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...Thomas Pugh: Inflation is now on its way down after peaking at 11.1 per cent in October....
...In this edition of Scoreboard, we explain how Disney’s digital struggles spell trouble for the global sports business model, question whether a new cricket league will really take off in the United States...
...(0.00%) at 5,494 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 13,184 Currencies €/$ 1.22 (1.22) $/¥ 111.28 (111.28) £/$ 1.38 (1.38) €/£ 0.8825 (0.8811) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.11 at 69.27 Light Crude...
...In the 14 weeks to December 3, it said retail revenue was up 11.6 per cent to £374m, average orders per week were 11.1 per cent higher at 280,000, and average order size was largely flat at £106....
...The economic calendar is as follows (all London times). 08.00: European Central Bank’s Peter Praet speaks in Frankfurt 11.00: UK CBI business optimism The markets at 07:43 Asian markets Nikkei 225 up...
...Beyond the Square Mile Asia Pacific equities were gaining as an apparent easing in the war of words between the United States and North Korea saw investors step away from havens....
...Here is today’s economic calendar (London times): 08.30: Swiss trade and retail sales 09.00: EC M3 Money supply 09.00: Italian industrial sales 09.00: Riksbank’s Ingves, Jansson speaking 11.00: CBI retail...
...(0.00%) at 5,071 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +29.31 (+2.08%) at 1,441 FTSE100 up +129.76 (+2.16%) at 6,148 CAC 40 up +99.31 (+2.15%) at 4,724 Dax up +220.53 (+2.11%) at 10,690 Currencies €/$ 1.09...
...Nonetheless, state oil company Petronas last month announced it would lay off about 1,000 employees and cut capital expenditure another 15 per cent this year....
...0.00 (0.00%) at 10,230 Currencies €/$ 1.14 (1.14) $/¥ 119.73 (120.03) £/$ 1.56 (1.56) €/£ 0.7311 (0.7332) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.23 at 48.85 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.50 at 46.40...
...(-0.47%) at 5,083 Dax down -84.13 (-0.72%) at 11,521 Currencies €/$ 1.09 (1.09) $/¥ 124.00 (124.06) £/$ 1.56 (1.56) €/£ 0.7003 (0.7002) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.02 at 56.11 Light Crude...
...(As of Tuesday, a deal agreed but not ratified by individual countries) A) Japan B) Mexico C) The United States D) Australia E) China 11....
...(USA Today) Red scare The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has labelled China “the most dominant threat” to US companies....
...(0.00%) at 5,013 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +23.73 (+1.57%) at 1,534 FTSE100 up +87.61 (+1.34%) at 6,609 CAC 40 up +11.47 (+0.23%) at 4,895 Dax up +9.20 (+0.08%) at 11,190 Currencies €/$ 1.11 (...
...Friday 20:00 GMT....
...(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....
...2.24%) at 12,168 Currencies €/$ 1.06 (1.06) $/¥ 121.36 (121.32) £/$ 1.48 (1.48) €/£ 0.7123 (0.7124) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.06 at 54.00 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.22 at 43.66 100 Oz Gold...
...(FT) Markets Data 05:11 GMT Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -27.00 (-0.14%) at 18,800 Topix up +1.33 (+0.09%) at 1,526 Hang Seng up +4.81 (+0.02%) at 24,892 US markets S&P 500 up +12.89 (+0.61%) at 2,117...
...Just because, you know, not everyone was around during Dotcom bubble V.1. Beenz.com TAKEOFF From a trade rag called Revolution, (June 9, 1998): “Don’t say loyalty, say currency,” says Letts....
...The result pushed the euro to an 11-year low....
...Rebounding UK growth has pushed the pound up about 11 per cent against the dollar and 7 per cent against the euro in the past year, the strongest performance of any of the major developed country currencies...
...Egypt also invited Israel and the Palestinians to attend high-level talks in Cairo aimed at securing a longer-term deal to end a war that has claimed nearly 2,000 lives....
...In 2002, a jury in Los Angeles landed Philip Morris USA with a $28bn fine in a similar case in 2002. This was later reduced to $28m on appeal....
...Eurofirst 300 up +4.49 (+0.33%) at 1,374 FTSE100 up +13.95 (+0.20%) at 6,820 CAC 40 up +15.00 (+0.34%) at 4,381 Dax up +7.61 (+0.08%) at 9,470 Currencies €/$ 1.31 (1.31) $/¥ 104.15 (104.05) £/$ 1.66 (1.66...
...US secretary of state John Kerry and Ban Ki-Moon, secretary-general of the UN, said in a statement that an “unconditional humanitarian ceasefire” had been agreed by all parties and would begin at 8am local...
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