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...Steady, if not stellar, sales were reported from the coinciding Art Dubai (March 1-3, Madinat Jumeirah) and Frieze LA (February 29-March 3, Santa Monica Airport)....
...Now it is 2.6 per cent, as markets bet that the ECB will continue raising rates from their current level of 1.5 per cent....
...With an annual cost of 0.5 per cent, its nominal value will double in 13 years. With costs of 2.5 per cent, the doubling time stretches to more than two decades....
...Very bad day follows very good day Here’s a thumbnail sketch of what happened Thursday: The S&P 500 fell 3.5 per cent The Nasdaq fell 5 per cent Long-dated Treasury yields rose — the 10-year by 14 basis...
...Gustavo Petro took 50.5 per cent of the vote versus 47.3 per cent for his main rival Rodolfo Hernández. The new president is expected to usher in the most leftwing government in Colombia’s history....
...While revenue from exports was just 1.3 per cent higher at the end of 2021 than it was two years earlier, the value of imports had risen 9.5 per cent....
...FactSet consensus is for free cash flow to rise again in 2024 which gives a healthy 2024 free cash flow yield of 13.2 per cent....
...China’s CSI 300 rose 1.7 per cent after official data showed factory gate inflation slowed in November to 12.9 per cent, from 13.5 per cent the previous month....
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...If you’re looking for a testing route that gets you away from civilisation, an especially remote section from Ivybridge to Holne will take you across 13.5 miles of wild moorland....
...An initial £1,000 investment in Fundsmith Equity would now stand at £3,448 compared with £1,184 for an investment in the MSCI ACWI Growth index, according to Morningstar data as at April 13....
...Apas aims to tap into booming aircraft orders in the Asia-Pacific region, where demand for aviation services is predicted to expand 5.1 per cent or $3.48tn over the next two decades, according to Boeing....
...Commonly known as the “Betsy Ross Flag”, the version features 13 stars in circle and 13 stripes, representing the original 13 American colonies, and first came into use in the 1790s....
...The net short position at 99,184 contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange was the highest since December 2016, Bloomberg data show....
...At this stage two-thirds of the country are controlled by various opposition groups and Isis September 15 2015 Kinda, the fifth Makhlouf sibling, buys a 184 sq m apartment on floor 20 September 16 2016...
...Gold was up $10 at $1,184 an ounce, but down 2.1 per cent for the week....
...So far this year, GoPro is down 34.5 per cent, after falling 13 per cent over 2017....
...This meant the maximum either could receive would be £4.3m ($5.9m). Last year Mr Skeoch was paid £3m, while Mr Gilbert received £1.3m after the combined group suffered £31bn of outflows....
...Anthem shares slid 3 per cent to $184.10m, while Aetna shares slipped 1 per cent to $152.78 and shares in Magellan Health declined 2 per cent to $84.05 Meanwhile, shares in Tenet Healthcare declined 5.5...
...Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 13,184 Currencies €/$ 1.22 (1.22) $/¥ 111.28 (111.28) £/$ 1.38 (1.38) €/£ 0.8825 (0.8811) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.11 at 69.27 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.06...
...This is the second highest salary, just below that of IE’s alumni at $184,000, which is down $7,000 on last year....
...Harpenden Thameslink Commuters is one of the biggest, with 1,800 members....
...Netflix was among the biggest gainers, rising 14 per cent to $184.49 after the video streaming site behind shows like Orange is the New Black and 13 Reasons Why said subscriber growth topped analysts forecasts...
...Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 13,184 Currencies €/$ 1.17 (1.17) $/¥ 113.43 (113.53) £/$ 1.33 (1.33) €/£ 0.8812 (0.8814) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.72 at 64.06 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.45...
...Mr Hernández said Venezuela could raise about $1.2bn by selling shares in oil joint ventures but once that money is gone “I see China as the only source of income, because of its geo-strategic interests...
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