Corporate America grapples with huge oil price swings
Financial Times
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Oracle’s shares climbed 9 per cent on Tuesday after the database group posted better than expected earnings, and we discuss how American businesses are navigating soaring energy prices.
Plus, the higher costs to insure tankers traversing the Strait of Hormuz, and the FT’s Antoine Gara explains why investors are ditching private credit funds.
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https://www.ft.com/content/4b55d2eb-7231-4229-931f-0930d118f350?accessToken=zwAAAZ1z6dDqlM8uJctb9dJF3dOWiFLthiEieM9LVdLrcjFCKdOTHwkw0RjzUM80aBW7ff9Ml9OVaHqyQyxmHdPqEdMHc69EA9OEDbR9_86c0AE.MEUCIQCTRie9ioNA-Vm8WootAcJ81jvZdkdifcwmEXMvKTgpjgIgVBP_j8Ks4H7alRFMJ_ZoNczJdJ-1hapV1UyYd85UKdU&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Soaring fuel prices expected to cast long shadow across US economy
https://www.ft.com/content/2e25cb5b-f5d2-45dd-9688-52ed86212278?accessToken=zwAAAZ1z6dDqlM8uJctb9dJF3dOWiFLthiEieM9LVdLrcjFCKdOTHwkw0RjzUM80aBW7ff9Ml9OVaHqyQyxmHdPqEdMHc69EA9OEDbR9_86c0AE.MEUCIQCTRie9ioNA-Vm8WootAcJ81jvZdkdifcwmEXMvKTgpjgIgVBP_j8Ks4H7alRFMJ_ZoNczJdJ-1hapV1UyYd85UKdU&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lloyd’s of London says it will still insure ‘basically anyone’ in the Gulf
https://www.ft.com/content/346815bb-7dff-4c97-9568-7ab2432c661d?accessToken=zwAAAZ1z6dDqlM8uJctb9dJF3dOWiFLthiEieM9LVdLrcjFCKdOTHwkw0RjzUM80aBW7ff9Ml9OVaHqyQyxmHdPqEdMHc69EA9OEDbR9_86c0AE.MEUCIQCTRie9ioNA-Vm8WootAcJ81jvZdkdifcwmEXMvKTgpjgIgVBP_j8Ks4H7alRFMJ_ZoNczJdJ-1hapV1UyYd85UKdU&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Investors ditch private credit funds on rising worries over bad loans
https://www.ft.com/content/ea11d307-73af-4403-840d-b47dffce9cd0?accessToken=zwAAAZ1z6dDqlM8uJctb9dJF3dOWiFLthiEieM9LVdLrcjFCKdOTHwkw0RjzUM80aBW7ff9Ml9OVaHqyQyxmHdPqEdMHc69EA9OEDbR9_86c0AE.MEUCIQCTRie9ioNA-Vm8WootAcJ81jvZdkdifcwmEXMvKTgpjgIgVBP_j8Ks4H7alRFMJ_ZoNczJdJ-1hapV1UyYd85UKdU&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Retail investors shun private credit funds after Blue Owl gating
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