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...Or The Washington Post: Call it a gold rush: Taylor Swift is adding billions to the U.S. economy....
...Wall Street had been expecting revenue of $68.9bn and earnings of $1.06 per share....
...On Thursday there had been a 68 per cent probability of a half-point move....
...US benchmark West Texas Intermediate settled 1.6 per cent lower at $79.68....
...Within the bloc, only 68 per cent of women aged between 20 and 64 are in work — 10 percentage points less than the proportion for men, according to OECD data....
...The common currency fell as much as 0.7 per cent to $0.988 in London trading, the lowest level since 2002....
...“I was born a farmer,” said the 52-year-old. “I hope I also die as one. But we will have to see.”...
...Allowing Microsoft to take over the publisher of Call of Duty for a whopping $68.7bn is his biggest deal yet (as well as Microsoft’s largest acquisition), and perhaps his cleverest....
...The average price of over £267,000 is now up £52,000 since the start of the pandemic....
...Dogecoin duly responded, jumping by as much as 68 per cent on the day to reach just over 5 US cents, giving the memecoin a supposed “market cap” of $7bn....
...Currencies broker Argentex recorded a 30 per cent drop in adjusted operating profits to £8.7m at its March year-end, with financial performance constrained by flat interest rates as the points (yield) on...
...The Money Transmitter publicly disclosed earning over $52 million in fees and incentives from Ripple through September 2020....
...Operating cash conversion was 68% vs. 83% last year. Working capital was impacted by longer DSOs as well as higher prepayments resulting in operating cash conversion of 68% vs. 83% last year....
...Delta is the most exposed in the U.S. - Europe ex-U.K. market, followed by United, while American is primarily exposed to London....
...The aviation services specialist saw underlying operating profit dip 6 per cent at constant currencies to £51.9m in 2019....
...AZN is at an all-time high stock price and might see this as a valuable currency....
...Nonetheless, his popularity remains a resilient 68 per cent according to Oraculus.mx, a poll of polls, helped by a moribund opposition....
...But, on a year-on-year basis, their forecast for US growth shows -11% in Q2, -8% in Q3, and -5% in Q4, which clearly qualifies as U-shaped....
...The trade-weighted dollar is sitting near its most expensive levels in two decades, despite an abrupt U-turn from the US Federal Reserve in January....
...U.S. oil production growth, the boogeyman scotching previous upturns, may at last be under control....
...Kana Inagaki 52....
...IHS Markit’s index for the sector dipped to 52.5 in March, a 21-month low, from 53 the previous month....
...Bitcoin continued lower on Thursday, down 4.3 per cent at $5,357.02. Alphaville puts in its two bitcoins worth....
...The dollar’s weakness saw China’s currency strengthen to its firmest level against the US currency in five months....
...Although shares in Randgold ticked up 6 per cent to £52.24 on the news of the merger, the combination values the London-listed company’s shares at £49 each....
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