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...The S&P is up 4.4 per cent since January while Germany’s Dax and France’s Cac 40 are both up about 6.6 per cent....
...Critics have sought to highlight prosecutors’ errors, including a wiretap in which they mistakenly took a mention of economy minister António Costa Silva to be a reference to the then prime minister....
...“The ruling Socialists are unlikely to do well in the vote,” said Antonio Barroso, deputy director of research at consultancy Teneo....
...What to watch today Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva meet on the sidelines of the COP28 climate conference in Dubai to discuss the EU-Mercosur trade...
...Additional help by Joanna Kao, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer....
...Additional help by Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer....
...The recent passage of a constitutional amendment to simplify the country’s complex tax system was broadly welcomed as a step in the right direction, with S&P upgrading Brazil’s sovereign rating one notch...
...Felipe Perez, Americas director at S&P Global Commodity Insights, said that, while there might be “some politics” at play, price was the crucial factor driving the diesel imports....
...“The world is failing to get to grips with the climate crisis” and national pledges were “strikingly misaligned with the science”, UN secretary-general António Guterres said, in response to the analysis...
...A recent report by S&P Global on the green, social, sustainable and sustainability-linked bond (GSSSB) space made clear that sovereign issuers are an increasingly important part of this awkwardly named market...
...UN secretary-general António Guterres called on negotiators at COP28 to pursue a “complete phaseout” of fossil fuels....
...Critics say it exposes a contradiction within the green agenda of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who has promised greater ecological protection and sustainable development....
...Economic data: S&P Global releases final November manufacturing purchasing managers’ indices for the US, EU, France, Germany, Italy and UK. Results: National Bank of Canada report....
...José Antonio Cadiz, a 19-year-old health worker, marched clutching a replica kidney in his hand. “That’s all we Venezuelans have to eat,” he said. “Offal.”...
...And this is from Antonio. It goes as follows: “Since the podcast aired, two things happened....
...The S&P 500 rose 1.3 per cent. The Nasdaq Composite gained 1.9 per cent....
...Additional help by Katie McMurran, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley....
...We had help this week from Josh Gabert-Doyon, Zach St Louis, Sam Giovinco, David da Silva, Michael Lello, Peter Barber and Gavin Kallmann. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz....
...Separately, he promised $500mn over five years for a fund to tackle deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, watched by Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva....
...Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley....
...Kukas took her jewellery maquettes to small artisanal workshops, including that of master goldsmith António Jordão, to bring them to life....
...We got the S&P 500 up sort of well over 20 per cent for the year. You know, this is a really serious rally....
...Eletrobras has played down the possibility of the recent privatisation of the $19bn-valued Brazilian group being reversed by the future administration of leftwinger Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva....
...The S&P 500 ended last month nearly 9 per cent higher, and US Treasuries had their best month since, well, since leg warmers were in fashion....
...The performance of the S&P 500 index is now the most concentrated it has been since the 1970s....
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