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...(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...
...summarise China’s current position from a purely economic standpoint: And an extra large chart covering RMB promotion from Xi et al from Deutsche for those who can be bothered clicking: The more important...
...(FT) Protests and deaths on anniversary of Egypt uprising At least17 people were killed yesterday in the bloodiest protests since Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was elected, as security forces fired at protesters...
...RETURN TO NORMAL From KRTBN, (April 16, 2001): Beenz.com, a New York company, spent $40,000 for a party in San Francisco. (Remember? The parties had to be here to maximize the buzz....
...the U.S. and global economies… Bulls are hoping to see evidence of an economic rebound in the United States in this week’s busy calendar of data that includes the June payrolls report on Thursday, a day...
...(Reuters) Help to Buy scheme sparks £1.3bn in house sales: Nearly 7,000 new-build homes have been reserved through the scheme since its launch in April....
...(Bloomberg) Private investors have flocked to buy shares in Royal Mail, with 700,000 individual applications leaving the retail offer seven times subscribed in an echo of the privatisation frenzies of the...
...“The deal valuing the portfolio at about $2.7bn will give Blackstone a majority stake in apartment complexes with roughly 30,000 units in the southern United States, according to people familiar with the...
...(Financial Times) Google eyewear to be ‘made in USA’: “Google will manufacture Project Glass, its futuristic digital eyewear, in Silicon Valley, in a high-profile example of the return of electronics manufacturing...
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...his 33-year rule before leaving Yemen for the United States on Sunday, paving the way for a transfer of power after a year of unrest, Reuters reports. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/22/us-yemen-idUSTRE80L0AS20120122...
...http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/23/us-iran-usa-carrier-idUSTRE80L0YH20120123 Croatians set to back EU membership Croatians voted on Sunday in a referendum on joining the European Union, with opinion...
...The number of people in work fell by 14,000 to 13.1m....
...The overall losses in Europe follow heavy falls in Asia. Exporters in Tokyo were lower as the relative safe-haven appeal of the yen boosted the currency against the dollar....
...As a former investment banker, Augar tells the story of the disaster in the financial markets. What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...In other words, the USO held sway over the market, i.e. these funds (USO, S&P GSCI et al) are artificially skewing the front of the NYMEX curve; putting downward pressure as they sell a massive percentage...
...And in India, there is more demand for more money, because of the increase in cost of living there,” says K.V....
...sum of $300,000....
...a boxed set of 40,000-word volumes....
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