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...Morningstar identified roughly $26.6bn in CMBS that was put at risk by Hurricane Irma which, in 2018, hit the Caribbean and the Florida Keys....
...Deborah Pretty, the author, examined US-listed companies with annual revenues exceeding $5bn that disclosed financial damage from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria....
...Shares are up 80 per cent year-to-date, outpacing the broader S&P 500’s gain of 15.2 per cent and a 22.4 per cent rally for the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index....
...An April survey of firms by 451 Research, an arm of S&P Global Market Intelligence, showed 31 per cent of customers using less cash than before the pandemic, but 19 per cent using more....
...Gerhard Richter is particularly well represented with four paintings on sale here, including 1984’s monumental “Abstraktes Bild”, which is expected to fetch between £6.5m-£9.5m....
...Lloyd’s of London said it had paid out almost $750m on claims from hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, which devastated parts of the Caribbean and the US in August and September....
...During 2017’s Hurricane Harvey that hit Texas and Louisiana, 70 per cent of the estimated $125bn in damage was uninsured....
...Hurricane Irma’s path diverted away from the state in 2017. Matthew in 2016 caused major damage....
...With Hurricane Irma closing in on Florida, US crude prices dropped sharply....
...With the southeastern US bracing for Hurricane Irma and the world nervously awaiting North Korea’s next move, US stocks were tracking lower at the start of trading on Friday....
...With less than an hour to go before the markets open, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures are up 105 points, or 0.5 per cent, while those for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 are 0.4 per cent and 0.6 per...
...“While US traders turned their attention to warnings about hurricane Irma as it heads towards Florida, fears that North Korea is preparing to mark its ‘foundation day’ on Saturday with another missile launch...
...The poor performance of gold miners stood in sharp contrast to the rest of Wall Street, with every major sector rallying on Monday and the S&P 500 heading towards a new record close by midday in New York...
...The S&P 500 is up 0.8 per cent at 2,481.87 by midday, putting the index back within striking distance of the all-time high of 2,490.87 set earlier in August....
...The S&P 500 posted its best one-day gain since April to hit a new record closing high as some of the biggest fears plaguing Wall Street — a knockout blow from Hurricane Irma and rising nuclear tensions in...
...Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 1 per cent and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.7 per cent. Perceived havens including gold, the Japanese yen and the Swiss franc retreated....
...On Wall Street, the S&P 500 rose 1.1 per cent to a record closing high of at 2,488, but failed to surpass its all-time intraday peak of 2,490.87....
...S&P has identified 13 cat bonds that cover hurricane damage and could be at risk from Irma in this way....
...In Asia Pacific equities, futures tip Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 index to open flat, while Tokyo’s Topix is set to gain 0.2 per cent and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is expected to shed 0.1 per cent when trading begins...
...The S&P 500 fell 0.8 per cent led by losses in the shares of financial companies....
...“It could take weeks or months, but publicly traded companies will be under pressure to provide updates,” said Taoufik Gharib, analyst at the S&P Global Ratings agency....
...Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 is up 0.7 per cent....
...According to FactSet, estimated annual earnings growth for companies in the S&P 500 has declined to 4.5 per cent from 5.1 per cent in early September....
...Coupled with a broader rally and ebbing fears over North Korea, that lifted the S&P 500 index by 1.1 per cent to end at a new clsoing record of 2,488.11 — just short of the intraday record touched in early...
...Norton Museum of Art 1451 S Olive Ave norton.org Opening on December 14 is a quirky show of works by Cy Twombly, Julian Schnabel and Philip Taaffe hung in toy dollhouses....
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