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...Rio, chief executive....
...The value of the peso against the dollar has halved in five years and dropped 13 per cent following the election, making properties in second-home hotspots such as Los Cabos, Playa del Carmen and Cancún...
...Markets Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -372.05 (-2.31%) at 15,713 Topix down -39.37 (-3.02%) at 1,265 Hang Seng down -742.37 (-3.85%) at 18,546 US markets S&P 500 down -0.35 (-0.02%) at 1,852 DJIA down...
...Analysts forecast that the company will report that its revenues rose 13.7 per cent to £2.95bn in 2015. Adjusted earnings per share are expected to have jumped 16.5 per cent to 16.1p....
..., 13 miles from Guildford and 20 miles from Gatwick airport....
...The yield on 10-year Bunds jumped 13 basis points to 1.44 per cent while 10-year Treasury yields climbed 8bp to 1.83 per cent....
...Here, a pair of jeans that costs $100 in New York goes for as much as R$1,000 ($495)....
...So BHP and Rio can plug in $2.6bn and $1.4bn apiece without worrying unduly about opportunistic locals seeking to share the payback....
...Copper, however, saw operating profit fall 13 per cent to $2.46bn, reflecting lower sales volumes and higher operating costs. The shares rose 1.21 per cent to £26.76 in London....
...The FTSE 100 was lower by 1.2 per cent, or 65.81 points, to 5,384.68....
...The top equities fund was BCP Acciones, run by the Peruvian bank, Banco de Credito del Peru, with a 63 per cent gain, driven by a 64.5 per cent jump in dollar terms in the Lima bourse....
...“At 2,700m we’re a lot lower than the city – you’re less likely to get sick,” explains Rio Sagrado general manager Rodrigo Ofner. “It’s also more convenient for nearby Inca sites....
...The benchmark Kospi index fell 2.1 per cent to 1,372.04 while the won dropped about 1 per cent against the dollar....
...The Nikkei 225 average closed 1.1 per cent lower at 13,943.26 and the broader Topix index ended 1.5 per cent lower at 1,372.95. The yen was Y0.84 weaker at Y103.91 per dollar....
...Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation rose 3.1 per cent to £13.77 on news that it would not be making another offer for rival miner Kazakhmys, down 2.1 per cent to £17.35....
...It was the Spaniards who gave it its name, calling it Platina del Pinto after the Rio Pinto area....
...BHP Billiton fell 2.2 per cent to 960p, while Rio Tinto slipped 1 per cent to ?27.17. Lower down the market, the FTSE 250 eased 8 points to 9,093.8....
...Rio shares rose 3.7 per cent to £19.86, while BHP Billiton gained 3.3 per cent to 837p and Antofagasta added 3.5 per cent to £13.39....
...BHP Billiton fell 2.3 per cent to 822p as the broker cut its rating from “buy” to “hold” and Rio Tinto fell 2.1 per cent to £19.46....
...Anglo American was up 2.9 per cent at £13.11, Antofagasta rose 2.6 per cent to £11.16, Rio Tinto added 3.7 per cent to £14.72, and Xstrata put on 1.6 per cent to 902p....
...1• Name the painter who took the story of Mary and Joseph arriving in Bethlehem for the census on Christmas Eve and transposed it to the Brabant village pictured left. 2• Which Russian author wrote a short...
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