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...Economists expect 2.4 per cent growth, compared with a 3.4 per cent increase in the fourth quarter of 2023....
...Food inflation was the largest driver of the fall in the official measure of the UK headline price growth to 3.2 per cent in March from 3.4 per cent in the previous month....
...General Motors shares were up 4.4 per cent in pre-market trading in New York....
...JetBlue’s results brought a group of airline stocks lower with American Airlines, Delta and Southwest down 3, 0.4 and 0.8 per cent, respectively....
...Germany’s Dax and London’s FTSE 100 both gained 0.4 per cent....
...The bank reported a return on tangible equity — a key measure of bank profitability — of 12.3 per cent, down from 15 per cent last year but ahead of its target of more than 10 per cent for 2024....
...Single family housing starts fell 12.4 per cent and in the volatile multifamily housing sector, starts fell 20.8 per cent....
...Net revenue rose 9.4 per cent to €6.8bn, ahead of the 7.2 per cent rise forecast by analysts....
...In the nine months to the end of September, the drug generated $12.7mn in revenues, Orchard said at third-quarter results last November....
...Headline inflation stood at 3.4 per cent, the lowest since 2021....
...UK inflation slowed more sharply than expected in November to 3.9 per cent, down from 4.6 per cent the previous month, according to figures that will intensify pressure on the Bank of England to start cutting...
...Sales at John Lewis were down 4 per cent to £4.8bn. Trading operating profit improved by £170mn to £1bn at Waitrose, while at John Lewis it rose by £13mn to £689mn year on year....
...The division’s adjusted operating profit margin rose to 11.3 per cent from 8.3 per cent. “We are seeing basket sizes creep up, so it’s not as if there’s been no improvement in volume....
...Seat capacity for this summer is set to increase by a further 12.3 per cent, and in its most recent trading update it said forward bookings for package holiday customers are up 13 per cent....
...Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a slightly higher reading of 2.4 per cent for March. Core inflation, excluding energy and food, slipped from 3.4 per cent to 3.3 per cent....
...HSBC will also have to recognise $4.9bn in historical losses related to the falling value of the peso when the deal closes, which is expected to be within the next 12 months, the bank said on Tuesday....
...When compared with 2018, total goods exports fell by £44.7bn or 12.4 per cent....
...The People’s Bank of China reduced the five-year loan prime rate to 3.95 per cent from 4.2 per cent, more than the 4.1 per cent median rate forecast by a Bloomberg poll of 12 economists....
...The neutral news We asked, as point 3, for the Government Wine Committee’s terms of reference....
...The north of England and Scotland also posted strong annual increases of 4.1 per cent and 3.7 per cent respectively....
...Pre-tax profits fell to £193mn in the 12 months to December, from £501mn the year before, while revenues dropped 3 per cent to £4.2bn, as “a result of the impact of the challenging advertising market” alongside...
...Botín’s total pay rose 4.3 per cent last year, with her €12.2mn package made up of €7.4mn in cash and €4.8mn in gross profit on shares and other special payments....
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