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...“Schools can deduct some input costs and make some savings, so the increase is more likely to be 10-12 per cent, perhaps a maximum of 15 per cent,” he says....
...Asian countries other than China increased their share of US manufactured goods imports from 12.6 per cent to 17.4 per cent over the period....
...The oil nationalist López Obrador vowed to “rescue” Pemex and has given the company some 1.32tn pesos of financial help since taking office in 2018, according to data from think-tank Instituto Mexicano para...
...If you imagine that they’re thinking for a standard container being transported from China to northern Europe, previously, we’re talking about $1,500....
...That compares with the South African rand weakening 7.1 per cent and the Brazilian real gaining 2.4 per cent in the same period....
...Under last week’s agreement, Pemex will retain 50.4 per cent of participating interests, with Talos holding 17.4 per cent, Germany’s Wintershall DEA 19.8 per cent and Harbour Energy of the UK 12.4 per cent...
...For the 12 months to the end of January Inditex posted record figures with sales up 17.5 per cent to €32.6bn and net profit climbing 27 per cent to €4.1bn....
...The National People’s Congress annual session for China’s top legislature opens on March 4. The 95th Academy Awards — the Oscars — are held in Hollywood on March 12....
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...Like employees, self-employed individuals paying class 4 NICs are not charged on the first £9,568 they earn....
...Five stories in the news 1. Netanyahu ousted Israel’s parliament has voted in a new government, ending the 12-year grip on power of rightwing stalwart and five-time premier Benjamin Netanyahu....
...Almost everyone is a beneficiary of López Obrador’s tree planting programme, Sowing Life, because it pays an attractive 4,500 pesos ($220) a month....
...The industry has 4.5tn pesos ($212bn) under management....
...James Taylor was the singer at President Barack Obama's inauguration in 2013, and Jennifer Lopez for President Joe Biden this year....
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...(FT) López Obrador fails to recognise his women problem Andrés Manuel López Obrador spent International Women’s Day barricaded in the National Palace behind a wall guarded by riot police....
...Gate City wrote 1,076 such loans, for a total of $22.5m. Both banks take retail deposits in the state, and have almost the same number of branches....
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...on López Obrador to act....
...Pemex, the state oil company, will boost production to 1.857m barrels per day in 2021, the budget forecast, a far cry from July production, with private sector partners, of 1.595m — the lowest level since...
...of group retail sales, up from 9.4 per cent in 2018....
...State statistics institute Inegi reported a 1.6 per cent fall in gross domestic product compared with the last quarter of 2019, in line with market forecasts for a 1.4 to 1.7 per cent decline....
...If confirmed, the 4,577 cases would be more than four times higher than the official city toll....
...Elliot is 12 years Johnson’s junior, but they have long moved in the same social circle....
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