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...“Getting a mortgage for 3 per cent, rather than the 7-8 per cent rates in the US, made it seem a good investment right now....
...The war put a halt to education in Gaza’s 813 schools which, because of double shifting, shared 563 school buildings....
...If the economy plunges by 5 per cent this year — and some estimates are worse: JPMorgan is pencilling in a 7 per cent collapse — economist Luis de la Calle estimates that 1.7m jobs could be lost, including...
...Overall, the total number of property raids undertaken by HMRC rose 8 per cent last year, from 1,449 in 2015-16 to 1,563 in 2016-17, according to figures released under a Freedom of Information request....
...FTSE100 up +4.85 (+0.07%) at 7,430 CAC 40 down -17.08 (-0.34%) at 5,012 Dax down -42.34 (-0.35%) at 12,053 Currencies €/$ 1.08 (1.07) $/¥ 112.71 (112.55) £/$ 1.24 (1.24) €/£ 0.8707 (0.8687) Commodities...
...Apartments in central Stockholm averaged SKr88,344 (€9,372) per sq metre, up 7 per cent for the year....
...That appraisal led to a writedown of their stake from $4m to just $1.24m....
...-8.62 (-0.17%) at 5,098 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -9.15 (-0.56%) at 1,614 FTSE100 up +3.46 (+0.05%) at 7,044 CAC 40 down -1.72 (-0.03%) at 5,136 Dax down -7.01 (-0.06%) at 11,671 Currencies...
...) at 16,563 Nasdaq down -93.13 (-2.09%) at 4,370 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -17.18 (-1.26%) at 1,349 FTSE100 down -43.33 (-0.64%) at 6,730 CAC 40 down -66.16 (-1.53%) at 4,246 Dax down -186.20...
...It predicted gold to average $1,294 an ounce next year, down from $1,563 previously....
...0.47%) at 1,563 DJIA up +19.66 (+0.14%) at 14,567 Nasdaq up +27.49 (+0.86%) at 3,234 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +1.81 (+0.16%) at 1,155 FTSE100 down -5.97 (-0.09%) at 6,281 CAC 40 up +0.17 (0.00%...
...0.93%) at 3,872 Dax up +87.46 (+1.10%) at 8,058 Currencies €/$ 1.30 (1.30) $/¥ 96.17 (96.06) £/$ 1.51 (1.51) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.52 at 109.48 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.26 at 93.29 100...
...Americas DJIA down -0.11% at 12,952 S&P 500 down -0.17% at 1,407 Bovespa down -1.10% at 57,563 Asia Nikkei 225 up +0.35% at 9,466 Topix down -0.12% at 781.05 Hang Seng up +1.35% at 22,094 Shanghai Composite...
...Europe FTSE down +0.24% at 5,883 RTS up +1.80% at 1,470 Warsaw Wig up +0.39% at 45,743 FTSE 300 Eurotop up +0.15% at 1,123 Americas DJIA down -0.11% at 12,952 S&P 500 down -0.17% at 1,407 Bovespa down...
...Used copies of the first book are listed on Amazon for upwards of $1,295....
...For the first eight months, investment rose 17.7 per cent to $77.63bn....
...Lastly, the timing: although gold has come off its April peak, when it was trading at above $1,563 an ounce, to about $1,493, prices are still 38 per cent above what they were two years ago....
...Royal Dutch Shell B was down 1 per cent to £17.44½....
...East West Bancorp fell 1.3 per cent to $17.42 while PNC Financial Services declined 1 per cent to $57.30 but KeyCorp gained 0.3 per cent to $7.57....
...In the west and south, housing starts fell by 14.8 and 1.4 per cent. Building permits, which signal future construction, rose by 8.7 per cent last month to 563,000....
...Severn Trent fell 2.1 per cent to 973½p, while National Grid dipped 2 per cent to 563½p and Scottish & Southern Energy slipped 1.6 per cent to £11.17....
...Crude prices have fallen 17 per cent in the past eight sessions. But trading was volatile. Nymex August West Texas Intermediate reached a high of $61.62, a gain of $1.48 on the day....
...Silver slid 1.7 per cent to $12.44 a troy ounce but later recovered to trade little changed at $12.65....
...They promised to take $1 salaries as the price of federal aid....
...As a foreigner he is ineligible for grant assistance for power and must soon replace the batteries for his power supply at a cost of A$17,000 (£7,990)....
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