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The United States and Russia seem to have reached a wider geopolitical deal on Ukraine, one with the future direction of energy flows at its heart. The two powers used the Eastern European country as a bargaining chip in their disputes over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that is reportedly 98% complete and will provide The post Ukraine wins and loses in Nord Stream 2 power play appeared first on Asia Times.

NEW YORK – Republicans, including many old friends, are outraged that the Biden administration gave up on sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that will pump Russian gas to Germany. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)—on whose foreign policy team I served during the 2016 campaign—declared that he would block Senate confirmation of all of The post Wake up, America: The world just isn’t that into you appeared first on Asia Times.

The sugar high misrepresented as an economic recovery doesn’t entail any capital investment in industry, according to Bloomberg’s bottom-up survey of securities analysts. CapEx for the Industrials subsector of the S&P 500 Index will be about 30% below the 2019 level, the analysts’ project, and will still be 20% below the 2019 high water mark The post US quits CapEx as inflation squeezes margins appeared first on Asia Times.

JAIPUR – The US$1.3 billion stock market listing of online food delivery company Zomato on Friday highlighted the galloping emergence of India’s unicorns, or start-up companies with valuations of over US$1 billion. International investors are warming to India’s increasingly start-up-friendly policies and huge market, particularly after getting their fingers burnt by China’s clampdown on high-tech corporations, The post New stable of unicorns riding high in India appeared first on Asia Times.