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...Shares of NRG fell 1 per cent in early trading on Monday....
...BlackRock: Analysts polled by LSEG expect earnings at the world’s largest asset manager to have declined 13.5 per cent on an annual basis to $8.26 a share in the third quarter....
...This still topped Wall Street’s forecast for 13 cents a share. Group revenue of $5.13bn fell 8 per cent from last year, but beat analysts’ projections....
...Ford shares fell 5.9 per cent in New York, while GM dropped 3.1 per cent and Rivian ceded 3.3 per cent. Tesla, however, gained 3.2 per cent as its Cybertruck went into production....
...Economists expect the nation’s economy to have contracted 1.5 per cent compared with a year earlier....
...Marlenaz desk by Amy Somerville, £8,886 Handmade in the UK with a yellow leather inlay and an oak or American black walnut frame. amysomerville.com Make Up writing desk by Carlo Rampazzi for Sergio Villa, £13,410...
...The unemployment rate is expected to edge up to 5.1 per cent in January from 5 per cent....
...The labour department will release its report on employment costs for the fourth quarter, which are expected to have risen 1.1 per cent....
...Facebook and WhatsApp parent Meta said late last year that it would cut about 13 per cent of its workforce....
...The monthly change in the PCE, which is the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, pushed the annual rate down to 5 per cent from 5.1 per cent, still well above the bank’s 2 per cent target....
...Revenue in the fourth quarter reached $13.7bn, up from $12.8bn a year earlier, as prices rose an average of 5.1 per cent across Tyson’s businesses....
...The group’s quarterly revenue is anticipated to increase 22 per cent from a year ago to $13.5bn....
...In order to do that, Foxconn must pay an annual bill of roughly $30mn — equivalent to its property being valued at at least $1.4bn....
...That compares with 7.5 per cent for American, 10 per cent for United Airlines and 13-14 per cent for Delta, which in 2012 bought a Pennsylvania oil refinery to help manage jet fuel prices....
...For the year, total operating revenue was $24.63bn, 43.1 per cent less than 2019’s $43.26bn....
...The couple, bringing their four children and 13-year-old dog, sold their four-bedroom, 2,450 sq ft house in East Hampton, Long Island, for $1.6mn and traded up to a 4,500 sq ft home in nearby Amagansett...
...The Fort Worth, Texas-based airline reported an adjusted net loss in 2021 of $5.4bn, or $8.38 per share. It took a fourth-quarter adjusted loss of $921m, or $1.42 per share....
...Among his prized holdings is a Bugatti Veyron that stickers at $1.9mn....
...That sets August up for an “even more aggressive pace” of decline than July, when $5.26bn was spent on domestic bookings during the whole month — a 13 per cent decline from June’s level and a 16 per cent...
...According to Douglas Elliman, the median property price in Manhattan in the second quarter of 2021 was $1.13m, the highest level in eight quarters, and up 5 per cent on the first quarter....
...Walmart is offering an $8,000 signing bonus for some drivers, while British retailer John Lewis announced plans to raise driver salaries by up to £5,000 a year....
...Reporting by Tim Bradshaw, Steff Chávez, Alice Hancock, Patrick Mathurin and Patricia Nilsson...
...The benchmark LME copper contract rose 1.7 per cent to $9,410 a tonne on Wednesday. Additional reporting by Thomas Hale...
...And through the Barnett Formula, the decisions I'm taking in this budget also increase the funding for the devolved administrations by GBP 1.2 billion in Scotland, GBP 740 million in Wales, and GBP 410 million...
...And through the Barnett formula, the decisions I’m taking in this Budget also increase the funding for the devolved administrations, by: £1.2 billion in Scotland; £740 million in Wales; And £410 million...
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