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...Berkshire has generated compounded annual returns of nearly 20 per cent, twice the rate of the benchmark S&P 500 stock index, since 1965....
...The S&P/ASX 200, which tracks Australian stocks, was also down....
...Sheng Lu, an assistant professor of fashion studies at the University of Delaware, said there were few spare workers or production facilities left....
...Then came James Mackintosh, who wrote 1,039 Short Views (I had thought he was further ahead of me than that)....
...Now the group is ramping up activities in nickel-based batteries, which can store more energy than the lithium-ion kind....
...What have Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Taiwan got in common – one answer is a new Ted Baker retail store....
...The S&P 500, which had its biggest rally in a month on Wednesday, rose 0.2 per cent to 2,108.86 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.2 per cent to 18,039.37....
...(Guardian) Tesla Elon Musk’s car company is expected to unveil a battery for homes that will enable users to store solar energy and lessen reliance on the grid....
...The S&P 500 ended the session flat at 2,039.82, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1 per cent to 17,634.74 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.2 per cent to 4,688.54....
...The S&P 500 gained 0.1 per cent to 2,039.33, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.2 per cent to 17,652.79. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.1 per cent to 4,680.14....
...By close the S&P 500 rose 0.3 per cent to 1,992.37, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.4 per cent to 17,039.49. The Nasdaq Composite added 0.1 per cent to 4,532.10....
...Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.9 per cent to 4,039.52. Banks, resources and energy helped lift stocks in the Philippines....
...But questions persist about the Shanghai store’s viability, with its large and expensive footprint on Nanjing Xi Lu, Shanghai’s Oxford Street....
...In a note published this week, Deutsche Bank said M&S could afford to return £2bn to shareholders and still continue its store refurbishment programme....
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