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Orsted A/S is again becoming a hot political topic in Denmark, with several parties calling on the government to sell its stake in the wind energy company after the upcoming election, according to local media. Four parties on Denmark’s political right want an exit plan for the state’s 50.1% ownership stake after the March 24 parliament vote, Finans reported on Tuesday. A fifth party, the Liberals ...
Orsted A/S is again becoming a hot political topic in Denmark, with several parties calling on the government to sell its stake in the wind energy company after the upcoming election, according to local media. Four parties on Denmark’s political right want an exit plan for the state’s 50.1% ownership stake after the March 24 parliament vote, Finans reported on Tuesday. A fifth party, the Liberals which is part of the government coalition, said it won’t oppose the idea. Between them, the five parties control about 40% of the current seats in parliament. Denmark’s government has just taken part in a rescue package for Orsted, contributing with half the amount of October’s 60-billion krone ($9.4 billion) rights issue that the company needed to tackle the downturn in the wind-power industry. The Liberals also campaigned on a sale of Orsted in the 2022 national elections, though dropped the plan after forming a coalition government with the Social Democrats, who oppose a sale. “If the power shifts from the current middle-government, towards a right-wing government, Orsted’s days as a publicly owned entity could be counted,” Jakob Magnussen , head of credit research at Danske Bank A/S, said in a note in response to the media report. Still, current opinion polls suggest it’s more likely Denmark will get “a left-wing government which has not expressed willingness to sell Orsted,” the analyst said. Read More: Danish Leader Looks to Cash In on Trump Clash With Snap Vote According to the Finans media report, the four parties said that the government should first draft an exit plan and then sell its Orsted shares later at an opportune time. The media quoted representatives from the Conservatives, Liberal Alliance, the Danish People’s Party and the Denmark Democrats. Denmark should first carve out those of Orsted’s assets that are critical to the country’s energy infrastructure and keep those before a sale, Finans quoted representatives from two of the parties as saying. The sta...
My credit score dropped from well above average to well below average after I paid off my mortgage. As well as bizarre, it’s yet another example of how our lives are affected by arbitrary decisions made by faceless corporate giants. PB London It is indeed bizarre but true that paying off a loan can spook the algorithms that calculate our creditworthiness. Financial companies like their customers t...
My credit score dropped from well above average to well below average after I paid off my mortgage. As well as bizarre, it’s yet another example of how our lives are affected by arbitrary decisions made by faceless corporate giants. PB London It is indeed bizarre but true that paying off a loan can spook the algorithms that calculate our creditworthiness. Financial companies like their customers to have a good mix of credit accounts to their name, from credit cards to loans, to show they can manage different types of debt. They also like evidence of a long, reliable credit history, so if your 25-year mortgage was your oldest open credit account, that history is suddenly shortened when it is terminated. The blip is likely to be brief and inconsequential, however. “When someone applies for credit, it doesn’t matter too much that their ‘score’ has dipped,” says John Webb from the credit reference agency Experian. “Lenders make their own calculations based on affordability and, if you no longer have monthly outgoing mortgage payments, you will have more disposable income, which is considered a positive.” We welcome letters but cannot answer individually. Email us at consumer.champions@theguardian.com or write to Consumer Champions, Money, the Guardian, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU. Please include a daytime phone number. Submission and publication of all letters is subject to our terms and conditions.
Hitting the piste in Verbier doesn’t come cheap, but in laid-back La Tzoumaz you can access the same pistes without such a steep price tag I’m standing at 3,330 metres on a tall metal platform with a heavy harness strapped to my back, gazing in awe at the snow-covered Matterhorn, Mont Blanc and the Dents du Midi ridge. It’s a gorgeous distraction while I wait to be clipped in and launched down the...
Hitting the piste in Verbier doesn’t come cheap, but in laid-back La Tzoumaz you can access the same pistes without such a steep price tag I’m standing at 3,330 metres on a tall metal platform with a heavy harness strapped to my back, gazing in awe at the snow-covered Matterhorn, Mont Blanc and the Dents du Midi ridge. It’s a gorgeous distraction while I wait to be clipped in and launched down the valley at 120 kilometres an hour. This is the Mont Fort zip line , the highest in the world. I sit with my legs dangling over the precipice, then with a stomach-churning clunk the mechanism releases and I speed through the air over tiny figures skiing below. It’s exhilarating and over too soon. I’m grinning ear to ear, my lungs full of high mountain air. I’m in Verbier, one of Switzerland’s most famous ski resorts. With access to 410km of pristine piste, excellent alpine food and a legendary après-ski culture, what’s not to like? Well, for many, the price. Verbier has long been favoured by A-listers and royalty, with eye-watering prices to match. Happily, there is a way to enjoy the same slopes, with much less of a financial hit. Stay in the village of La Tzoumaz (pronounced La Tsoo-mah), where accommodation can be half the price of Verbier, and you’re one chairlift away from the entire Four Valleys ski area. And as I discover, this “back door” resort has plenty of its own charms too. Continue reading...
To mark World Hearing Day, the Swindon manager talks about wearing hearing aids, his family’s experience of deafness and communication in football Ian Holloway is talking about one of the telltale signs, away from frontline management, that led to him wearing hearing aids. “I became more and more aware how loud I was having to put the volume on the telly,” he says, before delivering the punchline....
To mark World Hearing Day, the Swindon manager talks about wearing hearing aids, his family’s experience of deafness and communication in football Ian Holloway is talking about one of the telltale signs, away from frontline management, that led to him wearing hearing aids. “I became more and more aware how loud I was having to put the volume on the telly,” he says, before delivering the punchline. “My neighbours must be delighted.” The other giveaway came courtesy of his wife, Kim. “How often I had to say: ‘Sorry? Pardon?’ It started to really annoy both of us. At first I thought I was just deliberately not listening after 37 years of marriage.” This Saturday, when his Swindon side visit Crawley hoping to maintain their League Two promotion push, Holloway, who turns 63 this month, plans to wear his hearing aids for the first time. “Unfortunately ageing happens to all of us – your body does deteriorate – so put the ego down and get the best hearing you can. I want to be the best I can be for as long as I can be.” Continue reading...
At midnight on Saturday, Alma* stood at the check-in counter at Karachi airport in Pakistan with her husband and three-year-old son, holding tickets she believed would finally take the refugee family to safety. The Afghan journalist, who fled the Taliban in October 2024, had already been stopped from boarding two days earlier, on 26 February. Since they were flying with a tourist visa to a country...
At midnight on Saturday, Alma* stood at the check-in counter at Karachi airport in Pakistan with her husband and three-year-old son, holding tickets she believed would finally take the refugee family to safety. The Afghan journalist, who fled the Taliban in October 2024, had already been stopped from boarding two days earlier, on 26 February. Since they were flying with a tourist visa to a country in Africa, they had booked a flight from Karachi with a return leg that they did not plan to use. But the Pakistani officials at the airport refused to let them board. This time, they had booked flights with a return leg to Kabul. But again, officials from Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency refused to let the family board. “The officers told us to go back to Afghanistan and fly wherever we want to from there. They said we cannot fly to our destination from Pakistan.” Within hours, she and her family would also be turned away from a hotel because of their Afghan passports. Alma’s ordeal is unfolding as Pakistan declares itself in “open war” with Afghanistan after escalating cross-border strikes last month on Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants, also known as the Pakistan Taliban, which Islamabad accuses Kabul of supporting. Afghan refugees say the developments have triggered a sharp increase in police raids, arrests and deportations across major cities. double quotation mark The employee opened the door and said you have one second to empty the room … It is an order from high up Pakistani hotel worker For the millions of Afghans living in Pakistan – many of them journalists, activists or former government officials who fled Taliban rule – the rising tension is translating into fear at their doorsteps. Richard Bennett, UN special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, says returning to their country will put them at “real risk of violent retaliatory attacks”. Months of clashes have flared up since Thursday, when Afghanistan launched attacks along the frontier...
There is nothing worse than feeling stuck in a job. What are the best ways to progress without having to resort to shameless self-promotion? Here, career coaches explain how to make sure you are first in line for a promotion – and a pay rise. Position yourself as a winner “One of the major secrets to getting any sort of promotion is that you must sow the seeds early on and build up to the point wh...
There is nothing worse than feeling stuck in a job. What are the best ways to progress without having to resort to shameless self-promotion? Here, career coaches explain how to make sure you are first in line for a promotion – and a pay rise. Position yourself as a winner “One of the major secrets to getting any sort of promotion is that you must sow the seeds early on and build up to the point where the promotion feels like the natural next step,” says John Brown, a career coach in Nottingham. “First, you have to nail the current job. Make sure you meet your deadlines, hit all your targets and fall firmly into the ‘delivering’ category. Be brave enough to push back if your targets are unachievable. Don’t set yourself up to fail by simply agreeing to everything.” Tessa Grint, a career coach based in Bangkok who describes herself as a “leadership architect”, agrees: “You need to become the leader before you get the promotion. A promotion is the reward and recognition of the work that you’ve been doing.” Keep your boss happy – and tell them what you want View image in fullscreen Ask your boss what opportunities are available to you. Photograph: Posed by models; Galina Zhigalova/Getty Images “Your boss is your best advocate and supporter when it comes to progressing at work,” says Brown. “Help them out where you can and volunteer to do more.” Also, make sure that your boss is never caught off guard: “Keep them well informed, even if it is bad news,” says Brown, and always be open about your career goals, rather than going for internal jobs in secret. Grint says: “Good managers will probably hold regular career conversations, at which point there is a natural time to bring up what you want and where you see yourself in the future. If you don’t have that, in a one-to-one with your manager, say that you’ve been reflecting on your future, and ask if you could discuss what the options are for you.” Work on your visibility Visibility is key to career advancement, says Elaine...