We’ve reached the point where there are more people who write newsletters than read them.

An important point by Vortexa about trading of sanctioned oil:

“There is **surplus tonnage** in the VLCC segment of the opaque fleet.”

Which means that Iran and Russia don’t face obstacles to place their barrels — and make money to finance their wars.
vortexa.com/insights/crude…

Given the FA is now working for the elite clubs, how long until the Community Shield is played in the United States? Land of the fee.

94 years ago today, the BBC ran out of news and aired piano music instead

A must read today. Dasha Afanasieva has the scoop on Unilever, the ESG poster child, downgrading some of its ESG pledges &rediscovering its earlier purpose: Profit.Will more companies under pressure to cut costs & boost performance follow suit? bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Bloomberg

we have lost so much

We are back to the same place… Iran saying nothing significant has happened the attack was intercepted, Israel failed (the exact same thing Israel said about the Iranian attack) But is that enough to stop a further attack? #OOTT #iran

My latest story is about how a very old and very cheap drug has been quietly revolutionizing bone-marrow transplants.

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Lunch with the Deep State: George Parker has a tasty encounter with Liz Truss who still won’t accept responsibility for crashing the economy. Plenty of conspiracy theories but lettuce not on menu ft.com/content/8e0046… via @ft

Editor: “please check the proofs carefully as this is the last opportunity to correct errors before publication”

Academics: “yeah, looks sweet 🤘”

the least successful prime minister in history has lunch with the FT, aka the “deep state”

via George Parker

ft.com/content/8e0046…

Just remember in the biggest game of Arteta’s arsenal career Eric Dier was man of the match

our champions league campaign comes to an end

Leandro Trossard’s partner, Laura, on Instagram, with Kai Havertz’s fiancée, Martin Ødegaard’s partner & Ben White’s wife in Munich tonight. 💚 #afc

TAKE MY KNEE INSTEAD. LIKE NEW. NEVER USED.

Sensational review of Truss's book by FT Alphaville, which includes this evocative analogy

MUST READ: Mario Draghi, who is writing a report on how to revive the European economy at the request of Brussels, shares “the design and the philosophy” of his forthcoming report.

Highlight below and link to the full speech here: geopolitique.eu/en/2024/04/16/…

'Iran's unprecedented missile and drone strike on Israel is unlikely to prompt dramatic sanctions action on Iran's oil exports from the Biden administration due to worries about boosting oil prices and angering top buyer China, said analysts.'

reuters.com/world/biden-un…

Sentences seldom sing the way this one does:
'Its struggles since Covid speak to the challenge any biotech tackling infectious diseases will face, even after a pandemic... Viruses still kill people. That doesn’t mean there’s always money to be made in killing viruses.'