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...Among states, Alaska (17 per cent) has the highest proportion of its population vaccinated, while Utah (7.9 per cent) has the lowest....
...For the fiscal year ending 2022 BT guided for ebitda of between £7.5bn and £7.7bn and free cash flow of between £1.1bn to £1.3bn, well below the £1.4bn consensus....
...The Labour Hype House, which began in March and now has more than 7,000 followers, had 140 responses when it opened applications for new members....
...Nevertheless, one Italian tradition remains: the aperitivo hour, where, between 6pm and 7:30pm daily, free Mediterranean-style nibbles are served....
...Japan’s Fast Retailing, which owns Uniqlo, had operating margins of 7.1 per cent. Asos had 4 per cent. Gap in the US had 9.3 per cent in the same period....
...Hoshinoya, 1-9-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004 (hoshinoya.com). Sushi Kanesaka, 1-1-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005 (en.palacehoteltokyo.com/restaurant/sushi-kanesaka/)....
...Meanwhile, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained 1.1 per cent to end the day at 6,261,17....
...+84.07 (+0.37%) at 22,642 Nasdaq up +15.00 (+0.23%) at 6,532 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +2.94 (+0.19%) at 1,535 FTSE100 up +29.27 (+0.39%) at 7,468 CAC 40 up +16.97 (+0.32%) at 5,367 Dax up +73.79...
...“The longer delay estimated by GAO will likely contribute to an increase of more than $1.7 billion, approximately $1.3 billion of which will be needed in fiscal year 2018.”...
...at 6,261 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +23.98 (+1.61%) at 1,515 FTSE100 up +87.17 (+1.19%) at 7,417 CAC 40 up +81.53 (+1.59%) at 5,222 Dax up +189.56 (+1.52%) at 12,627 Currencies €/$ 1.14 (1.14)...
...Sales were speedy at the third edition of 1:54’s Contemporary African art fair in New York....
...Around a dozen of his “Isis Bullet Hole Paintings” now form Secunda’s first US solo exhibition at 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel in New York, priced between $1,500 and $22,000 (until May 6)....
...(-0.50%) at 1,438 FTSE100 up +27.72 (+0.38%) at 7,238 CAC 40 down -22.27 (-0.45%) at 4,888 Dax down -35.02 (-0.30%) at 11,564 Currencies €/$ 1.06 (1.06) $/¥ 115.77 (116.01) £/$ 1.21 (1.22) €/£ 0.8725 (...
...For the 2016-17 academic year, it will be operating 49,000 beds in a market where last year there were 532,000 first-year students....
...(+1.21%) at 17,760 Nasdaq up +75.30 (+1.53%) at 4,998 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +31.37 (+2.08%) at 1,543 FTSE100 up +91.75 (+1.39%) at 6,673 CAC 40 up +145.85 (+3.07%) at 4,903 Dax up +319.22 (...
...The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.4 per cent to 5,035.17. mamta.badkar@ft.com Twitter: @mamtabadkar...
...(FT) Markets Data 05:35 BST Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +11.62 (+0.06%) at 19,532 Topix down -7.18 (-0.45%) at 1,586 Hang Seng up +251.37 (+0.91%) at 28,007 US markets S&P 500: -1.18% at 2,089 DJIA down...
...(FT) Markets Data 05:48 BST Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +11.62 (+0.06%) at 19,532 Topix down -7.18 (-0.45%) at 1,586 Hang Seng up +105.74 (+0.38%) at 28,239 US markets S&P 500: +1.09% at 2,108 DJIA up...
...By close the S&P 500 rose 0.3 per cent to 1,992.37, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.4 per cent to 17,039.49. The Nasdaq Composite added 0.1 per cent to 4,532.10....
...CAC 40 up +1.88 (+0.04%) at 4,532 Dax down -1.65 (-0.02%) at 9,939 Currencies €/$ 1.36 (1.36) $/¥ 101.71 (101.83) £/$ 1.67 (1.67) €/£ 0.8133 (0.8131) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.10 at 109.91...
...(Financial Times) OVERNIGHT MARKETS Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +21.62 (+0.14%) at 15,188 Topix up +1.98 (+0.16%) at 1,241 Hang Seng up +500.32 (+2.17%) at 23,532 US markets S&P 500 up +7.56 (+0.42%)...
...The Nasdaq finished the year up 15.9 per cent, compared with a drop of 1.8 per cent in 2011. Apple, the world’s largest company by market capitalisation, rose 4.4 per cent to $532.17....
...Spectris rebounded 11.6 per cent to £17.79 after a reassuring update from the instrumentation maker....
...at 1,548...
...a 0.1 per cent advance....
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