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...In the UK, a couple owning £2mn would just enter the top 5 per cent of households by wealth; £10mn would put them well into the top 1 per cent.)...
...“The stagnation in Brazil’s GDP in Q4 and the decline in household consumption confirmed that the economy lost momentum sharply,” said William Jackson, an economist at Capital Economics....
...Asian equities declined on Friday, ahead of a speech from Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell at the annual central bankers’ conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming....
...Pentonville in London was built for 500 inmates but now has more than 1,000....
...The person I went to see in County Hall was Rachel Solomon Williams, head of the Aldersgate Group green business alliance....
...Brent crude, the international benchmark, added 0.1 per cent to trade at $84.12 a barrel, while US marker West Texas Intermediate fell 0.2 per cent to $79.77....
...Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, close to the annual retreat for monetary policymakers in Teton County, Wyoming, has invested “heavily” in snow-making over the past decade....
...Roots has three golden rules for its 1,000-plus members. First, no dig — you have to replenish the soil. Then, no chemicals, including synthetic fertilisers and all the usual “-cides”....
...Nairobi has committed to lead the operation by sending 1,000 police officers to Haiti, but has not revealed a timeline for their deployment or published details of the deal....
...★★★☆☆ In UK and US cinemas from December 1...
...Like Xu, Ayana V Jackson is her own subject; she uses her body to question the history of photography....
...Patterson points to a pewter beaker from the 1690s engraved with wrigglework portraits of William III and Mary II that sold at Christie’s for £14,400....
...Technology and media stocks helped the benchmark S&P 500 finish 1.1 per cent higher, while the Nasdaq Composite added 1.6 per cent, aided by a 3.2 per cent rise for Nvidia, the world’s most valuable semiconductor...
...India’s general election, which is taking place over staggered rounds of polling that will end on June 1, enters its next stage this week....
...England women beat Finland 2.5-1.5, while China women, paired up to England 1, lost 0-4 — a swing of 6.5 points that gave England women victory by just half a game point....
...“We’re going through a period where too many new projects came online in too short a space of time,” said William Adams, head of commodity markets research at Fastmarkets, a price reporting agency....
...Nearing the end of the decade, sales were $1.2bn. Last year, they exceeded $50bn....
...It was a toad ceremony on 1 June 2019 that changed Cox’s own life....
...William Jackson, chief emerging markets economist at Capital Economics, said the second-quarter numbers suggested the Brazilian economy was in stronger health than many had thought....
...Job moves Following its $1bn acquisition of infrastructure firm Energy Capital Partners announced on Wednesday, buyout group Bridgepoint will split the chair and chief executive roles held by William Jackson...
...Protein powder provider THG and NFT platform Kraken are both sponsors of Formula One team Williams Racing. Which other company’s logo appears on the inner front wings of Williams’ F1 cars?...
...June 1; further information and tickets here Royal Ascot Dust down your hat — it’s the big one....
...YSP Centre until 11 June Evelyn Hofer: Eyes on the City at High Museum of Art, Atlanta Alongside William Eggleston and William Klein, German-born American photographer Evelyn Hofer was one of the first...
...There are currently five lodges and tented camps at Singita Grumeti; rates start at about £1,500 per person per night; see singita.com William Dalrymple Amanjiwo, Java, Indonesia I have never swum in...
...BCB also estimates that in 2021 it generated around £1.33mn worth of economic activity in Stoke-on-Trent....
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