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...May 3 to October 6; further information and tickets here ‘Jason Seife: Coming to Fruition’, Pérez Art Museum Miami The Miami-based artist’s first solo exhibition in the US brings his Cuban and Syrian heritage...
...Inditex is a colossus among retailers; its apparel and footwear enjoys a global market share of 1.6 per cent....
...The first two artists to show are the Cuba-born Glenda León and Gustavo Pérez Monzón. Seven works by each will be released on October 6....
...The highest price of the 33 offered lots went to Jean Dubuffet’s large “La féconde journée” (1976), which sold from an American collection for £3.6m (£4.4m with fees, est £1.5m-£2m)....
...With 16 candidates in the race, that is a tall order. If no one reaches either threshold, the election will go to a second round in April....
...In 2018, Florida received $16.6bn in direct spending from vacation home rentals, about 1.6 per cent of state gross domestic product, according to a study published in December by the University of Central...
...The number of unemployed fell 1.4m to 16.3m in July, the government said. The jobless rate declined for many segments of the population, including Caucasians, Asian-Americans and Hispanics....
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.6 per cent higher at 24,207.16. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 0.2 per cent to 7,034.69....
...In fixed income, the yield on the 10-year Gilt was up 4.6 basis points at 1.616 per cent. The two-year yield rose 2.9 bps to 0.849 per cent. Yields move in the opposite direction of prices....
...By vehicle type, SUVs were the only segment to post a gain, rising 6.7 per cent, while truck sales dropped 4.9 per cent and car sales tumbled 17.1 per cent....
...Equities In New York, the S&P 500 closed at a record 2,874, up 0.6 per cent, having earlier hit 2,876.16, surpassing the previous all-time intraday peak set on Tuesday....
...Venezuela’s crude production fell to 1.1m barrels a day in December, just a third of its level in the mid-2000s....
...Britain’s productivity growth rate has also improved — from 0.6 per cent last year to a projected 0.8 per cent in 2018 — but that is far behind the 2.1 per cent Britain sustained before the financial crisis...
...The bank is positioning itself as a way for investors to gain exposure to Iceland but in a supposedly safer way than before the crisis, with a core equity tier 1 ratio of 23.6 per cent (likely to be reduced...
...) at 1,505 FTSE100 up +10.37 (+0.14%) at 7,368 CAC 40 up +5.20 (+0.10%) at 5,180 Dax up +16.55 (+0.13%) at 12,454 Currencies €/$ 1.13 (1.14) $/¥ 113.14 (113.25) £/$ 1.29 (1.29) €/£ 0.8756 (0.8775) Commodities...
...Mr Juffali also bought land in Gstaad, Switzerland, which was then converted into an “iceberg” chalet with several floors underground for a swimming pool and parking for up to 16 vehicles....
...Amex, with an estimated $6.8bn in rewards costs, remains the most generous, but at $6.6bn, Chase has almost closed the gap....
...Bringing up the rear were Senator Francis Escudero (3.1 per cent), former president Joseph Estrada, who is now mayor of Manila (2.0 per cent), and Senator Alan Peter Cayetano (1.1 per cent)....
...-53.72 (-0.29%) at 18,232 Nasdaq down -1.43 (-0.03%) at 5,089 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -1.84 (-0.11%) at 1,616 FTSE100 up +18.25 (+0.26%) at 7,032 CAC 40 down -25.72 (-0.50%) at 5,117 Dax down...
...Overall, the FTSE Eurofirst 300 rose 0.3 per cent to 1,616.39....
...(+0.67%) at 5,140 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +13.58 (+0.86%) at 1,595 FTSE100 up +39.51 (+0.59%) at 6,726 CAC 40 down -16.90 (-0.33%) at 5,180 Dax down -33.54 (-0.29%) at 11,603 Currencies €/$ 1.09...
...It is down from 13.6 per cent a year ago. Almost all of the job creation came from the service sector....
...) at 4,353 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -16.66 (-1.23%) at 1,333 FTSE100 down -50.93 (-0.76%) at 6,679 CAC 40 down -43.36 (-1.02%) at 4,203 Dax down -197.40 (-2.10%) at 9,210 Currencies €/$ 1.34...
...Eurofirst 300 up +10.07 (+0.76%) at 1,332 FTSE100 up +27.26 (+0.41%) at 6,616 CAC 40 up +32.20 (+0.74%) at 4,411 Dax up +135.98 (+1.44%) at 9,587 Currencies €/$ 1.37 (1.38) $/¥ 102.85 (102.79) £/$ 1.66...
...Europe FTSE down +0.50% at 6,768 RTS up +0.16% at 1,478 Warsaw Wig up +0.44% at 53,845 FTSE 300 Eurotop up +0.40% at 1,295 Americas DJIA up +0.45% at 15,616 S&P 500 up +0.29% at 1,762 Bovespa down -0.45%...
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