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...The S&P 500’s financial sub-index dropped by 3.9 per cent on worries about the value of banks’ holdings of Treasuries and other debt instruments....
...Over the past 18 political cycles, the S&P 500 has advanced by an average of about 5 per cent in the year leading up to midterm election day, but more than 15 per cent in the 12 months after, according to...
...seasonal adjustment difficulties, the recent stabilisation . . . in first-time jobless claims appear to be signalling that the labour market remains vibrant,” said economists at research company Maria Fiorini Ramirez...
...That bifurcation is evident as “luxury, in general, is doing really well”, said Jessica Ramírez, senior research analyst at Jane Hali & Associates....
...In this moving interview, Ramírez’ mother talks about her loss and what drove her loved ones to leave....
...(FT) What we’re reading Route 60’s hard road Running along the mountainous spine of the West Bank, Route 60 fully deserves its grim nickname “the Blood Highway”....
...But earlier this week, S&P Global Ratings estimated the costs of a shutdown now would be more “modest, if not muted” relative to the size of the economy....
...The company said it had cut the prices of its Model S and Model X by 12 to 26 per cent. China imposed 25 per cent tariffs on $34bn worth of US goods, including cars, in July....
...Futures tip the FTSE 100 to open 0.2 per cent lower with the S&P 500 also set to fall 0.2 per cent....
...The camps may have gone, but the fight for equal rights continues, led by Raúl Castro’s daughter Mariela....
...Incidentally, Rome also provided the decor for Bausch’s first travelogue, 1986’s Viktor....
...Louis Dreyfus Company, one of the world’s biggest traders of coffee, sugar and wheat, has been rocked by the sudden departure of chief executive Gonzalo Ramirez Martiarena and chief financial officer Armand...
...and broadcaster Janina Ramirez about his part in the project....
...Ramírez left the US in 1925 to find work on the railroads, but lost his job after the Great Crash four years later....
...The S&P municipal bond index — the sector’s benchmark — remains less than 2 per cent below its all-time high set last July. It has returned 2.1 per cent so far this year....
...Beyond Raúl there are sons, sons-in-law and a daughter, Mariela. For years to come there will always be the Fidel effect....
...Carretera Huelva-Badajoz S/N, 21290 Jabugo, Huelva (+346-0359 9061; www.cincojotas.com)....
...It seems not, even if those were the words Venezuela’s foreign minister, Rafael Ramírez, penned in a statement this month....
...S Gopalakrishnan, the current chief executive, will become executive co-chairman....
...Oil Secretary S....
...Parker, Nicholas S. Souleles, David S. Johnson and Robert McClellan, which looked at consumer spending in response to the 2008 stimulus payments....
...Abhijit Chakrabortti resigned yesterday as the New York- based bank’s chief global and U.S. equity strategist, spokeswoman Carissa Ramirez said....
...Rafael Ramirez, the Venezuelan oil minister, added that there was no need for Opec to increase supply....
...Above the entrance was a huge B-U-S sign, the letters stacked on top each other as if they were about to topple....
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