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...A recent Morning Consult poll found that 54 per cent of US adults support the strike, compared with 51 per cent before it started....
...FirstGroup’s share price ran up 16 per cent on Thursday after it posted a 51 per cent increase in adjusted earnings to £161mn....
...The Successor paints Lachlan, 51, as a fiercely protective son and competitive brother, an ambivalent heir who is now, finally, in charge....
...“More than half of firms (51 per cent) now view acquiring and retaining talent as a high risk to future profitability.”...
...Several dozen are still operating under temporary status, while 51 companies have withdrawn their applications, in many cases after the regulator signalled it was unlikely to give them the nod....
...The 51-year-old musician and entrepreneur announced on Monday that he had sold half of his champagne company to Moët Hennessy for an undisclosed price....
...Wagers on the Preakness alone fell by half to just $51.2m. Stewards of the sport have very little time to waste....
...Mr Dunkerton won his seat with 51.15 per cent support. Peter Williams, a veteran retail executive, was elected to the board by the same margin....
...Further reading From the FT Peter Sutherland, the Irishman who oversaw the conclusion of the Uruguay Round and became the first director-general of the World Trade Organization, has died Martin Wolf argues...
...Were Republicans to lose that once-safe seat in the Senate in a December 12 election they could see their majority in the chamber fall to 51-49, meaning they could afford to lose only one vote to pass tax...
...In a letter to Mr Ross last week, 51 members of Congress warned that imposing tariffs on Mexican sugar would only hurt US food companies, which complain they already pay an inflated price....
...whatever Mrs May’s global ambitions Last November, UK exports to fellow EU countries accounted for 48 per cent of total exports and, in the 18 months before that, the figure ranged from 38 per cent to 51...
...So far the aircraft has attracted just 51 orders. “It is fair to say we haven’t sold a 319 for the past three to four years....
...Euan Sutherland, chief executive, said: “The Group is globally diversified and financially strong and we remain confident in our strategy to further embed Superdry’s position as a global lifestyle brand...
...Gold was flat at $1,219.51 an ounce....
...It also put her in front 51 per cent to 41 per cent on taxes and 54 per cent to 40 per cent on international trade agreements, which Mr Trump has promised to rip up....
...SuperGroup shares rose almost 2 per cent on Thursday morning to £17.51....
...In contrast 51 per cent of black Americans thought the president had made progress towards improving relations and just five per cent thought he had made things worse....
...Importantly, 51 per cent expressed outright disapproval for the Republican’s response....
...A CBS News poll taken earlier this month found almost two-thirds of voters thought the US was heading in the wrong direction and 51 per cent considered the economy to be in “bad” condition....
...Joel Benenson, Hillary Clinton’s chief strategist, tweeted last week after the network released a poll showing Mr Sanders leading the former secretary of state 51-43 in Iowa....
...(FT) Olympics overspend Brazil’s Olympic Games are running 51 per cent over budget with an expected cost blowout of $1.6bn, even as the country is sinking under its second year of recession, a study from...
...In January, the World Bank slashed its 2016 forecast for crude prices to an average of $37 a barrel, down from $51 a barrel in October....
...Over three years from October, Greece’s total financing needs amounted to €51.9bn, of which €36bn would have to come from its European creditors....
...The politically sensitive goods and services deficit rose to $51.4bn in March, up 41 per cent from the $35.9bn recorded in February....
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