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...Spotlighting stories of other planets, fantasy utopias, gothic and dystopian fiction by authors including HG Wells, Philip K Dick, Joanna Russ, James Tiptree Jr, and William Gibson, Wessells highlights how...
...New talent has also joined the throng, with Normal People’s Daisy Edgar-Jones reading Around the World in 72 Days by Nellie Bly, and The Crown’s Emma Corrin appearing in full 17th-century regalia as Frances...
...One bond market solution, argues Claire Jones of FT Alphaville, is that of the ECB explicitly targeting sovereign yield spreads....
...A bull whip packs a punch, as any Indiana Jones fan knows. Be ready when the London market opens, with Cat Rutter Pooley’s Opening Quote report....
...Though still early days, summer 2019 bookings indicate travellers were “shifting to Turkey, Tunisia and Egypt and away from the Canary Islands,” said Ivor Jones, analyst at Peel Hunt....
...Amounts wagered in its existing US operations grew by 25% in first half of 2018 and the company insists it is able to move quickly to capitalise on new opportunities,” said Russ Mould, investment director...
...“Management grip” was meant to be governor Russ Trent’s style. “He’s very command-and-control . . . and he likes to get stuff done,” said Crook....
...“The stock market is currently taking a relatively relaxed view of the fifth major US Government shutdown since 1990 for three reasons,” says Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell....
...The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied to fresh highs on Tuesday boosted in recent months by earnings gains on the back of a global economic recovery and weakening US dollar....
...Mark Newton-Jones, chief executive, said: “It was very clear that the customer was waiting for deep discounts.”...
...The S&P 500 shrunk 0.2 per cent to 2,139.43, the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged 0.2 per cent higher to 18,199.33 and the Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.6 per cent to 5,250.27....
...“They had a huge first half and rallied mostly because they have two characteristics people want especially during times of volatility,” said Russ Koesterich at BlackRock....
...For the US market at least, a poor January has resulted in a down year nearly three-quarters of the time since 1929, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices....
...“There was a bit of bottom fishing going on,” said Russ Koesterich at BlackRock....
...Founder, Farfetch Julian Ranger Founder and Executive Chairman, digi.me Julie Deane OBE Founder and CEO, The Cambridge Satchel Company Julien Hammerson Chief Executive Officer, Calastone Karen Jones...
...But the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq Composite managed to close the session with marginal gains....
...“These sectors are expensive and the valuation is rate sensitive,” says Russ Koesterich, global chief investment strategist at BlackRock....
...“Nasdaq is still predominantly tech, but it is not pure tech,” said Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices. “It has come back because it is a mixture.”...
...Technology companies are acutely exposed to the dollar’s strength, as the sector generates more of its revenues abroad than any other, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices....
...Shareholder returns reached more than $903bn in 2014, with $350bn in dividends and $553bn in buybacks, official data from S&P Dow Jones Indices show....
...“With the exception of the labour market data, most data has been consistently soft,” said Russ Koesterich, chief investment strategist at BlackRock....
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.84 per cent to 16,957.26....
...“You can start to see it in the fourth quarter just because it has been such an abrupt move,” said Russ Koesterich, chief investment strategist with BlackRock....
...The S&P 500 declined 1.6 per cent to 1,965.99 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.5 per cent to 16,945.80. eric.platt@ft.com Twitter: @ericgplatt...
...The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average, which had shallower losses in recent days, were up more modestly....
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