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...Although the unit posted an adjusted earnings margin of 8 per cent in its latest quarter, analysts at S&P Global Ratings said in April that “Avon continues to underperform in the third year of the turnaround...
...The recent passage of a constitutional amendment to simplify the country’s complex tax system was broadly welcomed as a step in the right direction, with S&P upgrading Brazil’s sovereign rating one notch...
...Questions over presidential gifts first emerged when local paper Estado de S....
...Wring it out and place over your closed eye(s). Leave on the eyes for around 5 minutes. Repeat as needed, using a fresh cloth each time. Extra liquid can be kept in the fridge for 24 hours....
...After Stamp’s death, Interwar was completed by his wife, the historian Rosemary Hill, which in itself shows a touching dedication....
...keep off a repeat of 2022’s high heat....
...It ranks among the company’s biggest purchases over the past quarter-century, according to S&P Global Capital IQ data....
...“Pelé has died, if indeed Pelé can even die,” read the front cover of daily newspaper Estado de S. Paulo....
...In Borris House, without social distancing but with two “R” s, I spoke on gardening at the annual Carlow Garden Festival....
...I have lost rosemaries, hebes, ceanothus and much else I will mourn in a moment. This column is one of sympathy with country gardeners, including those who moved there in the wake of the pandemic....
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...At a recent conference Germany’s K+S said a new floor price of $500 a tonne was possible — half the current spot price but double the average price of the previous decade....
...Where Leith and Copson aim for detachment and Adams opts for mythologising, Turnage zoomed in on his subject in 2011’s Anna Nicole....
...“Our base case in 2021 is they will break even and we expect profitability to gradually improve going forward,” said S&P analyst Guilherme Machado....
...Ask our man in São Paulo, Michael Pooler. Key economic and company reports Here is a more complete list of what to expect in terms of company reports and economic data this week....
...I tried the yuca fries tossed in truffle oil, Parmesan and rosemary, and (as a plantain lover) combined it with the tostones rellenos, crispy plantain shaped into cups and filled with picadillo habanero...
...In a front-page editorial article published on Friday, the influential newspaper Folha de S.Paulo described Bolsonaro as a “president against the constitution”....
...The public employee in question was fired this week after the accusations were first reported by local newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, which later published a statement from the man denying the charges....
...When Donald Trump Jr texted: “He’s got to condemn this s*** Asap,” Meadows agreed....
...The average return on equity (ROE), an important industry metric for profitability, stood at 17.2 per cent in 2019, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence....
...The study, which has also not yet been peer-reviewed, found that antibodies struggled to bind to P. 1’s all-important spike protein, which it uses to enter human cells....
...Rosemary Mayer, who died in 2014, left a minute accounting of her days translated into colour....
...among a list of 41 companies that have announced their intention to debut on São Paulo’s B3 exchange, which in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic chalked up 28 IPOs last year — the biggest number since 2007’s...
...While analysts have forecast a 30 per cent drop in free cash flow to $1.74bn in 2020, according to data from S&P Capital IQ, they have also pencilled in a narrowing of annual net losses to $1.82bn....
...M&S said recently that 140 of its stores would be picking orders this year, up from 86 in 2019. Retailers have several other tools available to manage demand....
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