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...Vintage Leica M1 camera, Małgosia’s own Kiohne handmade cotton-yarn embroidered swimsuit, £150 Dusan wool-mix trench coat, £2,542, matching belted coat, £1,864, and matching pleated trousers, £1,508....
...“They had a cash shortfall of $4.15bn in the first six months.”...
...The euro was down 0.4 per cent at $1.1751 and sterling was off 0.3 per cent at $1.2991, while the dollar was 0.3 per cent softer versus the yen at ¥110.36....
...West Texas Intermediate, the US marker, was also up 1.4 per cent at $48.33....
...UK mortgage approvals and foreign gilt holdings 12.00 onward: Article 50 notification expected The markets at 07:48 Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +14.61 (+0.08%) at 19,217 Topix down -2.76 (-0.18%) at 1,542...
...Between polling day and the end of 2016, the S&P 500 healthcare sector lagged behind the broader benchmark, rising less than 1 per cent compared with a 4.6 per cent jump for the S&P 500....
...FTSE100 up +27.72 (+0.38%) at 7,238 CAC 40 down -22.27 (-0.45%) at 4,888 Dax down -35.02 (-0.30%) at 11,564 Currencies €/$ 1.06 (1.06) $/¥ 115.77 (116.01) £/$ 1.21 (1.22) €/£ 0.8725 (0.8693) Commodities...
...) at 17,673 Topix up +21.72 (+1.58%) at 1,400 Hang Seng down -297.75 (-1.32%) at 22,233 US markets S&P 500 down -3.03 (-0.14%) at 2,164 DJIA up +39.78 (+0.21%) at 18,848 Nasdaq up +28.32 (+0.54%) at 5,237...
...This is fewer than Australia (230,000), England (382,000) or France (542,000), according to the 2016 World Rugby Yearbook....
...(+0.39%) at 18,492 Nasdaq up +22.69 (+0.43%) at 5,250 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +27.77 (+2.06%) at 1,379 FTSE100 up +148.63 (+2.20%) at 6,895 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 4,542 Dax unchanged...
...At the close, the S&P 500 had fallen 1.2 per cent to 2,042, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 1 per cent to 17,542, and the Nasdaq Composite was 1.5 per cent lower at 4,848....
...For homes in charging band D, the average benchmark, a 4 per cent increase will inflate council tax bills by £58 next year, to £1,542....
...The government’s education reforms have raised standards and expanded opportunity with 1.4 million more children now in ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ schools....
...Markets Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -398.93 (-2.43%) at 16,017 Topix down -37.48 (-2.80%) at 1,301 Hang Seng down -344.15 (-1.82%) at 18,542 US markets S&P 500 down -22.00 (-1.17%) at 1,859 DJIA down...
...According to the OECD, it rose 5.4 per cent between 2012 and 2014, reaching $17,710, up from $4,541 in 1980....
...Centrica bounced 4.1 per cent to 271.8p on a Morgan Stanley upgrade....
...2,023 DJIA down -27.16 (-0.15%) at 17,614 Nasdaq down -3.21 (-0.07%) at 4,661 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +18.67 (+1.38%) at 1,376 FTSE100 up +40.78 (+0.63%) at 6,542 CAC 40 up +62.04 (+1.47%) at...
...The book value of Berkshire’s operating businesses and investments together increased to $144,542 per share, up 7.1 per cent so far this year....
...Indeed, sales of physical books rose in the UK for the first time since 2007, with Nielsen BookScan figures for January-November up 5.4 per cent on the previous year....
...The German government still owns 17 per cent of Commerzbank, making it the subject of regular takeover speculation....
...300 down -12.61 (-0.96%) at 1,307 FTSE100 down -42.15 (-0.64%) at 6,542 CAC 40 down -39.21 (-0.89%) at 4,345 Dax down -165.46 (-1.77%) at 9,174 Currencies €/$ 1.38 (1.38) $/¥ 102.19 (101.88) £/$ 1.67 (...
...Nasdaq up +6.00 (+0.14%) at 4,358 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -0.84 (-0.06%) at 1,344 FTSE100 down -48.35 (-0.71%) at 6,775 CAC 40 down -4.65 (-0.11%) at 4,391 Dax down -47.13 (-0.49%) at 9,542...
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.2 per cent to 15,542.24....
...The FTSE Eurofirst 300 was flat at 1,168.36, while the FTSE MIB lost 0.9 per cent to 15,542.17 as brokers blamed talk of a downgrade on Italy’s sovereign debt for the selling....
...Index down -1.73% at 5,575 Currencies €/$ 1.28 (1.28) $/¥ 95.51 (92.93) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.17 at 107.28 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.05 at 94.40 100 Oz Gold (Comex) down -11.00 at 1,542...
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