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...May 9 to 12; further information here June Performance Alhambra Orchestra 34th Season Finale, FIU Wertheim Performing Arts Center The Alhambra Orchestra’s closing concert....
...Vox’s share of the vote fell to 12.4 per cent from more than 15 per cent in November 2019, and it now has only 33 seats in parliament, down from 52....
...“Yields everywhere are going up,” said Andres Sanchez Balcazar, head of global bonds at Pictet Asset Management....
...But that over the following 12 months they expect the central bank to reverse course, cutting borrowing costs six times to about 3.8 per cent by November 2024....
...already launched appeals against the tax at Spain’s National High Court and challenged it directly at Spain’s tax agency after making their first payments.For Spain’s biggest banks, the tax is a levy of 4.8...
...Inflation in Spain rose to a 37-year high of 10 per cent in June, up from 8.5 per cent in May....
...A 4.8 per cent tax will be levied on the net interest income — a measure of the difference between deposit and lending rates — of banks with annual revenues of more than €800mn from net fees and interest...
...“If buyers find a property with the right view they will stomach road noise,” adds Pierre-Jean Sanchez of estate agency Cluttons....
...On June 8 the region said it would reopen the interiors of bars and restaurants....
...Pemex reported 12,581 illegal pipeline taps in 2018 — an 21 per cent increase since 2017 alone and double the level in 2015....
...The far-right Alternative for Germany climbed to 10.8 per cent, up nearly 4 percentage points on its result in 2014....
...The producer price index for June is forecast to rise to 4.4 per cent year on year from 4.1 per cent....
...In general, equities investors favoured the more defensive sectors, with utilities, down 0.8 per cent and telecommunications, down 1.4 per cent, the S&P 500’s best....
...Romania, Greece and Bulgaria are the biggest beneficiaries with an 8 per cent increase, along with Italy (6.4 per cent) and Spain (5 per cent)....
...The S&P 500 also reached a fresh peak of 2,581.07, up 0.8 per cent on the day, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average tacked on 0.1 per cent to 23,434.19....
...More disappointing was a slowdown in the annual pace of average hourly earnings growth to 2.4 per cent, from 2.8 per cent in September....
...Julius Baer team of “relationship managers” had expanded by 8 per cent to 1,381 over the past year. Operating income increased by 12 per cent to Sfr 1.59bn in the first six months....
...Operating income increased 12 per cent to SFr1.59bn in the first six months compared with the same period a year earlier. Adjusted net profits increased 0.4 per cent to SFr404m....
...More than 7,400 attempted the perilous crossing in the 12 months to September 30, versus 4,400 the year before....
...Unemployment rate (%): 2017 (current): 4.5 2017 (September): 4.6 2018 (current): 4.5 2018 (September): 4.5 2019 (current): 4.5 2019 (September): 4.6 Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) inflation...
...Spain’s socialists oust Sánchez Spain’s centre left is in crisis. Pedro Sánchez stepped down as Socialist party leader over the weekend after losing a vicious battle with regional party chieftains....
...Chaco Culture National Historical Park (US) 8. Cherry Springs State Park US) 9. Clayton Lake State Park (US) 10. Copper Breaks State Park (US) 11. De Boschplaat (Netherlands) 12....
...a six-bedroom family home there for £4.95m....
...London’s FTSE 100 was down 58 points, or 0.9 per cent, at 6,581.8....
...It has five levels and measures 581 sq metres with four bedrooms and five full bathrooms....
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