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...Chart du jour: Power grab French far-right leader Marine Le Pen kicked off her EU election campaign yesterday by vowing to wrest back powers from an “intrusive and authoritarian” bureaucracy in Brussels...
...American Airlines, Freeport-McMoRan, Philip Morris, and Dow Inc also report earnings....
...We expect more and more shutdowns in western and eastern Europe and Ukraine,” said Jennifer Willis-Jones, commodity analyst at CRU....
...The firm has run thematic index-based ETFs since 2006, when its Dow Jones Internet Index Fund launched, he noted....
...The firm also hired former head of the UK government legal service Sir Jonathan Jones as a senior consultant within its dispute resolution practice in London....
...An executive of DHL Express, a distributor of the BioNTech/Pfizer jab, told the Financial Times this week it was confident of delivering it to sub-Saharan Africa, South America and South Asia....
...“There are investors that are frustrated,” said Jim Shanahan, an analyst with investment company Edward Jones....
...Since 1982, there have been at least 114 mass shootings* in the US, spanning 34 states, according to Mother Jones database....
...The latest round of tariffs threatened to dent the strong role consumers have played in supporting the US economy, said Nela Richardson, investment strategist for Edward Jones....
...James Shanahan, an analyst with Edward Jones, said investors have been disappointed by the “lack of activity” at Berkshire recently; it last clinched a major takeover more than three years ago....
...Already, there’s a beach club in operation; a Robert Trent Jones-designed golf course is opening today; and they will be joined next year by a full-service marina....
..., chief of staff, US Air Force; General Louis Wilson, commandant of the Marine Corps, Washington, DC, August 24 1976 Follow @FTMag on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first....
...The oil fund has also banned from its portfolios Evergreen Marine, Korea Line, Precious Shipping, and Thoresen Thai Agencies because of “risk of severe environmental damage and serious or systematic violations...
...Consider General Electric, which this year disappeared from the Dow Jones Industrial Average. In little more than a year, the old industrial titan’s share price had halved....
...US defence chiefs, who had no prior knowledge of the deal, sounded alarm over growing Chinese influence in a city that houses a military base used by US marines....
...Thai Union has been listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index Emerging Markets for four years and was added to the FTSE4Good Emerging Index, its UK counterpart, last year....
...The S&P 500 closed 0.2 per cent lower at 2,550.93, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1 per cent to 22,841.01 and the Nasdaq Composite shed 0.2 per cent to 6,591.51....
...The Dow Jones was 0.06 per cent lower at 21,793, and the S&P 500 was down 0.2 per cent to 2,439.7. The Nasdaq was down 0.12 per cent to 6,275....
...The Kremlin has thrown its weight behind Mr Macron’s rival, the far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen, in the race for the Elysée....
...The News Media Alliance, which represents almost 2,000 publishers in North America, this week called on the US Congress to allow them to negotiate collectively with digital distributors....
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 0.6 per cent to 20,523.28 with a 4.7 per cent drop in shares of Goldman Sachs weighing on the price-weighted index....
...Originally, the film was to be produced by Pitt’s company, Plan B, with funds from Hollywood distributor New Regency, whose recent projects include Oscar winners 12 Years a Slave and Birdman....
...The S&P 500 rose by 0.3 per cent to 2,190.2, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.3 per cent to 18,636.1, and the Nasdaq Composite advanced by 0.6 per cent to 5,262....
...The Canada-based drugmaker is reportedly making the move after an internal review into how it booked revenue when its drugs were shipped to a distributor, according to the Wall Street Journal....
...Canadian drugmaker Valeant has said it needs to restate its earnings following a review into how it booked revenue when its drugs were shipped to a distributor....
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