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...On Friday, the S&P 500 rose 0.9 per cent to close at a record high 2,182.9, while the Nasdaq Composite added 1.1 per cent....
...The S&P 500 gained 0.9 per cent to 2,182.9 as data showed the US economy added a better-than-expected 255,000 jobs in July....
...In Asia today, the yield on the Japanese government 10-year bond hit a record low of minus 0.182 per cent, as did the Australian government 10-year bond yield, which was as low as 2.034 per cent....
...The maker of Cessna aeroplanes and military helicopters was re-rated from neutral to buy by analysts at Citi, who pointed to stability in the business jet market and defence spending growth in the Middle...
...Currencies €/$ 1.12 (1.12) $/¥ 119.64 (119.34) £/$ 1.53 (1.53) €/£ 0.7302 (0.7309) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.02 at 66.76 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.18 at 59.81 100 Oz Gold (Comex) 1,182...
...Cessna believes that aircraft buyers tend to be loyal to a particular brand and will stick with it as they gradually buy larger aircraft....
...Financial Times) China and the cotton market — it’s been propping up the market for quite a while (WSJ) OVERNIGHT MARKETS Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +5.92 (+0.04%) at 14,207 Topix down -1.32 (-0.11%) at 1,182...
...The extra yield investors demand to hold three-year AAA corporate bonds instead of government notes surged 35 basis points last week to 182 basis points, the biggest increase since data became available...
...at 15,056 Nasdaq up +3.66 (+0.11%) at 3,397 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +3.31 (+0.27%) at 1,221 FTSE100 up +35.84 (+0.55%) at 6,557 CAC 40 up +14.28 (+0.37%) at 3,921 Dax up +69.70 (+0.86%) at 8,182...
...More than 182,000 people “liked” the post, and more than 37,500 people Shared it with their networks....
...OVERNIGHT MARKETS: Mixed Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +87.51 (+1.00%) at 8,840 Topix up +4.31 (+0.58%) at 751.65 Hang Seng down -182.33 (-0.93%) at 19,337 US markets S&P 500 down -2.29 (-0.17%) at 1,356...
...Another hobby – flying – has been on hold, with his Cessna Turbo 182 left in its hangar in America....
...However, demand was pushing the euro’s value as high as $1.182 just months before the changeover....
...Robert Sharpe, chief executive of West Bromwich, which made a £17m loss last year, said that while he would “never say never” to a private-equity deal, the society was “over the worst”, having agreed a £182.5m...
...Boeing the aircraft manufacturer, was down 4.4 per cent to $65.60 and Textron, the maker of Cessna aircraft and Bell helicopters, fell 5.7 per cent to $18.97....
...Further, the number of hedge fund launches rose to 182 in the second quarter of 2009, compared with 148 in the previous quarter, suggesting an improving environment for both performance and risk appetite...
...Sitting at the door of the Cessna 182, my legs hanging over the side, the wind battering my body, I looked down....
...Jim McColl, the Scottish engineering entrepreneur, recently bucked recessionary gloom when his Clyde Blowers group agreed a $1bn (£668m, €761m) deal to buy a division of Textron, the US group that makes Cessna...
...Shares in SABMiller rose 0.2 per cent or 2p at £10.62 in morning trade, while Carlsberg fell 0.4 per cent or 75 øre to 182.75 krone in Copenhagen....
...These stances did not deter people working at Fortress from donating $182,250 to Mr Edwards, the biggest donation to his campaign by any single company....
...Mr Gold’s 55-acre Surrey estate includes a 19-hole golf course, where the fairway of the 602-yard, par 6, sixth hole doubles as the landing strip for his Cessna 182 turboprop....
...The fairway of the 602-yard, par 6 sixth hole on the golf course at David Gold’s Surrey estate doubles up as a landing strip for his Cessna 182 turboprop....
...Tesco, up 2.7 per cent to 327½p, and Wm Morrison , 3.6 per cent higher at 182¼p, also gained as the supermarkets joined the party....
...Statoil was up 2.2 per cent to NKr115.50, while France’s Total was 1.8 per cent higher at €182.80 and Austria’s OMV gained 2.5 per cent to €292.25....
...Relief over the figures saw Puma's stock price briefly move up 2.2 per cent, before dipping to settle 3.7 per cent lower at €182.95 as the company's forecast that it expects 2005 earnings to lose momentum...
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