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...Ecuador’s economy, which is reliant on exports of oil and seafood, is forecast to grow 1.5 per cent this year and 0.8 per cent in 2024....
...September 1 to 3; further information and tickets here October Art Various exhibitions, Rubell Museum October is the final month to see Rubell Museum’s three major exhibitions of the past year....
...They were given between nine and 13 years for sedition and misuse of public funds, sentences that he saw as Spanish persecution of the Catalan nation....
...Here’s our pick of the hotspots: The Social History of English Afternoon Tea at 116 Pall Mall – 14 August, from 1:30pm Afternoon Tea Week (from 8 to 14 August) is the perfect excuse to partake in the most...
...Food inflation in the US is running at about 5-6 per cent year on year, compared with about 1.3 per cent annually in the past decade, said Jayson Lusk, professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University...
...“There has been a 35 per cent increase in pre-booking demand and an all-time low of 3 per cent on class cancellations,” he added....
...In its last financial year, to July 27, sales rose 1.8 per cent to £333.3m and pre-tax profit from continuing operations rose from £13.7m to £14.3m....
...Peel Hunt liked the price, which is 13.7 times earnings of $31.5m, but falls to 10 times when synergies are included....
...His immediate priority when he takes over from Donald Tusk on December 1 will be “to do everything in order to strengthen the trust between us”....
...José Antonio González is a former Minister of Finance of Mexico....
...Ceramics and works on paper by Pablo Picasso both feature prominently, with estimates ranging from £1,500 to £170,000....
...Who The Nelson Gonzalez Team at EWM Realty International, tel +1 305 674 4040 Eden Vale, Ennis, Munster, Ireland, €3.5m Where About four miles outside the town of Ennis in western Ireland....
...He has now committed to a 1,050 sq ft space in Miami’s Design District, where he plans six exhibitions a year....
...-1965), whose precise “Cat-walk” (1947) sold for $1.1m ($1.3m with fees, est $1.2m-$1.8m)....
...AJ Bell has a 3 per cent market share and its fee to retail customers is lower, starting at 0.25 per cent....
...compared with a more modest performance in its Spanish unit, where amid a low interest rate environment net profits excluding charges were up 5.5 per cent over the full year and operating income was down 1.3...
...Global marker Brent crude dipped 0.9 per cent to $64.13 per barrel while US WTI fell by 0.6 per cent to $61.3....
...A decade ago the ratio was 1.3 to one....
...The pharmaceuticals group posted adjusted earnings of $1.41 per share, around 3 cents ahead of expectations, while revenues of $6.96bn were in line with consensus....
...0.04 at 63.53 100 Oz Gold (Comex) down -0.80 at 1,317 Copper (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 3.22 10-year government bond yields (%) US 2.53% Germany 0.46% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx Europe +0.83bps...
...Elsewhere, Tesla shares jumped 3.7 per cent to $355.59 after analysts at Morgan Stanley raised the price target on the stock to $379 from $317....
...+0.05 at 61.49 100 Oz Gold (Comex) down -3.10 at 1,317 Copper (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 3.21 10-year government bond yields (%) US 2.48% Germany 0.45% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx Europe +0.02bps...
...All Conservative MPs (total: 317) Remain — 176Leave — 138Not disclosed — 3 New intake (total: 32) Remain — 18Leave — 13Not disclosed — 1...
...Net sales rose 4 per cent in 2016 to $13.4bn and were also 4 per cent higher in the fourth quarter, at $3.2bn, helped by higher prices in most operations and higher volumes in Mexio, the UK and Germany....
...In 1998, immigrants accounted for just 3 per cent of the population. By 2008, the share had jumped to 13 per cent — one of the highest in Europe — according to official data....
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