Hints and tips:
...Retailers will look closely at Tuesday’s data in the run-up to Christmas for signs that softer price rises will boost consumer morale....
...Haley is in second place with 17.1 per cent and DeSantis in third with 15.7 per cent....
...At the opposite end of the scale, the south-east Asian nations of Cambodia (43.7 years) and Laos (39.4 years) can expect the longest work spans....
...According to IAATO, numbers taking part in the $75,000 trip tripled in the three years to 2019; those interested can head off on December 7 or 14, or January 4 next year....
...Earlier this week, 17 hospitals across Greater Manchester paused non-urgent surgery....
...“We’ve had tough times . . . she’s had to keep the morale up.” Citi’s challenges are in some ways similar to the problems at HSBC....
...The bulk price of 8 GB “double data rate 4” memory — a benchmark for dynamic random-access memory used in computers — has declined for four consecutive months since August....
...The central bank held the country’s main policy rate at 17 per cent last week....
...The long lockdowns imposed by most presidents across Latin America failed to curb the Covid-19 death toll but pummelled the region’s economies, which shrank an estimated 7.4 per cent last year and are expected...
...These now make up a quarter of the group’s total assets, up from just 17 per cent three years ago....
...If morale dived on the climb, today it soars....
...for within its already punchy estimate for £4.9m (£5.8m with fees)....
...4,000-8,000 later....
...Recruitment had been 24 per cent below target in 2016-17, while a greater proportion of staff have left the military....
...Cutting the ribbon at 3 World Trade Center will be “the realisation of an effort that started 17 years ago, right after 9/11,” he says, and “very gratifying”....
...Sunderland voted 61 per cent to leave despite the presence of Nissan’s car plant that employs 7,000 people. It exports more than half the cars it makes to the EU....
...Cultural events and collaborations marking the November 7 centenary of the Russian Revolution intensified last week, including news that the Maryland collector Nancy Ruyle Dodge has donated more than 17,300...
...The police pay review body, meanwhile, pointed to concerns about morale....
...On average since 1956, real GDP has fallen by 3.7 per cent in the first quarter....
...Antofagasta was up 7.5 per cent to 951p, Anglo American climbed 6.1 per cent to £11.71, Glencore firmed 5.8 per cent to 330.6p, Rio Tinto advanced 4.5 per cent to £34.75 and BHP Billiton rose 4.3 per cent...
...Back in January we estimated that GDP would expand between 4.4 per cent and 4.7 per cent in 2017, but rising domestic consumption growth and a continuing export boom could push growth above our initial forecast...
...It’s not good for morale. There’s a phalanx of people interviewing [for jobs] with rivals.”...
...Figures from Preqin, the data provider, reveal the average hedge fund over the same periods reported returns of 4.75 per cent and 7.83 per cent....
...The recession triggered a collapse in government revenues; real receipts fell 4.4 per cent in 2008-2009 and 5.5 per cent in 2009-2010, the two largest annual falls since at least 1956....
...The cruise, from Petersburg to Sitka, costs C$7,758 (£4,187); mapleleafadventures.com Photographs: Peter Hughes...
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