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...Archer Daniels Midland , the agricultural commodities trading company, rose 1.7 per cent to $28.52 as it bought a stake in GrainCorp, a smaller Australian rival, on Friday....
...Karen Ward at HSBC, said: “Sharp divergences persist across the region: modest growth in Germany contrasts with steep declines in the periphery....
...data makes us a little more confident that the sharp drop in the data in January was more to do with the snow than indicative about anything more sinister about the underlying pace of the recovery,” said Karen...
...The most enjoyable scenes are those between a middle-aged female judge (Karen Archer) and a young male law clerk (Richard Beanland), beginning as they navigate the tricky period after sleeping together....
...He said that the ONS became aware of the matter in the late morning and Karen Dunnell, the National Statistician, had “instigated an inquiry into how this premature release occurred.”...
...Karen Ward, HSBC No, it got close earlier in the year but the recent 8 per cent gain has stretched affordability again....
...Howard Archer, chief European economist at Global Insight, says that, given the serious danger that the UK economy could suffer a deep recession, there is a “compelling” case for the Bank to “get on with...
...Flamenco Flamen’ka started life as a series of vignettes devised by dancer Karen Ruimy, inspired by the work of the Argentinian writer Borges....
...Karen Ward, HSBC We might not be above normal but consensus of 1 per cent is probably too low. Consumption could be the main source of upside surprise....
...Karen Ward, HSBC There seems to be a consensus that fiscal consolidation should be contingent on the pace of recovery....
...Howard Archer, IHS Global Insight I am not sure I would call it an illusion. But it was certainly built on shaky foundations....
...Howard Archer, IHS Global Insight 1) Investors lose confidence in the UK, leading to a sell-off of gilts, sterling and equities....
...Karen Ward, HSBC 1) Is the British economy still contracting, at the bottom or is it growing again?...
...Howard Archer, IHS Global Insight No, I expect house prices to fall by a further 15 per cent in 2009 and to see further, reduced losses in the first half of 2010 before stabilizing....
...Howard Archer, IHS Global Insight The US and China, because they are planning big, bold and swift fiscal action. David Frost, British Chamber of Commerce China....
...Howard Archer, IHS Global Insight If the ”de-leveraging” process drags on, the output losses could last a long time....
...Howard Archer, IHS Global Insight Fiscal prudence in the face of potentially the worst recession in decades is folly....
...Howard Archer at Global Insight said the ONS report was “relatively reassuring overall”....
...Karen Ward, HSBC The first risk is the degree to which unemployment will rise....
...Karen Ward, HSBC The economic outlook will certainly darken before it improves because job shedding has only just begun....
...Even the persistently dovish David Blanchflower was convinced of the need for higher interest rates in May,” said Howard Archer at Global Insight....
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