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...A study from BNP Paribas of 238 hedge fund investors showed that hedge funds that charge traditional management fees delivered returns of 7.88 per cent after those fees were taken into account....
...About 88 per cent of BP’s shareholders last year approved the targets set as part of its net zero ambition....
...Its group combined ratio — a key measure of underwriting profit that shows claims and costs as a proportion of premiums — improved by 8 percentage points to 88.7 per cent....
...That’s an important signal to the rest of Europe . . . that the funding is needed.”...
...Market participants will scan the company’s upcoming earnings for signals about how lasting the financial impact of such disruptions has been....
...The announcement signals an end to a cost-cutting campaign that started in 2022. The company’s Tuesday closing price was 88 per cent below its October 2021 high....
...A return to the PLO would signal an ongoing role for Hamas in any negotiations for a broader peace. The US and Israel have rejected this outright....
...Its closing price on Tuesday was more than 88 per cent below its October 2021 high....
...Over the same timeframe, the spread on the European junk bond index has narrowed by 0.88 percentage points to 3.94 percentage points....
...Out of Balenciaga’s 88-look Summer 2024 collection, almost half featured a hoodie. But what’s the modern way to wear the off-duty garment? Less sporty, more chic....
...On the streets of Europe today, bikes painted white usually signal tragic news, indicating a cyclist has been killed....
...Bailey’s comments — and similar signals from two other MPC members about pausing interest rate rises — mean the nine-strong committee is delicately poised....
...Brent crude, the international benchmark, settled 1.6 per cent higher to $92.06 per barrel on Tuesday and US marker West Texas Intermediate added 1.8 per cent to $88.84....
...Greek bonds rose, with the yield on 10-year debt falling 0.14 percentage points to 3.88 per cent, its lowest level since early December. Stocks in Europe struggled for direction....
...He also sent a signal to the corporate elite that it was open season on unions. Then trade deals sent a lot of union jobs overseas....
...The yield on the 10-year note rose about 0.08 percentage points to 4 per cent, while the return on the two-year note rose 0.09 percentage points to 4.88 per cent, building on a 16-year high reached on Tuesday...
...The first show will be of new work by 88-year old textile artist Sheila Hicks. This will be followed by an exhibition of late American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe....
...We had two suicide bombings take place and 88 people were killed and scores injured....
...Van Gogh, studying Monet’s sinuous comma strokes and liberated colour in 1886-88, would assimilate them into his own emotive landscapes to become the father of Expressionism, proving Fénéon wrong....
...Shares in Amgen fell by slightly more than 1 per cent to $274.88 after the news while Horizon shares surged 15 per cent to $111.94....
...But US stocks pushed higher on Wednesday, despite hawkish signals from Federal Reserve policy makers....
...The coup de grâce: a fly-by-night rental office in the basement of a Nice hotel that flew by night, stranding me and my 88-year-old father at 11pm....
...In commodities, oil benchmark Brent crude settled up 4.4 per cent at $88.86 a barrel, helped by news that the international producers’ alliance Opec+ was planning a substantial cut in output....
...The benchmark 10-year US yield fell 0.02 percentage points to 2.88 per cent....
...“Looking ahead, higher rates and tighter bank lending conditions signal that loan flows are set to slow sharply.”...
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