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...Micron added 38.1 per cent, AMD rose 22.4 per cent, and Broadcom increased 18.7 per cent. Intel lost 12.1 per cent from January to March....
...About 1,200 people were killed in the assault, according to Israeli authorities....
...Bene Guesserit (38.5 points) 6 (tied). Exchange Traded Fun (38 points) 7 (tied). Mango Magic (38 points) 8 (tied). Omaha (38 points) 8. Teamwifhat (36.5 points) 9....
...Virgin Money employs about 7,300 people....
...“Clean” automotive margins (which exclude regulatory credits and leasing income) were down from 29.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2022, to 18.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2023, and again to 15.6...
...Until April 7. further information and tickets here Gary Simmons: Public Enemy presents the most in-depth showcase to date of the multidisciplinary artist, spanning three decades and featuring 70 works....
...The group now anticipates 2024 revenue growth of 5-7 per cent and adjusted operating profit growth of 7-10 per cent....
...DeSantis is polling in second in Iowa with 18.4 per cent, while Haley is second in New Hampshire on 25.7 per cent....
...The top 1,000 most referenced stock and bond market indices in the US fund industry have about $13.5tn of assets benchmarked against them, and are tracked by $18.6tn, according to Morningstar....
...The number of people aged 65 and over jumped by 22.5 per cent to 1.09mn, equivalent to one-fifth of the total population and higher than the 18.6 per cent recorded in England and Wales last year....
...Estimates range from £1,000 to £240,000....
...Its US banking subsidiary earned $38.9bn in profits — about 18 per cent of the industry’s total — according to FT calculations based on figures from industry tracker BankRegData....
...Latest figures on Métro use from the mayor’s office show that in 2022 there were 1.34bn trips, nearly double the low of 753mn in 2020 but well short of the 2018 peak of 1.56bn....
...For 18- to 20-year-olds, the hourly rate will rise by £1.11 to £8.60 per hour. Universal credit and other benefits will be increased by 6.7 per cent, in line with September’s inflation figures....
...February 29 to March 4; further information and tickets here Sport Tokyo Marathon Cheer on the 38,000 runners taking part in this major marathon, which winds around the Japanese megalopolis and takes...
...The island has 7.1mn cattle, of which 1.6mn are being used for dairy. The drastic prospect was seen as a way to help achieve a tough 25 per cent cut in agricultural emissions by 2030....
...Credit as a proportion of sales has nearly hit 18 per cent, above Baldock’s goal. Those fees have added some profit ballast. Does that make shares trading at 7 times forward earnings a buy? Alas, no....
...A February Ipsos poll found that while 38 per cent of Americans in the 55-plus age group described themselves as baseball fans, only 23 per cent of the 18-34 crowd did....
...Cost inflation is still expected to come in at a manageable 7-8 per cent, and the company remains on track to open 1,500-2,000 new rooms in the UK this year....
...Glencore will pay a $1bn special dividend early next year, and announced a new $1.2bn buyback programme that will run over the coming six months....
...The £1.8bn that the PWLB has advanced carries an average maturity of 2064 and a fixed rate of less than 2.7 per cent....
...per cent of all homes on the market but only 7 per cent of buyer inquiries....
...The bid implies a R$37.5bn ($7.7bn) valuation for the whole of Braskem — well above its market capitalisation of R$18.6bn....
...More than 140,000 people out of a population of 7.5mn left the territory in the two years up to 2022....
...These investments have significantly increased Halma’s debt burden, however, and the group’s gearing ratio (ie net debt to Ebitda) now sits at 1.38 times, compared with 0.74 last year....
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