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...Wedding gifts from around the world, more than 2,000 of them, were put on display at St James’s Palace; entry tickets a shilling a head. The day itself was filmed....
...And so we announced a 7.9 per cent premium.” Good news for Pioneer shareholders but it may not please their Parsley counterparts so much....
...There were 2,936 incidents reported in 2017. There were also 10 physical attacks resulting in homicide in 2017, plus nine last year....
...They started reaching critical-mass popularity in 2015, when the company reported a 28.2 per cent growth in year-on-year sales....
...The others are sole traders and partnerships, neither of which have limited liability. They form the majority of the 5.5m private enterprises....
...Last week I wrote that the New York sale totals were likely to be a third of 2015’s astonishing tally of $2.7bn....
...The DOE’s Energy Information Administration data showed that inventories on the US Gulf coast, where many refineries are situated, rose 2.7 per cent from a week before to 215.3m barrels, an all-time high...
...(Bloomberg) OVERNIGHT MARKETS: UP Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +75.31 (+0.80%) at 9,544 Topix up +6.14 (+0.79%) at 788.00 Hang Seng down -7.30 (-0.03%) at 22,264 US markets S&P 500 up +2.23 (+0.16%) at...
...Ja, doe maar! Get on with it already. When this proved inadequate, DNB requested an additional action plan....
...Every other project has since been delayed as the DoE considers this aspect....
...A doe-eyed prime minister Julia Gillard of Australia this week hosted Barack Obama in the most consequential presidential visit in decades....
...The four-week average consumptions stands at 9.01m b/d, down from 9.4m b/d last year, according to the latest data from the US DoE....
...in October, but recovered to stand at 9/37 MMbbls/day — the highest since August 26. 3) Against all that, refinery utilisation has fallen to 84.80 per cent from 89.2 per cent....
...The precious metal plunged 7.2 per cent to a low of $32.57 a troy ounce on Thursday, a fresh 2½-month low....
...Midwest (PADD 2) have increased, as have transfers from PADD 2 to the Gulf Coast (PADD 3)....
...Hynix Semiconductor is up 2.5 per cent, Hyundai Motor advances by 1.9 per cent and Ssangyong Motor adds 1.7 per cent. The Kospi index is up 0.8 per cent by midday....
...On its $45.18bn (£31.4bn, €36.1bn) in net sales, it earned a pre-tax operating profit of $4.46bn, or about 9.8 per cent....
...Petrol demand over the past four weeks was 0.6 per cent higher than a year ago, while demand for distillates was 9.3 per cent higher....
...● Leading miners: BHP Billiton, Doe Run (US), Xstrata, Teck Cominco (Canada). ● 2009 output: 8.7m tonnes. ● Current price per tonne: $2,370. Record price (October 11 2007): $3,890....
...Meanwhile, America’s Department of Energy (DoE) said in its Annual Energy Outlook that US oil consumption would rise to 22.1m b/d in 2035, an increase of 2.5m b/d compared to current levels, but more importantly...
...More than 2,300 square miles of the barrier islands and cypress-rich wetlands, which are the best and natural defence against storm surges, have already been lost....
...John Eliot Gardiner’s farm Dorset, England Venison liver x 2Tagliatelle bolognaise x 2Mixed salad x 2Raspberries x 2Mongrana 2006 x 2 glasses Total No charge ……………………………….....
...On futures markets, July WTI gained $2.69 to $68.81. July Brent rose $2.83 to $68.71. The front-month WTI spread ended 9 cents narrower at -88 cents....
...Copper dropped 7.9 per cent to $4,210 a tonne while aluminium slid 3.5 per cent to $2,060 a tonne, tin eased 4.3 per cent to $14,500 a tonne, lead eased 1.3 per cent to $1,510 a tonne, nickel fell 11 per...
...Tata Motors, the carmaker owned by Ratan Tata’s industrial group, has poured more than £1bn into Jaguar/Land Rover since paying Ford $2.3bn for the marques last year....
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