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...We should also note this guy, who’s doing his thing: A reminder that Donald Trump, who despite everything remains The Actual President of the United States, tweeted on April 2 that a deal to end the oil...
...United States and other countries in the Americas....
...per cent to $47.49 a barrel, while a barrel of Brent, the international benchmark, was up 0.5 per cent at $52.68....
...This forecast came as it reported a 41 per cent year on year increase in revenues in the six months to July 29, to £1.4bn, and like-for-like store sales growth of approximately 3 per cent plus “significant...
...All regions, except the United Kingdom, Latin America and Central & Eastern Europe showed lower revenue than the prior year and all sectors were down, with advertising & media investment management and data...
...— FT Alphaville *The world’s biggest oil producer is the United States. China is the fifth-biggest. Similarly, America is the biggest producer of natural gas, while China is in sixth place....
...US 10-year Treasury yields, which in early July hit a record low of 1.32 per cent, and which at one point on Friday touched a multi-week peak of 1.68 per cent, are a fraction of 1 basis point firmer at 1.68...
...Markets at 0809 BST Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +598.49 (+3.68%) at 16,874 Topix up +42.88 (+3.25%) at 1,363 Hang Seng up +190.67 (+0.90%) at 21,352 US markets S&P 500 up +13.61 (+0.65%) at 2,094 DJIA...
...To take a recent example, ticket sales for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice dropped by an astonishing 68.4 per cent on its second weekend, as comic-book fans returned to their dens....
...It is not immediately obvious that there will be closer economic ties with the United States, although Trump may well aim for that....
...Diageo and United Utilities have both released trading updates. The drinks group warns that currencies will reduce operating profits in the current financial year by £150m....
...The UK’s competition watchdog has decided the deal, for an enterprise value of £55m, “may not be expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition” and customers would not face any reduction in...
...(Bloomberg) In the news Baltimore riots The US state of Maryland declared a state of emergency and deployed national guard troops as rioters clashed with police in the city of Baltimore....
...A speech in Rhode Island by Janet Yellen, chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, at 6pm London time, will draw on more up-to-date data on the state of the US economy than Fed minutes earlier this week....
...The Russian president has rarely been out of the spotlight in his 15 years in power so his absence has unleashed a wealth of rumours....
...Theorising about Alex Tsipras’s state of mind is now the common pursuit for economic journalists. They don’t really know what he thinks, though, and neither, it would appear, does he....
...Regulations that prohibit money market funds from “breaking the buck”, i.e., returning less than invested, as is the case in the United States, can be changed if needed (not that we expect the US to move...
...S&P 500 up +0.57 (+0.03%) at 1,979 DJIA down -70.48 (-0.42%) at 16,912 Nasdaq down -2.21 (-0.05%) at 4,442 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +3.79 (+0.28%) at 1,373 FTSE100 up +19.68 (+0.29%) at 6,808...
...Other companies involved in the mooted chat function include JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, HSBC and Bank of America, these people said....
...(-0.50%) at 6,839 CAC 40 down -39.89 (-0.87%) at 4,555 Dax down -78.99 (-0.79%) at 9,950 Currencies €/$ 1.35 (1.35) $/¥ 102.07 (102.06) £/$ 1.68 (1.68) €/£ 0.8062 (0.806) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (...
...(Financial Times) “Talks to reach the first settlement in the currency-rigging probe are accelerating, with Britain’s markets regulator preparing to reach a deal with a group of banks this year, people...
...) at 6,738 CAC 40 down -52.94 (-1.21%) at 4,316 Dax down -105.39 (-1.07%) at 9,754 Currencies €/$ 1.35 (1.35) $/¥ 101.30 (101.15) £/$ 1.71 (1.71) €/£ 0.7913 (0.7909) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up...
...The government announced on Sunday night it had agreed terms with the French conglomerate Bouygues for its purchase of a 20 per cent state stake in Alstom, worth about €1.7bn at prevailing market prices....
...300 down -12.61 (-0.96%) at 1,307 FTSE100 down -42.15 (-0.64%) at 6,542 CAC 40 down -39.21 (-0.89%) at 4,345 Dax down -165.46 (-1.77%) at 9,174 Currencies €/$ 1.38 (1.38) $/¥ 102.19 (101.88) £/$ 1.67 (...
...of global warming (Financial Times) The Fed needs to return to monetary rules (WSJ, Taylor) OVERNIGHT MARKETS Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -261.12 (-1.71%) at 15,047 Topix down -15.68 (-1.24%) at 1,248...
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