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...Last month, New York-based entrepreneur Becky Litvin experimented with AI to create a deepfake influencer post promoting her wet wipe brand, Get Dirty....
...Wring it out and place over your closed eye(s). Leave on the eyes for around 5 minutes. Repeat as needed, using a fresh cloth each time. Extra liquid can be kept in the fridge for 24 hours....
...Joseph Briggs and Giovanni Pierdomenico at Goldman Sachs estimate the rise in transportation costs caused by the Houthi attacks will raise global inflation at the end of 2024 by 0.1 percentage points, with...
...Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 closed 0.3 per cent lower, notching a three-day losing streak, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.1 per cent....
...“Markets have taken the Federal Reserve quite negatively,” said James Briggs, a portfolio manager at Janus Henderson Investors....
...All in all, Goldman forecasts that real incomes will grow by another 3 per cent in 2024, below 2023’s ca 4 per cent but comfortably above the 20-year pre-pandemic average of 2.5 per cent (zoomable version...
...New York’s benchmark S&P 500 and Europe’s region-wide Stoxx 600 have climbed 18 per cent and 9.3 per cent, respectively, since January, compared with the FTSE 100’s 2 per cent rise....
...John Briggs, NatWest head of economics and markets strategy, says: The world is increasingly volatile, and we see ongoing conflicts contributing to increased geopolitical uncertainty in 2024....
...Despite a sell-off in technology stocks last year and UK market rally, the FTSE 100 trades at a much lower valuation relative to company profits than Germany’s DAX or the S&P 500 in the US....
...The blue-chip S&P 500 index fell 0.7 per cent on Friday, bringing weekly losses to 4.8 per cent, the worst performance since mid-June....
...The writer chaired the new S&P Global study ‘The Future of Copper: Will the looming supply gap short-circuit the energy transition?’...
...Miles Briggs, a Conservative party MSP, said her appearance at a Fringe festival event on Wednesday was “beyond a joke”, while others criticised her for travelling to Copenhagen on Friday to open the devolved...
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...Last year’s City of Culture status now marked the start of a “golden decade”, it argued in a paper last month, including 2022’s games and HS2’s arrival towards the end of the period....
...The climate commitments were “a mile wide and an inch deep”, Becky Jarvis, a strategist for the Bank on our Future campaign network, said....
...“You’ve got 10 Republican senators heading off to the White House today, so there could be good news on the relief,” said Greg Swenson, founding partner of investment bank Brigg Macadam....
...The S&P 500 shed 1.5 per cent by the closing bell, falling from its record high on Wednesday....
...S&P Global noted that 424 companies with rated debt outstanding had filed for bankruptcy over the year to August 9 — the fastest pace for filings in a decade....
...“We have seen how quickly things can change,” said Mr Briggs....
...One example of a company keen for funds is Briggs & Stratton, a century-old maker of lawnmower engines....
...On Tuesday, Australia’s central bank cut rates to an all-time low; on Wednesday the S&P ASX/200 fell 1.7 per cent....
...Maybe second-shifters from the Briggs & Stratton engine plant. Sundry weirdos of the sleepy Midwestern night. It’s been nearly 20 years since I’ve been to that diner in suburban Wisconsin....
...The Shadow of a Doubt was first broadcast in Radio 3’s Sunday evening drama slot — a good place to look for something meaty....
...The S&P 500 rose 0.29 per cent and the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.44 per cent....
...Hitherto, Briggs has written for younger readers and it has to be said that Ctrl+S reads like a Young Adult novel, with its hero “gang”, its missing-parent plotline and its frequent pauses to explain high-tech...
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