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...Economists had expected it to fall even further to 6.7 per cent, according to a poll by Reuters....
...Russia recorded 13,397 cases on Wednesday. Nearly 7,000 of those came from Moscow and its suburbs....
...Browning West’s dealings also followed the release of Domino’s full-year 2019 results, which revealed a 13.8 per cent decline in the company’s pre-tax profits, although UK and Ireland sales rose 3.7 per...
...In the US, the number of deaths was predicted to hit 1.2 million....
...The state’s average effective tax rate is 1.13 per cent What you can buy for . . ....
...Last year the bank produced $1.65 in the same period....
...Before you laugh (they lost the semi-final 7-1 to Germany), they were the bookmakers’ favourites too. World Cups are too random to predict....
...The trading operating profit margin in confectionery of 13.7 per cent compared with Nestlé’s overall margin of 15.3 per cent....
...WPP faded 2.1 per cent to £13.64 after Morgan Stanley sold 22.5m shares at £13.50 apiece....
...(+0.55%) at 13,047 Currencies €/$ 1.18 (1.18) $/¥ 112.55 (113.05) £/$ 1.32 (1.32) €/£ 0.8907 (0.8918) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) unchanged 0.00 at 61.36 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.23 at 55.37 100...
...-0.44 (-0.02%) at 2,465 DJIA down -22.86 (-0.10%) at 21,785 Nasdaq up +4.55 (+0.07%) at 6,398 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +3.36 (+0.23%) at 1,473 FTSE100 up +42.85 (+0.58%) at 7,397 CAC 40 up +13.21...
...CPI The markets at 08:02 Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +38.55 (+0.20%) at 19,397 Topix up +6.24 (+0.39%) at 1,598 Hang Seng down -83.30 (-0.30%) at 27,530 US markets S&P 500 up +7.69 (+0.31%) at 2,466...
...From the IIF: “Based on April 2017 data, it takes 0.7 employees to generate $1 million in sales per annum for an online retailer,” writes the IIF, “while it takes 3.1 employees at a superstore and 8.4 employees...
...Saga lost 4.7 per cent to 202.2p after its largest shareholder, a consortium vehicle of Charterhouse, CVC and Permira-managed funds, sold a 13 per cent stake in the insurer at 200p each....
...) at 10,856 Currencies €/$ 1.08 (1.09) $/¥ 121.62 (121.51) £/$ 1.54 (1.54) €/£ 0.7043 (0.7058) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.22 at 48.80 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.13 at 46.45 100 Oz Gold (Comex...
...The S&P 500 rose 0.2 per cent to 1,960.96 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 5.7 points to 16,851.84. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 0.4 per cent to 4,397.93....
...M2, China’s broadest gauge of money supply, rose 12.1 percent from a year earlier, compared with the 13 percent median estimate of analysts in a Bloomberg News survey and 13.3 percent in February.”...
...William Hill led Friday’s gainers, up 6.1 per cent to 397.6p, after its full-year results beat expectations and chief executive Ralph Topping dismissed market speculation that he could step down earlier...
...In winter average temperatures range from 13.8C to 19.4C, and in summer 37C to 41C ● Violent crime fell 1 per cent in the first six months of 2013, compared with the same period in 2012 ● Nevada is one...
...Commerzbank was prominent on Germany’s Xetra Dax index, climbing 5.7 per cent to €8.60. The Dax index was up 1.4 per cent to 8,397.89, outperforming the pan-European Eurofirst 300....
...Ireland’s Central Statistics Office said on Thursday that the seasonally adjusted unemployment fell to 13.7 per cent, down from 14.8 per cent a year earlier....
...1,710 DJIA up +30.34 (+0.19%) at 15,658 Nasdaq up +13.85 (+0.38%) at 3,690 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +3.57 (+0.29%) at 1,225 FTSE100 down -34.11 (-0.51%) at 6,648 CAC 40 up +2.92 (+0.07%) at 4,046...
...Standard Chartered bounced 2.1 per cent to £15.85, having dropped 8.7 per cent in the previous four days on a weak first-quarter revenue update....
...at 94.6bp Markit iTraxx Europe -1.65bps at 98.79bp Markit iTraxx Xover -10.49bps at 397.35bp Markit CDX IG -1.28bps at 75bp Sources: FT, Bloomberg, Markit...
...(Financial Times) Japan’s machinery orders fell 13% in January from the previous month, far beyond survey median estimates of -1.4% to -1.7%, and suggesting that improved sentiment about Japan’s economy...
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