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...Big share price moves in Europe today include German chemical group Lanxess, potash and salt maker K&S, UK travel booking company Trainline and German electricity company Encavis....
...North raised to game, and K♠ was led. The bidding told South that spades were dividing 6-2, so he knew to duck once and then, while setting up diamond tricks, try to keep West off lead....
...Diamonds should be played next: K♦, A♦, and then a ruff, with a high trump in hand. When the diamonds fail to divide, the trumps must break 2-2 in order for South to prevail....
...The other two arguments in Biden’s defence were that the Taliban was a reformed and moderated force — the so-called Taliban 2.0....
...BiddingDealer: EastN/S Game West led J♥, and declarer assessed one likely loser in each suit. However, if trumps split 2-2, or West holds K♣, all will be well....
...It’s convenient that 2000 was a leap year, so identifying them is just about knowing your times tables, without any of the problematic (4n)-2 calculations that might otherwise have been needed....
...Owning 50 shares at $2 apiece is no different to holding 100 shares at $1 each — or, in the case of Chipotle, one at $2,900 versus 50 at $58. Nor does it do anything to performance....
...Work that “was core, which was never outsourced before, is getting offshored to GCCs in India”, said K S Viswanathan, vice-president for industry initiatives at Nasscom, India’s IT industry trade body....
...The combined acronym BUC(K)S states the expectations of the acquirer too baldly. The Swiss bank paid just 6 per cent of tangible book value for its struggling rival. It took on huge risks too....
...Nearly 2,000 ETFs launched in the US between 2019 and 2023, nearly double the 1,100 new mutual funds, according to Morningstar....
...The maths whizzes among us will notice that $2.25bn is a little more than $1.8bn....
...In contrast, Chinese stocks are falling over doubts about its economic recovery, with Hong Kong’s Hang Seng down 2 per cent this year and CSI 300, China’s key benchmark of onshore-listed companies, down...
...BlockFi 2 November 2022:https://twitter.com/BlockFi/status/1587829219622588417 28 November 2022:https://twitter.com/BlockFi/status/1597253469374910466 SALT Lending 6 September 2022: Bnk To The Future...
...To avoid certain contributions being publicly reported in his name, BANKMAN-FRIED conspired to and did have certain political contributions made in the names of two other FTX executives (“CC-1” and “CC-2”...
...That $4.8bn is around 9 per cent of Western Alliance’s $53.6bn total deposits, according to the 10-K....
...Lower numbers mean higher quality, and all investment-grade bonds get a score of 1 or 2: Lincoln Financial again proves to be a helpful example....
...Citi is down 2.2 per cent in pre-market trading. Even JPMorgan shares –which actually jumped higher on Friday thanks to its famously strong balance sheet – is down 1.2 per cent at pixel time....
...There is now a “K-shaped” pattern in consumer spending, he said....
...BiddingDealer: SouthN/S Game East’s bid was an Unusual No-trump Overcall, showing 5-5 in hearts and diamonds. West led 5♥, East won immediately with A♥ and returned a heart....
...BiddingDealer: EastN/S Game The bidding at both tables was the same, North correctly stretching to bid 4H after West’s pre-emptive overcall....
...Opec maintained its forecast that global oil demand will increase 2.25mn b/d next year, assuming China reopens successfully....
...Atos is burning cash flow at an average of €385mn annually through 2025, according to S&P Global estimates....
...They cut their Q4 GDP growth estimates by 0.3pp to 1.2 per cent last week....
...“K-S-I! K-S-I! K-S-I!” they chanted. At 10.30pm, after several other YouTubers-cum-boxers had taken their turns in the ring, KSI appeared. He wore a pink outfit and sang the national anthem....
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