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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....
...The misty bus stops and glistening pavements, scurrying figures and black domes of umbrellas, are comforting, familiar, but the background was a dividing nation, class and gender battles, emerging activism...
...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....
...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....
...LDC said at the time that Mr Lumens had left the Geneva-based trader for “personal reasons” without expanding on the details, with chief executive Gonzalo Ramírez Martiarena leaving in the same week....
...(Tyler Lindholm, right) No wonder crypto-visionaries are getting a little misty eyed....
...However, misty-eyed Bob and Carl-Henric appear to have forgotten their other shared triumph over adversity....
...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....
...As Edith Ramirez, FTC chairwoman, says in the FTC announcement: “This settlement will require Herbalife to fundamentally restructure its business so that participants are rewarded for what they sell, not...
...It seems not, even if those were the words Venezuela’s foreign minister, Rafael Ramírez, penned in a statement this month....
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...New York’s Rennie Harris is muscular, testosterone-filled; the French-born Sébastien Ramirez offers a more subtle game of sensual playfulness with his Korean partner....
...But Rafael Ramirez, the Venezuelan oil minister, played down the impact of the change, saying that any companies investing in new developments would only pay the higher tax rates after they had recouped...
...Oil prices could more than double if the unrest in Egypt forces the closure of the Suez Canal, Venezuelan Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said Feb. 4....
...Nevertheless, there might be something in this line of argument – albeit indirectly, via the tax cuts’ impact on the recent S&P rally and its corresponding wealth effect....
...They like frequent watering as they are at home in misty, sweaty sub-tropical zones....
...Abhijit Chakrabortti resigned yesterday as the New York- based bank’s chief global and U.S. equity strategist, spokeswoman Carissa Ramirez said....
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...Rafael Ramirez, the Venezuelan oil minister, added that there was no need for Opec to increase supply....
...So will the accommodation block’s dazzling neon lights, which are a jarring contrast to the misty darkness outside....
...Down the canyons, misty towers tumble over each other into the distance....
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