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...And that is a fundamental feature of an economy that we tend to take for granted in the United States, the way we take the success of anaesthesia for granted during a surgical operation....
...It is not a hard-and-fast rule, but Akeroyd does have several Young British Artists on show — including Lucas and an early surgical cabinet by Damien Hirst....
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...Anything that is either speculative scientifically, a growth story, or depends on discretionary spending by consumers or providers has been whacked (Illumina, Intuitive Surgical)....
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...Wall Street’s broad S&P 500 share index rose 1.3 per cent and the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite added 1.8 per cent, with robotic surgery group Intuitive Surgical and workplace software company Okta among...
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...“And monetary policy is often said to be a blunt instrument, not capable of surgical precision.”...
...The S&P 500 index is up nearly 14 per cent a year compound in sterling. It might surprise you to find that Japan comes second, with the Nikkei growing at 9.8 per cent compound....
...State media ran pictures of Mr Xi wearing a surgical mask and getting his temperature checked as he toured a residential area in eastern Beijing to “investigate and guide” epidemic control work....
...Wall Street retreated on Friday after health officials reported a second case of coronavirus in the US, handing the S&P 500 its steepest drop in more than three months....
...One includes Marsha P. Johnson, a gay rights activist and central figure in the Stonewall uprising of 1969....
...Futures markets pointed to a gain of about 2 per cent for the S&P 500 later when Wall Street opens. Donald Trump has suggested reopening the economy next week, kicking off a national debate....
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...IBM IBM started its P-Tech initiative in the US to create schools that offer mainly low-income students a six-year engineering course and preparation for Stem careers....
...The boom in debt issuance by corporate America has been good to S&P Global, the largest credit rating agency. Its shares have jumped a fifth in 2020, far outpacing its namesake S&P 500 index....
...The Saudi government-controlled newspaper Arab News ran an editorial calling for a “surgical strike” on Iran, to demonstrate that “no sinister act will go unpunished”....
...They include Intuitive Surgical, a medical technology company, followed by social-media platform Facebook....
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...I was unable to see them at Madison Square Garden because of a travel commitment, so I went to Philadelphia to see them on a Sunday night, arriving home at 2am, even though I knew I had a surgical procedure...
...Intuitive Surgical led the S&P 500 higher on Wednesday after the medical equipment maker reported upbeat first quarter results and lifted its outlook for procedure growth....
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