The green energy boom is facing new headwinds. Falling costs, cheap capital and supportive politicians helped propel a headlong rush into renewable power. Now fracturing supply chains and higher interest rates are pushing up prices – and testing.
Despite volatility and uncertainty on several fronts, the tailwinds driving the insurance and reinsurance industry are stronger than any headwinds, and the growing protection gap offers clear business opportunities, says Franz-Josef Hahn.
showing up. i m one of those republicans that s actually excited about it. i m excited to see quality candidates show up, not be intimidated by donald trump and the history he s bringing with him, and certainly there s some headwinds to the fact there are multiple candidates that make it easy for donald trump s path way. ultimately he s going to step on a mud puddle big enough to soil his chances and gives a quality candidate a chance to shine or he s not. we have to make sure we have quality candidates. we can go through the list one by one. they all have significant tailwinds behind them. what do you make of chris christie is going to make his announcement in new hampshire today. a lot of republicans and pundits are saying he s just there for one reason and that is to try to bulldoze trump. i thought peggy noonan wrote an interesting column in the wall street journal yesterday. here s what she said about chris christie, praising him and how he governed. she said he s almost trump
what is the factors what are the factors that played into that? and that exposure, that digging deep that he really hasn t faced, that is when he could face some tailwinds. he s getting a more crowded field because he is trying to vie to be that anti-trump candidate or trump alternative but it s crowded. each new entrant threatens to steal a small piece of his coalition, whether it s mr. pence or mr. scott. trump s base, more than 30% of republicans, remains strongly devoted to him. so his effort to try to become that alternative is challenge. oh, yeah, absolutely. it seems like desantis is trying to capture the trumpism without the trump baggage. a lot of republicans said i m a republican through and through but i just don t know if trump should run again.
Intesa Sanpaolo saw better-than-expected interest rate tailwinds and sturdy asset quality trends in 1Q, which enabled the Italian bank to raise its short and mid-term profitability objectives, now. | May 8, 2023