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...Theresa May got to Washington very early after Trump’s inauguration. Did we all feel good about that?...
...Efficiency reviews of Whitehall have been a staple of successive British governments over the past two decades....
...The S&P 500 chalked up a four day winning streak by the slimmest of margins — by just by five-hundredths of a point — as gains in tech were offset by a drop in telecoms and consumer staples....
...The defensive sectors - utilities, telecommunications and consumer staples - were the only segments in the red, according ot Refinitiv. Government bonds were weaker, with yields higher....
...You can tell it has been a bad year for British politics when Vladimir Putin is delivering lectures to Theresa May on democracy....
...The advances helped offset declines of about 0.5 per cent for consumer staples and 0.4 per cent for communication services....
...Meanwhile consumer staples were at the bottom of the barrel with a 0.7 per cent decline....
...Technology and consumer discretionary stocks were laggards in the S&P 500, closely mirroring a weak day for the Europe-wide Stoxx 600 where consumer staples, tech and industrials were the weakest groups....
...There are more defensive sectors: consumer staples, telecoms, utilities and healthcare tend to fall by less than the cyclical sectors such as industrials, materials and consumer discretionary....
...Investors are also keeping close tabs on Brexit negotiations with a crucial vote on Theresa May’s withdrawal deal with the EU planned for next Tuesday....
...Tepid inflation data, along with growing odds that UK prime minister Theresa May could survive a challenge to her leadership, also further bolstered risk appetites....
...It felt like every time UK prime minister Theresa May made a decision, it prompted a ministerial resignation. And the political chaos affected markets....
...Basic materials and consumer staples, each down about 1.3 per cent, and industrials, down 1.2 per cent, were the worst-performing groups....
...The S&P 500 rose 0.3 per cent, as gains for healthcare, consumer staples and utilities helped outweigh pressure on industrials, energy and materials shares....
...Referring to Brexit, Mr Putin appeared to suggest Britain’s democracy would be in danger if Prime Minister Theresa May oversaw a second referendum....
...Such meetings have been a staple of relations between Paris and Berlin ever since the Élysée Treaty in 1963 pledged the two powers to partnership rather than rivalry....
...If that happens, prime minister Theresa May’s government should be ready to do much more to woo Unilever for the long term....
...But in January, when Mr Abe visited London, Prime Minister Theresa May did not raise the issue....
...Along with other traditional British staples — such as scones, muffins and chicken tikka masala — the sandwiches have proved highly popular with French consumers, who consume a million each year....
...Wearing the financier’s staple of a suit and shirt, Mr Griffiths looks vaguely out of place in a building that is home to scientists and academics....
...Donations of high yielding pest-resistant seeds for staple crops have helped rebuild the Nigerian state of Borno, which was the epicentre for terrorist attacks by Boko Haram, the militant Islamist group....
...(FT) Brexit pressure UK prime minister Theresa May had hoped an outline agreement on the Brexit withdrawal treaty could be put to the full cabinet on Tuesday, ahead of the EU summit....
...(FT) Chequers mate Theresa May will today attempt to persuade her cabinet to sign up to a new “soft Brexit” strategy....
...She said afterwards that Theresa May had been a dormant character at the Home Office because she said so little....
...The euro is up 0.5 per cent at $1.2326 and sterling has surrendered early gains to stand flat at $1.378 after UK prime minister Theresa May outlined her Brexit proposals on a trading relationship with the...
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