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...Profits: lower for longer?...
...Global investment banks in China finally turn a profit All but one of the global investment banks in China finally managed to eke out a profit last year, according to figures reported by the banks and seen...
...For those who bought in at $94.20, the price at Friday’s close, the chance of making a profit depends largely on Trump’s ability to turn initial financing of a few hundred million dollars into a social media...
...Alemanno is also the founder of the Good Lobby, a non-profit that helps citizens and other organisations to counter the influence of special-interest groups....
...“A lot of [the travel industry’s] business model revolves around corporate and business travel, and because of their ability to generate higher margins and profit [in that sector] it allows them to extend...
...While large corporations such as Walmart have been besieged by consumer criticism over their treatment of workers, Disney has maintained a magical amount of goodwill....
...So we have adopted a hybrid for our end-of-year rankings: a percentage gain with a floor of $10bn market value at the start of 2020, using data from S&P Global....
...Last week the Jacksonville, Florida-based company reported an operating ratio — operating costs as a percentage of revenue — of 57.4 per cent, its best for any second quarter....
...(FT) Moral Money’s Billy Nauman took a trip to Miami to examine how the political climate is shifting on climate change in Republican-dominated Florida....
...The power purchase agreement was signed with the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia, a state not-for-profit corporation that owns 22.7 per cent of the Vogtle plant....
...Mr Sanger came under fire from aggrieved investors who made the journey to the meeting venue, a hotel on the outskirts of Jacksonville, Florida....
...In 2016 it recorded pre-tax profits of $5m, down 9 per cent on a year earlier....
...Carnival announced a joint venture with the China State Shipbuilding Corporation and China Investment Corporation in 2014....
...Net income at the Jacksonville, Florida-based company climbed 5 per cent from a year earlier to $553m, or 56 cents a share, in the three months to June 26. Sales fell 6 per cent to $3.1bn....
...The S&P 500 homebuilders index rose 13.5 per cent in the first quarter of the year, outpacing the broader benchmark of the US’s largest corporations....
...If you were long from the November lows, it’s a good place to take profit and, if you have money on the sidelines, it seems a bit high to be initiating new long positions,” he added....
...“I don’t know if [deal activity] is a sign of confidence or more of a sign of the enormous amounts of cash sitting idle on balance sheets of very, very large corporations.”...
...One of the two US corporations that bought it is American Sugar Refining, owned by Cuban-Americans Alfonso and Pepe Fanjul of Florida....
...“So I thought I would put together a portfolio of S&P 500 stocks, with 85 per cent exposure, then used OEX [the S&P 100 index] positions as a hedge.”...
...Shares in Balfour Beatty rose 4¾p to 434¾p....
...Unlike most US papers, the St Petersburg Times is not part of a big, publicly held corporation. It is controlled by a local non-profit foundation dedicated to the teaching and promotion of journalism....
...With very high prices ($60+ a barrel) it will be difficult. Prices of $50 p/b or less will certainly help. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….....
...The Florida Supreme Court is due to pass judgement soon on whether to overturn a decision by a Florida appeals court and reinstate a $145bn damages award against tobacco makers in a case known as the Engle...
...Insurance shares saw losses as Florida assessed the effects of a record fourth hurricane this season, with some estimates saying Hurricane Jeanne inflicted between $4bn and $8bn in damages, while Charley...
...The broader S&P 500 index had added 0.5 per cent to 1,128.62, for a weekly showing of 0.4 per cent to the upside....
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