big freze, headwinds, the curse struck, deli

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"Smaller companies face greater headwinds. Is it G.E. or Caterpillar who will be hurt? Of course not. It's Joe's Deli."

IAN SHEPHERDSON, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomic Advisors, on the effects of the government's austerity measures.


Panel Blocks BP Pact With Rosneft

BP suffered a major blow Thursday when an arbitration tribunal in Stockholm blocked its $16 billion strategic partnership with Russian state-run oil company Rosneft to explore for oil in the Arctic.

BP's Big Freeze in Russia

With its loss in an arbitration ruling over a proposed partnership with Rosneft, the curse of BP has struck again.


headwind

noun

a wind blowing from directly in front, opposing forward motion.

 

 

 

 delicatessen 簡寫 deli

noun

• a shop selling cooked meats, cheeses, and unusual or foreign prepared foods.

Origin:

late 19th century (originally US, denoting prepared foods for sale): from German Delikatessen or Dutch delicatessen, from French délicatesse 'delicateness', from délicat (see delicate)