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...This will happen, with sales nearing 5 per cent of the total from the International Energy Agency’s estimate of 3.2 per cent in 2020....
...Bank of America is pushing Berkeley, the sector’s leading land hoarder and builder of high-end luxury apartments in places like Enfield, Haringey and West Ham....
...There may also be some discussion of ending the reinvestment of maturing bonds under the bank’s quantitative easing programme, but we doubt this will start in 2019....
...The sector’s historic antecedents include the pawning of Queen Isabella of Spain’s jewels to largely fund Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the Americas and UK pawnbrokers still occasionally lend against valuable...
...Analysts at Numis expect adjusted pre-tax profits of £235m for the year ending June 2017, giving earnings per share of 39.6p (from £219m and 37.3p in 2016)....
...In America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History (Random House), Andrew Bacevich connects the numerous American interventions in the region — from Afghanistan to Somalia and from Lebanon...
...In response to inflationary pressure, the central bank’s policy rate is seen ending the year at 12.5 per cent, up from 11.75 per cent today....
...“Maduro is in a very difficult situation, and there are many questions regarding his survival, said Francisco Rodriguez, an economist at Bank of America....
...funds from Chinese investors....
...(Financial Times) Bad loan writedowns soar at China banks: In the latest indication of the turbulence now buffeting China’s financial system, the five biggest Chinese banks, which account for more than...
...(Financial Times) World Bank to cut $400 million from budget in reorganization: “[S]avings will be phased in over three years and mark an 8 percent cut from the bank’s current $5 billion in annual expenses...
...January fund data suggested outflows from emerging market funds contining to accelerate in favour of developed markets, the broker said....
...rejected a €10bn EU-led bailout that requires €5.8bn to be seized from Cypriot bank accounts....
...Late positive news also included reports that almost $700m in funds missing from customer accounts at MF Global had been tracked down at JPMorgan Chase, which seized many of MF’s accounts as collateral when...
...Banks stocks were lower across the board in advance of the finance reform bill that was set to be presented late in the session on Monday. Citigroup led the sector lower, falling 2 per cent to $3.89....
...And, as the Governor of the Bank of England has said, the present increase in inflation should be temporary, and results from the ending of the VAT cut and other one-off factors....
...In fact, I’ve seen Wolfowitz since… Remember he became head of the World Bank… Rumsfeld, I would talk to him....
...Most surprising economic event of last decade has been rise in public expenditure – from £418.8bn in 1997-98 to £627.8bn in 2008-09 a rise of 49.9 per cent from 38.2 per cent to 43.8 per cent of GDP without...
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...The Investment Company Institute, the mutual fund industry clearinghouse, reported that institutional investors withdrew 7.5 per cent, or $176.3bn, from all money market accounts for the week ending September...
...And parents have now opened over 2.4 million Child Trust Fund accounts saving more for their children’s future. We must go further....
...The South Korean won hit an eight year high of Won973.38, but gave up most of its gains to end the week at Won987.3....
...Even a much smaller group, Britain’s Northern Foods, shows in its latest accounts a payment of suppliers on average within 38 days, up 10 days on two years earlier....
...Total funds under management affected by this amount to approximately £80m and account for £1.5m in revenues....
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