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...Additional reporting by Max Seddon in Riga, Heba Saleh in Cairo, Andres Schipani in Lima, Ciara Nugent in Buenos Aires, Samer Al-Atrush in Dubai and Mercedes Ruehl in Singapore...
...But the decision of a credit-rating agency today, as the economy looks stronger than expected, to downgrade the United States is bizarre and inept,” he wrote on Twitter....
...It comes iced, nitro (cold brew made with nitrogen gas for an ultra-smooth texture) or hot, with all of the usual suspects represented: macchiato, cappuccino, cortadito et al....
...On Sunday, China’s foreign ministry released a scathing 25-page white paper entitled “The state of Democracy in the United States”, which almost exclusively cited American sources on money’s grip over US...
...This is an exceptionally common sentiment in the United States — it’s why Russel Honoré was appointed to oversee the January 6 inquiry, and why Gustave Perna was handed Operation Warp Speed....
...As Richard Masters, chief executive of the English Premier League, quipped this week, at least England is “confident” of a winner in this one after Manchester United’s underwhelming penalty shootout loss...
...For example, in a 2010 opinion (Chevron Corp v Steven Donziger, et al) handed down from the US district court in Manhattan, the judge wrote that the “evidence at trial established that Donziger, a New York...
...America creates about a quarter of global GDP, but well over half of the currency reserves of the world's central banks is socked away in dollars — $6.6tn of $11.4tn....
...We should also note this guy, who’s doing his thing: A reminder that Donald Trump, who despite everything remains The Actual President of the United States, tweeted on April 2 that a deal to end the oil...
...Plus he scored twice in England’s 6-0 victory. He’s our Person in the News....
...So in 2017, there were almost 6,000 women who came into Illinois to get an abortion from the surrounding states. From one of these states. From one of these states into the middle....
...Forex and fixed income China’s currency enjoyed its best week against the dollar in more than a decade....
...Futures tip the FTSE 100 to open up 0.7 per cent at the open, while the S&P 500 is expected to add 0.6 per cent when trading begins in New York....
...The first employer-sponsored pension plan in Canada was introduced in 1874 (Gale et al., 2006). By contrast, some countries have only recently introduced private pension plans....
...European markets Eurofirst 300 down -11.25 (-0.74%) at 1,508 FTSE100 down -26.18 (-0.36%) at 7,300 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 5,317 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 12,861 Currencies €/$ 1.18 (1.19...
...(-0.21%) at 27,586 US markets S&P 500 up +10.20 (+0.41%) at 2,507 DJIA up +56.39 (+0.25%) at 22,341 Nasdaq up +73.10 (+1.15%) at 6,453 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +6.00 (+0.40%) at 1,516 FTSE100...
...European markets Eurofirst 300 down -4.66 (-0.30%) at 1,538 FTSE100 down -3.90 (-0.05%) at 7,497 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 5,399 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 13,126 Currencies €/$ 1.18 (1.18)...
...Mian et al also found that the states to deregulate first weren’t more volatile than the rest of America back in the 1960s or 1970s, nor can their findings be explained by the big drop in the oil price in...
...Japan’s Topix was picking up in afternoon trading, gaining 0.1 per cent. Currencies were stabilising after a drop in the US dollar....
...The index recorded its longest losing streak in 14 years after ending August in negative territory — its sixth straight month of declines. The Japanese yen was flat against the greenback at ¥110.00....
...number of new attractive retail markets in London and the wealthiest catchment areas in the United States....
...The dollar index, which measures the currency against a basket of peers, was flat in Asia trading. Oil prices were lower after the impact of Hurricane Irma was downgraded....
...The economic calendar leans heavily towards the state of Europe’s manufacturing and services sectors (all times London): 08.00: France manufacturing, services purchasing managers’ index 08.00: European...
...It dropped 0.8 per cent as investors awaited the outcome of a key gubernatorial election for the state of Mexico, but then reversed course to show a of rise 0.6 per cent to 18.5685 per dollar as officials...
...But this may all be overshadowed by the extent to which the world economy continues on a path of a synchronised slowdown and the impact from any worsening in trade relations between the United States and...
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