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...The cost of St Mary’s rebuild is estimated to total £2.2bn — although this would be offset by selling land owned by the trust, reducing the contribution from the government to between £1.2-1.7bn....
...The Bank of Spain says there is a “reasonable doubt” over the full repayment of just 3.9 per cent of all consumer debt, far from the peak of 13.6 per cent in 2013....
...The trade war contributed to an almost 10 per cent decline in revenues, which totalled £1.35bn in 2020-21 versus £1.5bn in the previous period....
...Meanwhile, retail sales jumped 15.9 per cent in December from a year earlier while manufacturing output climbed 13.1 per cent. Both figures smashed analysts’ expectations....
...The hit has not only been severe, with joblessness rising to 14.7 per cent in April and about 39m Americans left unemployed....
...But to date China’s political and financial centres have reported a total of only 1,259 infections and 16 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University....
...The stock trades on a BBG-consensus FY20E P/E of 13.4x, a 7% discount to European Defence peers. We use a 15.8x FY20E (10% premium), on the strength of its US cash generation and earnings outlook....
...The mapping of the entire human genome – a 13-year effort to list all of the roughly 3 billion “letters” that make up a person’s DNA – was completed in 2003....
...The TV advertising business remained under pressure: broadcast sales were down 7 per cent at $1.9bn. Cable ad sales rose 2 per cent to $878m....
...Aero-engines accounted for sales of $1.5bn, 80 per cent of which was commercial....
...As a result, sales of diesel cars have fallen 13.7 per cent so far this year, taking the once-dominant fuel’s market share down to 42.8 per cent....
...Big miners Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton both had negative sessions, down 3 per cent to £35.99 and 1.8 per cent to £13.90, respectively....
...“We hope that the NAO report will encourage the MoD to work with us to release some of the 7,259 homes that are sitting empty and can help address the UK’s housing crisis,” he said....
...I have flown long-haul — always in economy — from London to Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, Colombo, Vancouver and São Paulo, but never longer than 13 hours....
...FTSE100 down -9.35 (-0.13%) at 7,301 CAC 40 down -14.16 (-0.27%) at 5,267 Dax up +2.46 (+0.02%) at 12,595 Currencies €/$ 1.18 (1.18) $/¥ 111.59 (111.72) £/$ 1.35 (1.35) €/£ 0.8786 (0.8795) Commodities...
...Nasdaq up +72.07 (+1.13%) at 6,432 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +15.43 (+1.05%) at 1,491 FTSE100 up +35.99 (+0.49%) at 7,414 CAC 40 up +63.22 (+1.24%) at 5,177 Dax up +171.26 (+1.39%) at 12,475 Currencies...
...The dollar’s rally knocked gold off a six-week high to trade $1 lower at $1,259 an ounce. Additional reporting by Kate Allen in London For market updates and comment follow us on Twitter @FTMarkets...
...prices choppy after Opec deal disappointSoft energy stocks hobble equity benchmarksUS futures show S&P 500 easing slightly from recordSterling drops as poll shows tighter election raceGold gains $4 to $1,259...
...) at 1,531 FTSE100 down -67.05 (-0.89%) at 7,436 CAC 40 down -28.16 (-0.53%) at 5,290 Dax down -41.55 (-0.33%) at 12,590 Currencies €/$ 1.11 (1.11) $/¥ 111.21 (111.47) £/$ 1.30 (1.29) €/£ 0.8582 (0.8582...
...-10.63 (-0.69%) at 1,519 FTSE100 down -12.44 (-0.17%) at 7,434 CAC 40 down -37.17 (-0.70%) at 5,259 Dax down -99.81 (-0.78%) at 12,671 Currencies €/$ 1.14 (1.13) $/¥ 112.15 (112.29) £/$ 1.28 (1.28) €/£...
...He rebutted allegations his Venezuelan businesses were shell companies by pointing to their 1,400 employees and continuing operations....
...European markets Eurofirst 300 down -10.31 (-0.79%) at 1,296 FTSE100 down -97.25 (-1.43%) at 6,693 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 4,377 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 10,259 Currencies €/$ 1.11 (1.11...
...at 49.82 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +7.90 at 1,259 Copper (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 2.17 10-year government bond yields (%) US 1.74% Germany 0.04% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe -0.38bps...
...The FTSE All World index earlier in the day traded near 13-month highs, before weakening 0.1 per cent....
...-77.69 (-0.72%) at 10,675 Currencies €/$ 1.13 (1.13) $/¥ 102.10 (102.48) £/$ 1.33 (1.33) €/£ 0.8464 (0.8467) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.60 at 49.39 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.53 at 47.09...
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