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...However, in 2022, as visitor numbers approached pre-pandemic levels, the figure decreased to £1,346 — or 17 per cent — and maintained a declining trend for the first six months of 2023....
...Then, their mortgage broker told them the best interest rate he could get on their 90 per cent LTV mortgage was 8.5 per cent, which would mean switching from $5,000 per month in rent to $7,000 per month...
...The country’s deficit was more than 5 per cent of GDP in 2021, with the debt burden growing....
...That compared with 10.6 per cent in the US, 8.8 per cent in Asia-Pacific and 5.8 per cent in Europe....
...Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Sotheby’s has sold 17 works for more than $10m since June 1 (including fees)....
...The IMF expects far worse: it estimates a contraction in Brazil’s economy of 5.3 per cent, deeper than the 3.5 per cent decline in 2015 and far worse than the 0.1 per cent contraction in 2009 during the...
..., and between 0.5 and 1.25 per cent on a DIY platform....
...GRIP is made up of 1,700 homes across 35 properties, with a gross asset value of £696m. A fully underwritten £346.7 million rights issue will help to fund the acquisition, Grainger said....
...A person familiar with the matter said the bank was preparing to lend money at an overnight rate above the benchmark “repo” rate of 17.5 per cent — a move that would represent a de facto tightening of monetary...
...Our fair value estimate is now 346 to the dollar (versus 322 in the second quarter), implying the naira is only 5 per cent undervalued (versus 12 per cent)....
...News that former boss Richard Howson received a £1.5m pay package — including a £245,000 bonus and a £346,000 share-based award — just a year before the construction group went bust has met with moral opprobrium...
...Markets at 0801 GMT Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +61.06 (+0.26%) at 23,715 Topix up +7.66 (+0.41%) at 1,884 Hang Seng down -66.55 (-0.21%) at 31,346 US markets S&P 500 up +18.68 (+0.67%) at 2,786 DJIA up...
...European markets Eurofirst 300 up +2.56 (+0.17%) at 1,476 FTSE100 down -19.38 (-0.26%) at 7,378 CAC 40 down -1.13 (-0.02%) at 5,113 Dax up +7.35 (+0.06%) at 12,304 Currencies €/$ 1.20 (1.20) $/¥ 108.41...
...) at 1,519 FTSE100 down -3.49 (-0.05%) at 7,413 CAC 40 up +13.27 (+0.25%) at 5,235 Dax up +14.75 (+0.12%) at 12,641 Currencies €/$ 1.14 (1.14) $/¥ 113.31 (113.23) £/$ 1.30 (1.29) €/£ 0.8804 (0.8803) Commodities...
...Group net income slumped from $17.8bn to $6.7bn, though the 2015 total was flattered by income from discontinued operations....
...Yet with rental yields in the city at 4.5 per cent, buyers seeking a hefty return should proceed cautiously. Condos exceeding 100m baht ($2.9m) are unlikely to make an acceptable yield....
...“Arbre de Neige” (1947), in a Canadian private collection since 1968, carries an $800,000-$1.2m estimate....
...Many fear that Ford’s decision last week to scrap a $1.6bn Mexican plant and Fiat Chrysler’s admission that tariffs could make Mexico uneconomic is just the start....
...Hang Seng up +107.45 (+0.45%) at 24,141 US markets S&P 500 up +3.94 (+0.17%) at 2,351 DJIA up +4.28 (+0.02%) at 20,624 Nasdaq up +23.68 (+0.41%) at 5,839 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +0.57 (+0.04%...
...Brent, the international benchmark, has rallied 17 per cent since the agreement to above $54 a barrel....
...markets Eurofirst 300 down -4.79 (-0.35%) at 1,346 FTSE100 up +9.69 (+0.14%) at 6,996 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 4,549 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 10,696 Currencies €/$ 1.10 (1.10) $/¥ 104.89 (...
...-2.95 (-0.02%) at 18,352 Nasdaq up +6.51 (+0.13%) at 5,166 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +9.47 (+0.72%) at 1,332 FTSE100 up +105.76 (+1.59%) at 6,740 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 4,346 Dax unchanged...
...Markets at 0901 BST Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +93.32 (+0.60%) at 15,776 Topix up +7.53 (+0.60%) at 1,262 Hang Seng up +255.71 (+1.23%) at 21,050 ASX 200 up +35.17 (+0.67%) at 5,282 US markets S&P 500...
...up +145.46 (+0.82%) at 17,852 Nasdaq up +33.84 (+0.70%) at 4,895 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +17.06 (+1.26%) at 1,367 FTSE100 up +43.59 (+0.70%) at 6,263 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 4,482 Dax...
...up +164.84 (+0.94%) at 17,721 Nasdaq unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 4,872 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +7.51 (+0.57%) at 1,316 FTSE100 up +42.27 (+0.68%) at 6,242 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 4,346...
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