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...Joanna S Kao Sun Yu is the FT’s China economics reporter in Beijing. Thanks, Sun. Sun Yu Sure. [MUSIC PLAYING] Joanna S Kao How does a country like India create enough jobs for nearly 1.5bn people?...
...Several companies acknowledged the resilience in the U.S. economy had led them to now expect a soft-landing....
...Some of the ones that have attracted attention: a company called Phunware — spelled p-h-u-n, ware — which is a mobile software developer. And there was another called Bit Brother....
...Guy LeBas, chief fixed-income strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott, said: “Fundamentally, Powell’s Q&A was more meaningful in what he chose not to say....
...k/a “SBF,” the defendant, well knew, the “[h]idden, poorly internally labled [sic] ‘fiat@’ account,” was the multi-billion-dollar entry on FTX’ s ledger reflecting the amount of FTX customer fiat deposits...
...This year the Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation announced a $25mn commitment to five cancer centres across America. ralphlauren.co.uk Q is for McQueenThe British luxury brand is a longtime supporter of...
...Stocks subsequently rose on Wednesday, with the S&P recording its best day since May 2020....
...Q Queue Yes, you could get some fancy corporate ticket to Wimbledon....
...It’s also worth noting that $8.2bn Affirm’s latest 10-Q showed past due payments rising from 4 per cent of outstanding total loan receivables on June 30 last year, to 6.4 per cent at 2021’s end....
...Best of the rest WHAT I’VE BEEN READING ELSEWHERE The Lure of H Mart This read offered a touch of nostalgia for my homeland in the US....
...Traders modified their bets on how hawkish a stance they expect the Fed to take in the coming months — a U-turn on the previous few days, when investors had wagered that the emergence of the Omicron variant...
...In December, GSC Game World, the developer of upcoming survival shooter game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, reversed plans to offer NFTs after a vociferous backlash from fans....
...If you have no idea what all that stuff means, here’s a quick translation. An LED telly without the preface of an “O”, “U” or “Q” is cheap — but the picture isn’t up to much....
...· Interestingly, M&S has provided a segmental breakdown of UK profit for the first time – showing Food profit up +11.2% and C&H profit down -37%....
...Given H&M had a higher customer density than peers pre-COVID (higher than Primark), social distancing could be more challenging for H&M....
...You see because you can’t really get any true insights from a line chart without a trend line and a line explaining what’s going on. What you really need is some t e c h n i c a l a n a l y s i s....
...Asos and H&M are upgraded to “equal weight and Kingfisher joins M&S as “overweight” on valuation grounds....
...A greater portion of the H&M floorplan was still trading at full price, but this was very much of a relative call....
...Q: What were the most noteworthy areas in the results?...
...Alan Alda, 83, played Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H*, and also wrote and directed episodes of the series, for which he won five Emmys and six Golden Globes....
...H&M’s scores have worsened in Germany. Our survey in Spain dramatically increases the insight we have on Inditex. M&S’ scores for fashionability have worsened in the UK....
...A firmer dollar has already hurt S&P 500 companies....
...But, on a year-on-year basis, their forecast for US growth shows -11% in Q2, -8% in Q3, and -5% in Q4, which clearly qualifies as U-shaped....
...G is for guru — a Twitter crypto trader whose financial experience equates to a week's work experience as a teller two decades ago. H is for HODL — what you say when you've lost your wallet password....
...than anticipated, at -45%q/q annualized in 1Q20....
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