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...Analysts at Jefferies estimated that while overall tourist spending rose during the holiday this year, spending per tourist was down 9.5 per cent from 2019 levels....
...Brent crude, the international benchmark, traded as high as $92 a barrel on Friday after breaking above $90/b last week for the first time since October....
...“On factory floors across the nation, our autoworkers are making cars and trucks that give American drivers a choice — a way to get from point A to point B without having to fuel up at a gas station,” said...
...The IEA predicts oil demand will grow by 1.2mn b/d, about half the pace of 2023, while Opec believes demand growth will be higher at 2.2mn b/d....
...According to the title of a 1961 William Burroughs novel, what kind of machine is the human body? What was the title of David Bowie’s 1973 album of cover versions?...
...It was essentially a new-sheriff-in-town Western retooled as a pumped-up B-movie — in this case, B for brawn, booze and breasts. It has now been remade in a more sophisticated variant....
...It is too soon to say a) whether the reformed bus system introduced in September will be deemed a success in the long run or b) what a sustainable funding model might look like.)...
...London-listed 888 has also been under pressure to reduce the debt it took on to fund the 2021 acquisition of William Hill’s international operations. Corporate rebrandings, however, can be risky....
...He added that he “[continued] to see material upside from the successful execution of the William Hill integration”. 888 bought William Hill’s non-US business from Caesars Entertainment in a £1.95bn deal...
...William Wade, a credit analyst at JPMorgan, warned earlier this month that haircuts of 15-25 per cent on the ringfenced debt were now a “plausible” outcome that investors should be wary of....
...Philippe Houchois, an auto analyst at Jefferies, said Musk was “appeasing the market” by pushing faster, but with a “risk of compromises on product to accelerate launches”....
...Sunak quickly moved in with a plan B, but will it work? The FT’s William Wallis has been following the case. Hello, William. William WallisHello, Lucy....
...The currency, which fell one-fifth against the dollar last year, rose about 4 per cent on Thursday, reflecting relief among investors after President William Ruto’s government sold a $1.5bn dollar bond this...
...Gross transaction volume growth in the high single digits should be a reasonable mid- to long-term assumption, thinks Giles Thorne at Jefferies. Margins rise with increased penetration....
...Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it would keep its 1mn barrels a day reduction in place until the end of the year, while Russian deputy prime minister Alexander Novak said the country’s 300,000 b/d export reduction...
...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....
...His account of the history of the site takes in William the Conqueror, Henry VIII and William Pitt the Younger — who moved the docks there around 1800....
...From analysts at Jefferies : The IWGB’s pursuit of Deliveroo has long given the evidence of extreme obduracy. What really matters from here is: 1....
...She previously ran UK spirits and liqueurs business William Grant & Sons, as well as shoe brand Clarks on an interim basis....
...its 1mn-barrels-a-day production cut for July into August, state media said, while Russia’s deputy prime minister Alexander Novak said Moscow would make a “voluntary” supply cut of an additional 500,000 b/...
...“Overall, the theme is that the consumer has been resilient but we are starting to see a little bit of stretching,” said Corey Tarlowe, an analyst at Jefferies....
...Responding to the government report, the new Conservative leader of the council Andrew Jefferies, said he was “deeply sorry for the shocking and unacceptable failings of the past”....
...Asked if ministers were preparing a Plan B in the event that the government’s scheme to remove asylum seekers to Rwanda was struck down in the courts, Downing Street said: “We consider all options to stop...
...The Varna gold medallist Fumi Kaneko set the bar chasteningly high, partnered by an elegant and attentive William Bracewell....
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