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...Official data out last week showed inflation fell less than expected in March to 3.2 per cent, albeit to the lowest level in two and a half years....
...France’s Cac 40 closed 0.3 per cent lower, while Germany’s Dax added 0.2 per cent....
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...Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index lost 0.2 per cent and mainland China’s CSI 300 added 0.5 per cent....
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...Anyone who plays the white side of the Ruy Lopez 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 would be totally shocked to see Black sacrificing his c8 bishop for the h3 pawn 10 moves later....
...As of writing, with six weeks left in a tight title race, there has been an average of over 3.2 goals per game in the Premier League — an increase of 20 per cent from just a few seasons ago and the most...
...Exports to the European Union and United States fell 10.2 per cent and 13.1 per cent, respectively. Exports to Russia rose 46.9 per cent....
...Treasuries rallied, pushing the yield on the 2-year Treasuries down 0.14 percentage points to 4.22 per cent. The yield on the 10-year note fell 0.13 percentage points at 3.92 per cent....
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...The yield on the 10-year note fell 0.13 percentage points at 3.92 per cent....
...The metal was trading at $2,239.3 a troy ounce in New York on Monday, according to LSEG data, after hitting an intraday high of $2,265.49 earlier....
...Macy’s, which owns the eponymous retailer and the luxury department store Bloomingdale’s, said it expects full-year adjusted earnings per share of between $2.88 and $3.13, up from previous guidance of $2.70...
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...H&M’s operating margin was 3.9 per cent in the first quarter, more than double what it was a year earlier....
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...However, its annual net interest margin improved from 2.85 per cent to 3.04 per cent year on year....
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