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...His mother was a Time Inc executive, and his father a Washington diplomat who worked for the US Agency for International Development....
...Brent crude, the international benchmark, advanced 0.5 per cent to $44.99 a barrel. Gold for December delivery settled 0.3 per cent higher to $2,039 a troy ounce....
...However we also expect more employment pressures from later this year to affect the earning power of younger shoppers. Valuation pricing in a V-shaped recovery....
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...Hama and sending armoured vehicles into a district of Damascus, according to activists, as pressure for international intervention rose, the FT reports....
...Rival package delivery company UPS added 0.7 per cent to $71.11 on the news while Expeditors International of Washington put on 0.4 per cent to $48.45....
...Expedia , the online travel company, jumped 4.7 per cent to $28.44 after Piper Jaffray analysts upgraded the stock to “buy”, arguing international bookings could account for 50 per cent of revenue by 2013...
...The S&P technology index was up 1 per cent, paring some of the 2.7 per cent fall previously in the week....
...Lexmark International, which makes laser and inkjet printers, saw some of the strongest gains on the S&P index, rising 13.2 per cent to $39.45 after predicting strong first-quarterprofits....
...But investors loved it, sending the S&P 500 index surging 7 per cent. With seemingly a new lease of life, the next day Mr Geithner argued for sweeping new powers to wind up bank holding companies....
...However, hopes of quick approval in Washington of Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package helped the major indices finish mixed following sharp declines in the previous session....
...Also in focus was American International Group, which fell a further 4.7 per cent to 17.50 after the world’s largest insurer suffered a fall of 19.3 per cent in the previous session on the back of mounting...
...By the close, the S&P 500 had fallen 3.4 per cent to 1,224.51, within sight of the closing low for the year hit in mid-July, led by an overall financial sector decline of 6.6 per cent....
...The buoyancy of the UK market, at least, means there is still an escape route. “House prices have not been impacted as they have in the US,” says Andrew South, an analyst at S&P....
...Expeditors International dipped 4 per cent to $46.38, and Burlington Northern Santa Fe shed 3.3 per cent to $67.50....
...CSX gained 3.2 per cent to $31.79, while Expeditors International jumped 3.9 per cent to $44.85....
...Freight shipping company Expeditors International dropped 10.8 per cent to $40.56, after its 53 per cent increase in second quarter profit fell shy of analysts’ estimates....
...Expeditors International was down 4.4 per cent to $52.30....
...Freight shippers Expeditors International soared 18.3 per cent to $103.80, after it raised its dividend by more than 40 per cent and reported earnings per share 20 per cent higher than analysts had forecast...
...Expeditors International was a drag on the transport sector, losing 7.8 per cent to $53.73, its worst day since November 2004. The stock is still up 59 per cent since the beginning of the year....
...Freight shipper Expeditors International soared 24.5 per cent to $106.55, after it raised its dividend and reported earnings per share 20 per cent higher than analysts had forecast....
...s Philip Morris unit in the case of a smoker who was diagnosed with lung cancer and then died, Reuters reports from Washington....
...Its current earnings multiple, relative to the multiple of the S&P 500, is almost back to its peak of mid-1997, when the sector was enjoying a sharp run-up on the back of acquisitions, and before the uncertainty...
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