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...Here’s our pick of the hotspots: The Social History of English Afternoon Tea at 116 Pall Mall – 14 August, from 1:30pm Afternoon Tea Week (from 8 to 14 August) is the perfect excuse to partake in the most...
...To compensate for the rising tides due to climate change, the house was lifted 16.5 feet above sea level, the space underneath turned into an outdoor living room, kitchen and dining room abutting the water...
...The latest surge was led by Texas and California, which both reported record high totals with more than 5,000 new cases....
...The revised agreement has been reached in the nick of time to allow Mexico’s outgoing president Enrique Peña Nieto to sign it before leaving office on December 1....
...“We saw the first cloud and bought a giant umbrella,” said Marcos Peña, the government’s cabinet chief. The measures held the peso steady — until last Friday....
...Higher rates, however, will only accelerate an economic slowdown that is under way, with Banxico forecasting 2017 gross domestic product growth of only 1.7 per cent, compared with the 2.5 per cent the government...
...Gold was down 0.2 per cent at $1,186.16 an ounce, on track for its first four-session losing streak since early October....
...16.5 per cent, respectively, compared to December 2016....
...Corporate credit has grown 16.5 per cent this year. Retailers are going for a second-straight year of 10 per cent sales growth....
...He is trying to set up a business with a 25,000 peso ($1,200) government grant, but “you don’t know anyone and people don’t trust us as we don’t have references,” he says....
...At lunchtime the Hang Seng is up 0.5 per cent, while the Nikkei 225 has edged 0.1 per cent higher and the ASX 200 is down by as much....
...The US dollar was trading at its best level in more than four months, weighing on some commodity prices and leaving gold trading at $1,316 an ounce, down over $16 on the day....
...up +25.96 (+0.14%) at 18,559 Nasdaq down -19.41 (-0.38%) at 5,036 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -5.85 (-0.44%) at 1,332 FTSE100 up +1.95 (+0.03%) at 6,697 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 4,330 Dax...
...One of five children, he decided at the age of 16 to follow in the footsteps of his father, a general surgeon....
...Car sales rose 25 per cent in September from a year ago; consumer goods sales were up 1.9 per cent from June to July and 3.6 per cent compared with July 2014....
...Luz Selena Pineda Juan, who lives in a working-class district of Juchitán, turned 16 in February and is due to give birth in April....
...(-0.20%) at 18,126 Nasdaq down -8.62 (-0.17%) at 5,098 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -7.69 (-0.47%) at 1,615 FTSE100 up +7.59 (+0.11%) at 7,041 CAC 40 down -44.70 (-0.86%) at 5,138 Dax down -93.56...
...DJIA up +155.93 (+0.86%) at 18,289 Nasdaq up +44.57 (+0.90%) at 5,008 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -2.93 (-0.19%) at 1,561 FTSE100 down -6.02 (-0.09%) at 6,941 CAC 40 down -34.16 (-0.69%) at 4,917...
...bond yields US 2.16% UK 1.85% Germany 0.60% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe +0.57bps at 28.9bp Markit iTraxx Europe +1.14bps at 60.19bp Markit iTraxx Xover +5.7bps at 339.07bp Markit...
...The move came after Mr Peña Nieto, presenting his tax reform plans and the 2014 budget bill, said on Sunday that stimulus measures would boost the fiscal deficit to 1.5 per cent of gross domestic product...
...Barclays Capital economist Marco Oviedo said the tax package would increase non-oil revenues for the government by 1.1 per cent of gross domestic produce next year – below the 1.5 per cent initially envisaged...
...The elevator building has 13 bathrooms, a spa with sauna and fitness centre. 5....
...Nifty up +1.30% at 5,927 Currencies €/$ 1.34 (1.33) $/¥ 98.87 (99.34) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.98 at 110.72 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.75 at 107.46 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +19.90 at 1,328...
...Americas DJIA up +1.26% at 14,075 S&P 500 up +1.27% at 1,516 Bovespa up +0.57% at 57,274 Asia Nikkei 225 up +2.29% at 11,512 Topix up +2.16% at 974.36 Hang Seng up +1.27% at 22,864 Shanghai Composite...
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