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...Across the country, the average property price was £264,459 in March, 0.2 per cent down from the same month of last year, but with considerable regional variation....
...Yllanes’s works on paper were on the market through Ben Elwes for up to $45,000 and his paintings for $500,000-$2.5mn....
...The cost of St Mary’s rebuild is estimated to total £2.2bn — although this would be offset by selling land owned by the trust, reducing the contribution from the government to between £1.2-1.7bn....
...Now it is 2.6 per cent, as markets bet that the ECB will continue raising rates from their current level of 1.5 per cent....
...Here’s the description of the “Top Reselling” community, AK CHEFS ($50/month): 2) MEOW ($1mn for 1.16 per cent stake) Meow, a platform which allows corporate treasures to pump their companies’ spare cash...
...The Netherlands has administered about 2.4m doses....
...expectations for around $2.2bn....
...Voting is mandatory in Ecuador and 13.1m people are registered, with fines of $40 for those who do not cast a ballot....
...Lenín Moreno, the incumbent, is not seeking re-election....
...While privately-held Sephora focuses on pricier “prestige” offerings, Ulta has positioned itself as a “one-stop shop” for all things beauty by stocking both mass-market and high-end brands in its 1,264 stores...
...JPMorgan had almost $367bn of undrawn commitments to corporate clients at the end of last year — equal to more than 13 per cent of its $2.7tn balance sheet....
...Mr Bolton called three times for Venezuelan defence minister Vladimir Padrino, head of the Supreme Court Maikel Moreno and presidential guard commander Ivan Rafael Hernandez Dala to support Mr Guaidó, and...
...Citibanamex, a leading bank, has slashed its 2019 growth forecast to just 0.2 per cent in stark contrast to the president’s promise of 2 per cent....
...Norway’s crude exports to the UK, which alongside domestic production have made up the bulk of the feedstock for the country’s 1.1m b/d of daily refining activity, fell 13 per cent last year....
...The turf battle, a replay of Mexican mafia wars from a decade ago, has turned Tijuana into Mexico’s most murderous city with 2,404 homicides last year and prompted a recent deployment of 1,800 troops by...
...While wireless communications were up 13 per cent from a year ago, they were down 41 per cent from the prior quarter at $1.294bn....
...Ford reported June sales of 230,635 vehicles, up 1.2 per cent from the same month last year. Fiat Chrysler reported June sales up 8 per cent on the year earlier period at 202,264....
...But delivering all of those would still leave the borough some way below the draft London Plan target of 2,264 net housing completions per year....
...Markets at 0800 GMT Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -61.79 (-0.26%) at 23,788 Topix up +2.82 (+0.15%) at 1,892 Hang Seng up +72.89 (+0.24%) at 31,084 US markets S&P 500 up +3.58 (+0.13%) at 2,751 DJIA up...
...Mr Hernández said Venezuela could raise about $1.2bn by selling shares in oil joint ventures but once that money is gone “I see China as the only source of income, because of its geo-strategic interests...
...From earning $2,000 at the Kentucky Derby and $1,500 a week on construction and home remodelling jobs — “living the good life, not worried about anything” — Mr Ortiz has gone to a $400-a-month call centre...
...300 up +4.80 (+0.32%) at 1,505 FTSE100 down -8.05 (-0.11%) at 7,264 CAC 40 up +25.63 (+0.49%) at 5,267 Dax up +30.86 (+0.25%) at 12,600 Currencies €/$ 1.20 (1.19) $/¥ 112.04 (112.46) £/$ 1.36 (1.36) €/...
...The FTSE 100 rose 2.1 per cent, up 150.13 points, to 7,264.68. Utilities were the only sector to miss out after the Conservatives pledged to cap energy bills....
...Gold is up 1 per cent to $1,264 an ounce, the highest level since the days following November’s US presidential election, but had gained by as much as 1.6 per cent....
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