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...Shoppers accustomed to paying less than €5 for a litre of high-quality extra virgin oil only four years ago have been aghast to see prices climb as high as €14....
...The last figures it gave on the Russia exit, in a trading update for February and March, were that it had reduced sales growth by 4 percentage points to 13.5 per cent....
...The company is proposing a dividend of €1.80 a share, an increase of 20 per cent....
...Total capacity for VCTs for 2022-23 is £1.3bn, according to Wealth Club, of which £661.9mn has already been committed by investors....
...Banxico’s board voted 4-1 on Thursday to raise rates 0.5 percentage points to 5.5 per cent after data showed annual inflation hit 7.37 per cent in November, its highest level in 20 years....
...Here’s the rest of today’s news — Gordon Five more stories in the news 1....
...Vicien Malbec 2017 Catamarca, Argentina 13.5%This organically farmed estate 1,600 metres up the Andes is so remote that in 2010 Simon Taylor was apparently only the second wine merchant ever to visit....
...In the 12 months from July 1 2020, far more Americans moved to Florida than any other state — 220,890 of them....
...Despite making up 13 per cent of the US workforce and 10.5 per cent of bachelors degree awards in the country, black Americans accounted for only 8.3 per cent of US citizens who took the Graduate Management...
...Still, even Mr Musk said on Twitter, on May 1, that the “Tesla stock price is too high”. Since then it has climbed even higher. Patrick McGee 5....
...“If BlackRock gave 5 per cent of their revenues it would be transformational.”...
...Italy Exit polls League, far right 27-30 per cent (+21-24) Five Star, anti-establishment: 20-23 per cent (-1) Democratic Party, centre left: 21.5-24.5 per cent (-20) Forza Italia, centre right: 9-11...
...savvy move on her part; Spanish-language pop genres — in particular, the dub and hip-hop-inflected reggaeton — have sparked a digital surge of worldwide smash hits (the original version of “Mi Gente” has 1.9bn...
...Figures from Opec this week showed that Venezuelan oil output fell 13.6 per cent month-on-month in June while in most major producers output rose....
...US markets S&P 500 down -1.99 (-0.09%) at 2,295 DJIA down -7.13 (-0.04%) at 20,094 Nasdaq up +5.61 (+0.10%) at 5,661 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -4.19 (-0.29%) at 1,447 FTSE100 up +23.00 (+0.32%...
...Mr Libi, however, defended himself at the commission on October 5. He rebutted allegations his Venezuelan businesses were shell companies by pointing to their 1,400 employees and continuing operations....
...Markets Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +136.79 (+0.67%) at 20,600 Topix up +14.42 (+0.88%) at 1,661 Hang Seng down -5.68 (-0.02%) at 25,050 US markets DJIA down -3.41 (-0.02%) at 18,050 Nasdaq unchanged 0.00...
...-0.51 at 45.38 100 Oz Gold (Comex) down -5.80 at 1,229 Copper (Comex) down -0.13 at 2.55 10-year government bond yields US 1.88% UK 1.58% Germany 0.47% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX Western...
...Tobias Buck Madrid There is a strange little expression in Spanish that captures something of the carefree spirit of a sweltering Madrid summer: estar de Rodríguez, which literally means “to be Rodríguez...
...The bank hopes its cost-saving measures and growth plans will help it meet its new target return on equity of 13.5-15 per cent in three years' time....
...Anglo bounced 5.4 per cent to £13.37 ahead of interim results later this month, which will be the first under new chief executive Mark Cutifani....
...Warsaw Wig up +0.01% at 46,265 FTSE 300 Eurotop up +0.28% at 1,209 Americas DJIA up +0.02% at 15,559 S&P 500 up +0.08% at 1,692 Bovespa up +0.72% at 49,422 Asia Nikkei 225 down -3.32% at 13,661 Topix...
...(Financial Times) OVERNIGHT MARKETS: MIXED Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +120.11 (+0.91%) at 13,342 Topix up +13.42 (+1.20%) at 1,133 Hang Seng down -10.95 (-0.05%) at 21,661 US markets S&P 500 up +22.21...
...Americas DJIA up +1.08% at 14,757 S&P 500 up +1.43% at 1,575 Bovespa up +1.97% at 53,991 Asia Nikkei 225 up +0.87% at 13,337 Topix up +1.20% at 1,133 Hang Seng down -0.05% at 21,661 Shanghai Composite...
...-0.29%) at 3,697 Dax down -53.61 (-0.69%) at 7,676 Currencies €/$ 1.33 (1.33) $/¥ 88.13 (88.78) £/$ 1.61 (1.61) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.36 at 110.66 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.29 at 93.57...
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