwäscherei bei Credit Suisse
Im Zusammenhang mit Kreditvergaben an mosambikanische Staatsunternehmen reichte die Bundesanwaltschaft Anklage ein.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
DieCS, eine unerschoepfliche Skandalquelle. www.srf.ch/news/wirtsch...
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If you're planning on bringing cake to the Macmillan Coffee Morning it would help us know what to expect by emailing us on [email protected]
October 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
If you're planning on bringing cake to the Macmillan Coffee Morning it would help us know what to expect by emailing us on [email protected]
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We are very pleased to announce that the first visiting locomotive for our Autumn Steam Gala is 60007 “Sir Nigel Gresley".
We are extremely grateful to the Sir Nigel Gresley Locomotive Preservation Trust and to Locomotive Services for the loan of this iconic locomotive. 🚅✨
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We are extremely grateful to the Sir Nigel Gresley Locomotive Preservation Trust and to Locomotive Services for the loan of this iconic locomotive. 🚅✨
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August 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We are very pleased to announce that the first visiting locomotive for our Autumn Steam Gala is 60007 “Sir Nigel Gresley".
We are extremely grateful to the Sir Nigel Gresley Locomotive Preservation Trust and to Locomotive Services for the loan of this iconic locomotive. 🚅✨
buff.ly/NXPuWHp
We are extremely grateful to the Sir Nigel Gresley Locomotive Preservation Trust and to Locomotive Services for the loan of this iconic locomotive. 🚅✨
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There is a planning application with #ReadingCouncil to convert the existing buildings at 94-98 Addison Road into flats and an office. The deadline to object or comment is 3 July publicregister.reading.gov.uk/pr/s/plannin...
Public Register
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June 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
There is a planning application with #ReadingCouncil to convert the existing buildings at 94-98 Addison Road into flats and an office. The deadline to object or comment is 3 July publicregister.reading.gov.uk/pr/s/plannin...
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We're helping our local #school, the River Academy, buy #books by promoting their Amazon wishlist www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/... Help children in Reading enjoy #reading
Check out my list on Amazon
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June 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We're helping our local #school, the River Academy, buy #books by promoting their Amazon wishlist www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/... Help children in Reading enjoy #reading
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The Thames Ward councillors will be holding a surgery on Saturday 7th June from 1430 to 1600 at New Hope.
May 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The Thames Ward councillors will be holding a surgery on Saturday 7th June from 1430 to 1600 at New Hope.
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Reading Council is consulting on extending the double yellow lines at the junction of Addison Road and Printers Way. To object email [email protected]. It might be worth contacting the ward councillors too.
May 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Reading Council is consulting on extending the double yellow lines at the junction of Addison Road and Printers Way. To object email [email protected]. It might be worth contacting the ward councillors too.
An interesting perspective on the nuclear family and the lack of opportunities for "Wohngemeinschaften". The flip side of this was the growth of squatting by young people in the old tenement blocks of East Berlin, particularly in Prenzlauer Berg.
The wild wild east: History, housing and the hidden appeal of Marzahn
www.the-berliner.com/berlin/marza...
www.the-berliner.com/berlin/marza...
The wild wild east: History, housing and the hidden appeal of Marzahn - The Berliner
Often overshadowed by its bad reputation, the district of Marzahn has another story to tell: one of unexpected charm.
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May 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
An interesting perspective on the nuclear family and the lack of opportunities for "Wohngemeinschaften". The flip side of this was the growth of squatting by young people in the old tenement blocks of East Berlin, particularly in Prenzlauer Berg.
There is also an indirect link between this loco and #VEDay80. It hauled Churchill's funeral train back to London.
We are absolutely delighted to announce our first visiting locomotive for our Diesel Gala is Class 52 D1015 Western Champion, courtesy of our friends at the Diesel Traction Group!
More visitors announced soon.
Book now! buff.ly/cByvVlr
📷 Image credit - DTG.
More visitors announced soon.
Book now! buff.ly/cByvVlr
📷 Image credit - DTG.
May 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
There is also an indirect link between this loco and #VEDay80. It hauled Churchill's funeral train back to London.
www.srf.ch/kultur/liter... Sad to hear of the death of such a towering figure in the field of Germanic studies. His books and lectures were entertaining and thought-provoking.
Schweizer Ausnahme-Germanist - Peter von Matt ist gestorben
Der Schweizer Schriftsteller und Literaturwissenschaftler Peter von Matt ist im Alter von 87 Jahren gestorben.
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April 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
www.srf.ch/kultur/liter... Sad to hear of the death of such a towering figure in the field of Germanic studies. His books and lectures were entertaining and thought-provoking.
But I thought data was king not the news by people who say they know about these things. I'm shocked and appalled to find they might be wrong. Honest!
'Trump’s “tweet-driven” uncertainty is imposing extra costs on commodity traders and even prompting some European houses to consider changing their working hours to align with Trump’s social media output.'
www.ft.com/content/6271...
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Commodity traders complain about cost of Trump ‘tweet-driven’ uncertainty
Trafigura ‘semi-seriously’ looks at changing traders’ hours to match president’s social media output
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March 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
But I thought data was king not the news by people who say they know about these things. I'm shocked and appalled to find they might be wrong. Honest!
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Exclusive: Digital news units of Indian billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, and other outlets like the Indian Express and the Hindustan Times, have mounted a legal challenge against OpenAI's improper use of copyright content reut.rs/4aG3mkH
Exclusive: OpenAI to face Indian digital news firms of Ambani, Adani in copyright battle
Digital news units of Indian billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, and other outlets like the Indian Express and the Hindustan Times, have mounted a legal challenge against OpenAI's improper use of copyright content, legal papers show.
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January 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Exclusive: Digital news units of Indian billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, and other outlets like the Indian Express and the Hindustan Times, have mounted a legal challenge against OpenAI's improper use of copyright content reut.rs/4aG3mkH
The perennial issue of "Quis custodiet custodes?" arise with this. With the companies paying for the audits, the risk is the auditors will usually say they are complying, laying the groundwork for another auditing scandal.
International auditors have been given new guidance on what to check when assessing firms' environmental, social and governance claims — and how — as part of efforts to increase rigor and consistency reut.rs/4hsEeA4
Auditors get tougher guidelines on judging firms' environmental claims
International auditors have been given new guidance on what to check when assessing firms' environmental, social and governance claims - and how - as part of efforts to increase rigour and consistency, the chair of the industry's global ethics watchdog told Reuters.
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January 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The perennial issue of "Quis custodiet custodes?" arise with this. With the companies paying for the audits, the risk is the auditors will usually say they are complying, laying the groundwork for another auditing scandal.
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Exclusive: Ukraine has stopped production at its coking coal mine in Pokrovsk, which feeds the country's steel industry, because of the proximity of advancing Russian forces, two industry sources told Reuters reut.rs/3E3RjkP
Exclusive: Ukraine halts production at Pokrovsk coal mine as Russia closes in, sources say
Ukraine has stopped production at its coking coal mine in Pokrovsk, which feeds the country's steel industry, because of the proximity of advancing Russian forces, two industry sources told Reuters on Monday.
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January 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Exclusive: Ukraine has stopped production at its coking coal mine in Pokrovsk, which feeds the country's steel industry, because of the proximity of advancing Russian forces, two industry sources told Reuters reut.rs/3E3RjkP
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Cocoa purchases in Ghana slumped in December due to election-related payment delays from the state marketing board and squeezed exporter financing, farmers and buyers told Reuters, voicing concern that the delays could fuel smuggling reut.rs/3W8328o
Ghana cocoa purchases slump as election delays payments, financing
Cocoa purchases in Ghana slumped in December due to election-related payment delays from the state marketing board and squeezed exporter financing, farmers and buyers told Reuters, voicing concern that the delays could fuel smuggling.
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January 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Cocoa purchases in Ghana slumped in December due to election-related payment delays from the state marketing board and squeezed exporter financing, farmers and buyers told Reuters, voicing concern that the delays could fuel smuggling reut.rs/3W8328o
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“Latest science shows 1 metre of sea level rise now inevitable within a century or so & could come as early as 2070”. How on earth do political leaders read this stuff & reconcile it with their continued failure to act? ‘Cognitive dissonance’ doesn’t come close ….
‘Ironic’: climate-driven sea level rise will overwhelm major oil ports, study shows
Ports including in Saudi Arabia and the US projected to be seriously damaged by a metre of sea level rise
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January 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“Latest science shows 1 metre of sea level rise now inevitable within a century or so & could come as early as 2070”. How on earth do political leaders read this stuff & reconcile it with their continued failure to act? ‘Cognitive dissonance’ doesn’t come close ….
Ich kann diesen aufsclussreichen Artikel von #tippinpoint zum #Greensilldebakel bei #CreditSuisse empfehlen. www.tippinpoint.ch/artikel/7780...
Expertenbericht zeigt, wie schlampig CS-Manager die Greensill-Fonds aufsetzten
Ein Expertenbericht liefert pikante Details zum Finma-Verfahren gegen die Credit Suisse im Zusammenhang mit Greensill. Schon bei der Lancierung lief vieles schief. Verkäufer wurden mit «Shadow Revenue...
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January 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Ich kann diesen aufsclussreichen Artikel von #tippinpoint zum #Greensilldebakel bei #CreditSuisse empfehlen. www.tippinpoint.ch/artikel/7780...
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Repost if you love trains
December 8, 2024 at 7:27 AM
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