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...And Barclays: We believe Centrica has liquidity but has the burden of c.£4.5bn of long dated debt. There are revenues of £6.8bn in UK residential retail, and £2bn in UK business in 2019....
...One he rates is the JPMorgan Emerging Markets Trust, which charges 1.09 per cent. The investment trust model has lots of pluses, such as an independent board and an emphasis on long-term investment....
...Intraday The highlights of today’s economic calendar are as follows (London times): 08.15: Spain manufacturing PMI 08.45-09.00: Eurozone PMIs 09.00: Italian unemployment 09.30: UK manufacturing PMI 10.00...
...Here is today’s economic calendar (London times): 08.00: Norway central bank decision 08.00: France PMIs 08.30: German PMIs 09.00: Switzerland rates decision 09.00: Eurozone PMIs 09.30: UK retail sales...
...DJIA down -22.74 (-0.13%) at 17,896 Nasdaq up +17.65 (+0.36%) at 4,877 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -0.52 (-0.04%) at 1,276 FTSE100 up +9.38 (+0.14%) at 6,543 CAC 40 up +3.56 (+0.09%) at 4,121 Dax...
...Ahead of this, economists have retail PMIs covering Italy, Germany, France and the eurozone as a whole to keep them occupied at 09:10 GMT. Greece provides its latest unemployment data at 10:00....
...As a result, the arrangement would put a lot of trust in a single authority’s ability to determine just how much money supply is enough at any given time....
...at 39.50 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +6.40 at 1,249 Copper (Comex) up +0.02 at 2.10 10-year government bond yields (%) US 1.72% UK 1.37% Germany 0.09% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe...
...(FT) Markets Data 05:34 GMT Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -15.82 (-0.09%) at 18,588 Topix down -0.78 (-0.05%) at 1,508 Hang Seng up +85.01 (+0.34%) at 24,835 US markets S&P 500 up +5.82 (+0.28%) at 2,115...
...(FT) Markets Data 05:22 GMT Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +154.74 (+0.88%) at 17,659 Topix up +6.71 (+0.48%) at 1,417 Hang Seng down -44.74 (-0.18%) at 24,721 US markets S&P 500 up +21.01 (+1.03%) at 2,063...
...) at 5,454 US markets S&P 500 down -2.95 (-0.15%) at 1,962 DJIA up +12.53 (+0.07%) at 16,818 Nasdaq up +2.22 (+0.05%) at 4,486 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -7.71 (-0.59%) at 1,305 FTSE100 down -...
...The sector lost 3.8 per cent on the day and 22.7 per cent year for this year. Cliffs Natural Resources was down 7.6 per cent to $15.67 and Alpha Natural Resources fell 8 per cent to $5.05....
...(Reuters) OVERNIGHT MARKETS: UP Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -105.31 (-0.76%) at 13,694 Topix down -5.09 (-0.44%) at 1,153 Hang Seng up +155.40 (+0.69%) at 22,824 US markets S&P 500 up +14.89 (+0.94%...
...up +0.32% at 40,734 FTSE 300 Eurotop up +1.10% at 1,044 Americas DJIA up +0.56% at 12,921 S&P 500 down -0.05% at 1,370 Bovespa down -0.24% at 61,955 Asia Nikkei 225 down -0.06% at 9,465 Topix down -0.09%...
...Speaking outside his London home, Ed Miliband, Labour leader, said: “We are a party winning back people’s trust, regaining ground, but there is more work to do.’’...
...Public spending in truth has risen by 3.4% or £22.6 bn versus 2008-09, and overall public debt to GDP has risen to 84% of GDP, or £413bn....
...In practice, most German short dated trade goes through in the tom-next market....
...As they wrote at the time: We expect BAC to report 1Q EPS of $0.10 vs. consensus of $0.08 and our prior estimate of $0.05....
...In 1995, before its new policies were adopted, the Harvard endowment still had 53 per cent in equities and 22 per cent in bonds....
...In his view, the 2007-09 commercial property crash has been as multilayered as a stack of beef patties on a soggy tomato-stained bun....
...The outlay on Defence has gone up from Rs.1,05,600 crore in BE 2008-09 to Rs.1,41,703 crore in BE 2009-10....
...Although traders welcomed the quarterly figures, the stock was down for much of the session although it recovered to close 0.5 per cent higher at $75.05....
...Regions Financial, Marshall & Ilsley and Huntington – all of which surged last week when news of the government plan surfaced – sustained heavy losses, down 21.2 per cent at $15.60, 22.6 per cent at $22.82...
...The main index settled up 22.9 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 6559.8 while the mid-cap FTSE 250 lost 4.9 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 10,643.0....
...So they have something to do with this shambles. 10.09 – give up and redial....
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