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...“I remember the day that Nick showed up in a U-Haul truck,” Coogan told me. Nicholas didn’t want to discuss what had happened....
...Stephen King: 1973-74 or 1979-80....
...[W]e believe that Aston Martin is taking logical steps to put the business back on track....
...If you want, the narrative could be the gradual easing lockdown restrictions: France and Spain are presenting plans tomorrow, while Britain presented no plan this morning....
...(I say that as someone aged 74, and overweight.)...
...It took oil prices of over $140 a barrel to persuade President George W....
...“No matter how much I accomplish during the ridiculous standard of the first 100 days, & it has been a lot (including S.C.), media will kill!”...
...The chart below comes from one such paper, by W....
...Shares in Japanese exporters reacted negatively, as a higher domestic currency erodes the value of their local currency earnings....
...people familiar with the plans....
...Treasury to introduce floating-rate notes: “The U.S. government on Wednesday set plans to sell a new type of debt that pays more interest as market rates rise, marking its first new product since the introduction...
...The price of copper traded in New York jumped as much as 6 cents per pound to $3.07 following the 8.2 magnitude earthquake, which struck at 9pm local time....
...(Financial Times) NYSE and Nasdaq plan to back up one another’s data streams: “The collaboration would strengthen one of the stock market’s common points of failure....
...(Bloomberg) “Pfizer Inc, the Indian unit of U.S. drug maker Pfizer Inc, is to take over local affiliate Wyeth Ltd, they said on Saturday after their boards approved the deal....
...(Financial Times) “Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services escalated its legal battle with the U.S....
...missiles, South Korean markets roiled North Korea has placed two of its intermediate range missiles on mobile launchers and hidden them on the east coast of the country in a move that could threaten Japan or U.S...
...P 500 up +0.81% at 1,440 Bovespa up +0.74% at 59,602 Asia Nikkei 225 up +0.89% at 8,654 Topix up +0.66% at 727.74 Hang Seng down -0.09% at 21,130 Shanghai Composite up +0.08% at 2,100 MSCI Asia ex-Japan...
...Ben Bernanke, the chair- man of the U.S....
...P 500 up +0.81% at 1,440 Bovespa up +0.74% at 59,602 Asia Nikkei 225 up +1.44% at 8,701 Topix up +1.30% at 732.40 Hang Seng up +0.28% at 21,207 Shanghai Composite up +0.01% at 2,099 MSCI Asia ex-Japan up...
...Emerging Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index down -0.12% at 906.58 Americas DJIA up +0.32% at 11,542 S&P 500 up +0.46% at 1,215 Bovespa down -1.74% at 54,010 Asia Nikkei 225 down -0.26% at 8,660 Topix down...
...with knowledge of the matter, boosting competition for local insurers dominating the market, Bloomberg reports....
...Your move, Moody’s and S&P. Related link: What *will* you do, S&P? – FT Alphaville...
...Investec to buy Evolution in deal valuing U.K. stockbroker at $372m Investec, the private bank and wealth manager with operations in the U.K. and South Africa, agreed to buy Evolution Groupin a transaction...
...-0.90% at 11,139 S&P 500 down -0.74% at 1,165 Bovespa up +2.93% at 56,607 Asia Nikkei 225 up +2.01% at 8,763 Topix up +1.68% at 753.63 Hang Seng up +1.71% at 20,048 Shanghai Composite up +1.84% at 2,516...
...Follow through, and S&P risks a political backlash. Back down, and it risks looking weak. 8. Presidents Kennedy through George W. Bush....
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