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...Elder, B., Further Reading, October 31). The limitations of such an approach are obvious, as much as we’d love to see the Wall Street equivalent of mince pie taste testing....
...To offset the fiscal impact of the revenue drop, we estimate that oil prices would need to average a little under USD48/b this year rather than the USD37/b we currently assume....
...Kolodko, I.B. Tauris, RRP$21.66/£16.09 The rise of China is the greatest political and economic event of our era....
...Vodafone’s leading the FTSE 100 gainers after full-year numbers prove decent versus lowered expectations and come with a dividend....
...Computacenter’s leading the FTSE 250 gainers....
...● Entertainment One led the FTSE 250 gainers after it said Hollywood mogul Mark Gordon, its head of content, would not be leaving the group....
...Avon Rubber, a company built on the west of England’s enthusiasm for vulcanisation, is leading the FTSE 250 gainers. It’s bought Team Wendy, a US company that makes helmets, for $130m....
...Onto corporate, and Ashtead’s leading the FTSE 100 gainers after an update on its April year end was no worse than expected....
...But EasyJet’s leading the FTSE 100 gainers after its first-quarter update shows better revenue and in-line costs, and also because it doesn’t fly anywhere near China....
...The rest of the retail sector rallied with B&Q owner Kingfisher leading the FTSE 100 gainers....
...● Ocado rallied to the top of the FTSE 100 gainers after leaving underlying earnings guidance unchanged, in spite of increased operating costs to support new business wins....
...Tesco was among the day’s biggest gainers as the FTSE 100 bounced off a two-year low....
...Compass led the FTSE 100 gainers after the caterer said quarterly organic sales growth had accelerated....
...ITV was the FTSE 100’s biggest gainer after the broadcaster ruled itself out of buying Endemol Shine, the £2bn-valued production studio....
...● Satellite operator Inmarsat led the FTSE 250 gainers after confirming it had received a takeover offer at the end of January from a consortium of private equity firms led by Apax, its former owner....
...Friday 11:00 GMT What’s happening ● Restaurant Group led the FTSE 250 gainers after full-year results from the Frankie & Benny’s owner matched expectations thanks to a steady performance from its recently...
...Monday 14:00 BST What’s happening ● Discount retailer B&M led the FTSE 250 gainers after saying late on Friday that it had bought Babou, which operates 95 stores in France, for €91m....
...A rebound for copper gave the London-listed miners their best day since July, with Antofagasta and Kaz Minerals among the biggest gainers....
...Bovis joined Bellway, Redrow and Galliford Try on HSBC’s “buy” list as market share gainers, the four having aggressively raised volumes since 2011....
...Students qualify for Chicago’s fully-funded Star Scholarship if they get a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher — roughly equivalent to a B grade....
...● Aveva led the FTSE 250 gainers after the industrial software maker set a medium-term profit margin target that was ahead of consensus expectations....
...Kingfisher outperformed a flat FTSE 100 after Morgan Stanley said the B&Q owner might be targeted by activist investors....
...“With circa 20 per cent of B&M’s UK sales and a further 5 per cent of group sales from Heron Foods coming from food, this gives B&M enviable category exposure compared to the majority of non-food retailers...
...● Norsk Hydro of Norway led the Stoxx 600 gainers, with the rally triggered by news that it had reached an agreement with Brazil’s environment regulator to restart production at its Alunorte alumina plant...
...Thursday 14:00 BST Here’s what’s happening CRH was the FTSE 100’s biggest gainer after the aggregates group launched a strategic review of its European business and set a 2021 cash flow target that implied...
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