Hints and tips:
...A former S&C partner, Ryne Miller, was FTX US’s general counsel....
...One of 2024’s most ambitious docs is Yance Ford’s Power, part of a robust Premieres section....
...In a way, the independent advisers remind me of Tommy Lee Jones’ US Deputy Marshal Sam Gerard in 1993’s The Fugitive....
...In a presentation titled “Restore the Magic”, he points out shareholder returns over the past decade are not even half of those of the S&P 500....
...of earnings reports and estimates carried out by S&P Global Commodity Insights for the Financial Times....
...France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain by Julian Jackson (Allen Lane) Marshal Pétain’s trial in 1945 — in which he was convicted for treason — becomes a lens through which to consider 20th-century French...
...McGreevy leaves us guessing....
...“I had US marshals at my house,” he said. “I’ve had calls from the FBI and the local police, and none of these law enforcement officials believed that Nicholas was dead....
...“The presidential election is a significant hurdle, none of the options before us are ideal,” one Italian official said....
...He pledged to “marshal a historic investment” that would transform the US power sector and spark a transition away from fossil fuels....
...But strategists at Italian bank UniCredit warned that Mr Draghi might be unable to marshal support for a unity government in the country’s parliament....
...Increased rates of Covid-19 infection from mid-October onwards, particularly in the US and Europe, meant more procedures were postponed following the reintroduction of restrictions, S&N said....
...Pre-pandemic, business and group travel made up just over half of the company’s revenues and, although predictions vary wildly, few expect that it will return to 2019’s levels....
...The yield on the 10-year US Treasury, which moves inversely to its price, rose 0.039 percentage points to 0.685 per cent....
...Gold for December delivery settled 0.3 per cent higher to $2,039 a troy ounce....
...Polymath 1049: Mary Whittaker, Leicester, England Crossword 16,326: Simon Dare, Surrey, UK; Max Stewart, Australia; David Brown, Massachusetts, US Polymath 1,048: Craig Shadbolt, New Jersey, US Crossword...
...The benchmark S&P 500 closed 0.6 per cent higher at 3,039.4, taking it past its previous peak of 3,025.9 on July 26 and notching an intraday record of 3,044.1 in the process....
...The S&P 500 jumped to a record high as investor optimism over trade and interest rate cuts continued to bolster US stocks....
...P 500’s march to a new record high this week....
...The Nasdaq Composite delivered a similar performance to set a high of 8,030.039, up 0.2 per cent. The dollar index is 0.1 per cent weaker and down at levels last seen in early August....
...“Up until 2013, 2014, we did need to explain what an ETF was,” says Marshal McReal, principal at Garde Capital in Seattle....
...The town’s marshal works out of a trailer next to the Tiny Bubbles Launderette, opposite the Politically Incorrect Gas Station (Pigs)....
...Elsewhere, the yield on the US 10-year Treasury, which moves inversely to price, rose 4 basis points (0.039 percentage points) to 2.10 per cent....
...Indeed, her remarks sent US Treasuries rallying. The yield on the US 10-year, which moves inversely to price, fell 0.039 percentage point to 2.321 per cent....
...Then came James Mackintosh, who wrote 1,039 Short Views (I had thought he was further ahead of me than that)....
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