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...Google expanded its footprint in Chicago last Wednesday, announcing an agreement to buy a postmodern landmark in the Loop in a much-needed jolt to the heart of the city’s central business district....
...some of its products did not decline as much as it had anticipated during the most recent quarter, reflecting the sticky inflationary environment in the US that is prompting investors to reassess when the central...
...US government debt is held by nearly every big investor and central bank around the world, and is the benchmark from which many global assets are priced....
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...The Chicago-based company reported its best quarterly sales since Canada’s Molson merged with US brewer Coors in 2005, with sales volumes increasing in its home market for the first time in at least a year...
...chair Jay Powell earlier this month warned interest rates might have to be raised higher than investors expected because the strong labour market meant it could take longer for inflation to return to the central...
...Many adopted the hub-and-spoke model, using major airports as a central hub for connecting flights, allowing airlines to maximise efficiency but eliminate many nonstop routes....
...Central banks have prepared a recipe for monetary overkill and liquidity crises Having badly misjudged the strength of inflation over the past year, central bankers are now anxious not to repeat the mistakes...
...Citadel, based in Chicago, is one of the world’s biggest hedge funds with about $34bn in assets under management....
...EVs also carry a perceived association with affluence and liberal politics, while pick-up trucks typically sell better in the more conservative US south and central regions....
...Both the bond and loan parts of American’s deal were increased on Wednesday from $5bn and $2.5bn respectively after investors rushed into the debt, encouraged by central bank support and desperate for returns...
...In November, Marex acquired Chicago-based equity derivatives firm XFA....
...As a test case of how fast risky asset prices can collapse and of the awe-inspiring power of central banks to drag them back up, last year was hard to beat....
...“One of the most interesting evolutions of the market has been the tone when institutions talk about crypto,” says Chris Zuehlke, a partner at DRW, a huge Chicago trading firm, and global head of the company...
...On Monday the Chicago-based group, which already runs a small currency trading venue, will launch a new service called Cboe FX Central, offering an alternative to the dominant duo for foreign-exchange trading...
...Marketing became central to the company’s growth, and advertising more and more divorced from its actual products....
...The US Federal Reserve has offered less direct support to the leveraged loan market than the bond market, but the central bank’s dramatic series of interventions have nonetheless helped loans recover from...
...The debt is secured on four hotels in Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and San Francisco, which the US private equity group acquired in 2016....
...Mr Lewis, a partner at Madison Dearborn, is to play a central role in structuring a potential bid for Nielsen, New York advisers who have worked on deals with the private equity group said....
...Finally, here is an interesting take on China’s new central bank digital currency from a team of researchers at ASPI....
...Blockchain technology allows for information storage and transmission without a central control body....
...“They’ve got a lot more operating chops than they did 12 years ago,” says University of Chicago professor Steven Kaplan....
...He told a central London employment hearing on Thursday that he had been marginalised within the company following a mental health breakdown that worsened after the February market crash last year....
...AbbVie’s investors gave the deal a resounding thumbs down, sending the Chicago-based company’s shares plummeting 15 per cent to $66.38. Allergan’s stock climbed 27 per cent to $163.94....
...In fairness to both Mr Xi and Mr Liu, it is unlikely either could then imagine the scale of the catastrophe that was about to emerge from central China....
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