Hints and tips:
...It’s bigger than Next, M&S and JD Sports put together, and bigger than the whole of the FTSE 250 retail sector....
...We’re assuming (b) ended up winning there....
...Google Trends As well as the seasonal overtones (ice, angel, Turkey etc), there was a further theme to these answers, which could have made it a bit easier. . . the first letters of each answer spell out C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S...
...On Sunday Usher, the R&B star whose hits dominated in the 2000s, anchored a half-time show with appearances by collaborators including Alicia Keys, H.E.R. and Ludacris....
...Her spinning hut becomes a merry-go-round of similar problematic narratives, barrelling through South Pacific and M*A*S*H....
...That devotion to the work of Italian violin- and lute-makers can be seen in classic Sonus Faber products such as 1993’s Guarneri Homage....
...And it makes everything from ski gear for Columbia Sportswear to jumpers for H&M....
...The US Energy Information Administration estimates average prices of about $83/b for the year....
...In contrast, the S&P 500’s price-to-book ratio is close to the record 5 times it touched in 2021 and 2000 (the Nasdaq’s P/B ratio is close to 7.5 times)....
...“There is a thirst for new paper, and you’re not getting that through new M&A,” says Muthukrishnan....
...“Tape Loops B & C” are continuous improvisations which, divided into multiple parts, most capture the feel and spontaneity of a tight-working band....
...“I’m so deep in my bag/ Like a grandma with a peppermint,” she sings....
...Arseniy Yatseniuk Chairman, Kyiv Security Forum; Prime Minister of Ukraine 2014 and 2014-2016 Lawrence H Summers President Emeritus of Harvard University, US Treasury Secretary 1999-2001 Amb Robert B Zoellick...
...The S&P 500 is not yet quite as expensive as it was in the zero-rate, fiscal bonanza, everyone-has-loads-of-cash glory days of 2021. But it is getting closer....
...Other companies, such as H&M, have offered customers discounts on purchases if they bring in used clothes for safe disposal or recycling....
...B&M said it would provide more details about its plans in November when it publishes its interim results but added that it would not retain the Wilko brand....
...Such retro notes are evident from this album’s R&B-inflected opener, “Cut My Hair”, where she seductively schemes and sighs: “Good girls are so over-rated.”...
...Earnings: Printer De La Rue, fashion retailer H&M and gift specialist Moonpig publish results, while public services provider Serco and consumer-goods retailer B&M European Value Retail release trading statements...
...H&M and Zara were the first fast-fashion retailers, selling trend-led clothing at affordable prices....
...When JFK asked him why he was working so late, the janitor replied: “Because I’m not mopping the floors, I’m putting a man on the moon!” We seem to be missing that big national goal these days....
...Simon Arora, founder and former chief executive of B&M, last week wrote to M2 saying he was “astonished” they were bidding for the entire chain....
...The battle for Middle England John Lewis and M&S are courting the same middle-class customers. They are having differing levels of success, the FT’s Laura Onita writes....
...They’re beating out big companies like Tesla and popular ETFs like the S&P 500. This activity has caught the attention of major public exchanges and traders....
...He has made it his mission to significantly reduce the proportion of companies with languishing P/B ratios, to bring the TSE to levels closer to those in the US (5 per cent of S&P 500 companies) and Europe...
...to S&P Global Ratings’ definitions....
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