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...In April, the main hourly rate of the statutory national living wage will rise 9.8 per cent to £11.44 — the sharpest increase since 2001, following a similar upwards move last year....
...That came as it reported adjusted earnings of $5.03 a share between April and June, beating Wall Street expectations of $4.04....
...Markets were on Wednesday pricing in expectations that interest rates in the world’s largest economy would peak at 4.9 per cent in the spring, up from 4.8 just before the Fed announcement....
...In-store sales increased 12.8 per cent, with standout early performances from new stores in Colchester and Chesterfield. In contrast, online sales only rose by 0.7 per cent....
...Italian 10-year bond yields rose 0.12 percentage points to 3.79 per cent, approaching the 4 per cent threshold that is seen by many as the point where its debt starts to look unsustainable....
...Shares in exercise bike company Peloton fell 11.4 per cent, while Tesla ceded 6.1 per cent. Media company BuzzFeed, which went public earlier this week, gave up 23.6 per cent....
...Federal spending declined 4.7 per cent in the third quarter — the second consecutive quarterly drop — though overall government spending rose 0.8 per cent....
...Employee numbers stood at 8,500 at the end of June, compared to about 11,500 at the end of 2019....
...Mr Odey’s fund nevertheless recouped a 11.4 per cent gain in December....
...In 2020, the FTSE All-Share index plunged 33 per cent from 4,257 on January 11 to 2,837 on March 14....
...Bryce Elder Under newish chief executive Ken Murphy, Tesco has switched from a growth stock to a cash cow....
...FP, our top pick in Europe, has generated the most consistent results in the sector, and the FCF yield of 10.4% on our 2021 estimates provides strong coverage of the 7.8% dividend yield. Messy 2Q....
...Nasdaq was up 8 per cent. An 11.4 per cent increase in the Dow Jones Industrial Average of US blue-chip stocks was its biggest since 1933 during the Great Depression....
...Q4 year to date growth was 4.2% compared to 1.0% at this stage last year. The historic organic revenue growth was (2.8)/2.7/2.7/1.1% in Q1/2/3/4 2018 and 4.4/3.9/4.2/4.3% in Q1/2/3/4 2019....
...Shares are c.+65% above their recent lows and reside on a relatively full EV:EBITDA multiple of c.11.5 times for 2021E on our revised estimates....
...This net debt is from €0.4m FY18, and net cash €11.1m FY17. ... We upgrade FY20 revenue by 8%, but keep PBT unchanged, foreseeing more investment....
...In a £60tn global economy with GDP growing at 4 per cent nominally, that comes to less than 10 per cent of one year’s growth....
...It’s sort of a survivorship bias thing where HSBC narrows its screen down to funds that have outperformed global equity markets by over 40 per cent since 2012, or 4.8 per cent on an annualised basis: At...
...The table will be available in eucalyptus from Portugal, or walnut from Ohio, and at lengths of 3.8 metres (€12,750), 3.4 metres (€11,627) or a diminutive 2.9 metres (€10,333, all prices excluding VAT)....
...Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.4 per cent to 25,331.66, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.6 per cent to 7,395.11....
...The US and Japan are the ADB’s top shareholders, holding 25.5 per cent of voting rights between them, followed by China at 5.4 per cent....
...Slowdowns in monetary growth in 1999-00, 2006-07, 2010-11 and since 2016 all led to slowdowns in output growth, while accelerations in monetary growth in 2001-03, 2008-09 and in 2012-15 all led to faster...
...The euro was down 0.7 per cent at $1.1531, while sterling was down a further 0.4 per cent at an 11-month low of $1.2829. The dollar was steady against the yen at ¥111.03....
...Health officials said on March 8 that 21 people had initially been treated for possible exposure to the nerve agent....
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