Hints and tips:
...“They’re taking bets on different things,” said Raoul LeBlanc, an analyst at S&P Global....
...Price gains in certain US cities have far outstripped the national average, which is up 6.7 per cent since its January low, according to the S&P Case-Shiller national index....
...There has been 338 GWh of new US battery manufacturing capacity announced this year alone, according to data from S&P Global Commodity Insights, more than the past four years combined....
...Markets: Futures markets implied the S&P 500 share index and the technology-focused Nasdaq 100 would trade flat when they opened....
...Additionally, activist investors saw failed pay votes “as blood in the water”, said Lawrence Elbaum, a partner at Vinson & Elkins....
...Gerkin, who joins from Vinson & Elkins, was named as counsel. Law firm Orrick hired two partners to bolster its private equity practice....
...On Sunday, Japan’s Maritime Self-Defence Force, its navy, confirmed that two of its destroyers would rendezvous with the US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson for exercises in the western Pacific....
...“In February, there was an ‘unsafe encounter’ — not an intercept — between a US Navy P-3 Orion aircraft and a Chinese surveillance aircraft near Scarborough Shoal.” ...
...www.thomaseyck.com Judith Miller is the author of annual antiques and collectables guides for Millers Nick Vinson is special projects director at Wallpaper* magazine...
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