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...That rise extended a rally that began last October and has lifted the stock price by nearly 33 per cent, reaching €43.13 on Wednesday....
...Wall Street’s S&P 500 fell 0.2 per cent, having shed 1.2 per cent and 1.5 per cent on Monday and Friday, respectively. The tech-dominated Nasdaq Composite lost 0.1 per cent....
...Accenture now expects full-year revenue growth in a range of 1 to 3 per cent, compared with previous estimates of 2 to 5 per cent....
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...But Altice’s French business, which includes mobile network operator SFR, was given something of a reprieve by news last week that the company had agreed to sell its media business for more than €1.5bn....
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...And the score: a stingy 2-1 to Chelsea, the winning goal scored by David Webb, using his head. Far safer than his right peg. Tom MooneyWexford, Ireland...
...Alphabet: Google’s parent company is expected to report that revenue increased 13 per cent to $78.6bn in the first quarter thanks to a rise in advertising revenue....
...The yield on the 2-year Treasuries was down 0.11 percentage points at 4.25 per cent while that on the 10-year note was down 0.08 percentage points at 3.97 per cent....
...The fund said in its benchmark Fiscal Monitor that it expected the US to record a fiscal deficit of 7.1 per cent next year — more than three times the 2 per cent average for other advanced economies....
...By 2100, just six countries are expected to have TFRs higher than 2.1: Tajikistan in central Asia, the Pacific islands of Tonga and Samoa, and the African nations of Somalia, Chad and Niger....
...The bank’s net interest income for the year rose 49 per cent from 2022, to €2.3bn, lifted by rising central bank interest rates....
...The benchmark S&P 500 slipped 1.2 per cent, with every sector in the negatives. Rate sensitive real estate stocks were the worst performers, followed by the tech sector....
...This was down 13 per cent from $44,642 last year, which itself was down 11 per cent from $50,037 the previous year....
...The Rightmove house price index is compiled from properties coming on to the market through more than 13,000 estate agency branches listed on the portal....
...The UK benchmark closed 0.6 per cent higher on Friday and now sits about 1 per cent below its record closing high from 13 months ago....
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...Total sales for the full year rose 19.6 per cent to £1.8bn, while like-for-like sales in company-managed stores increased by 13.7 per cent compared with 2022....
...CPI had previously risen to 3.2 per cent in February from 3.1 per cent in January and bumper jobs figures last week led markets to further rein in expectations of Fed rate cuts....
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