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...In the US, there will be a rise in preventable maternal deaths in those states implementing more restrictive regulations....
...“When you look at our compliance rating, it’s on a par with and in some instances actually surpasses those of the United Kingdom or the United States.”...
...Leslie Hook in London 42....
...US sanctions and years of mismanagement at Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA had already contributed to a steep fall in output, but the latest price collapse has made it virtually impossible for Caracas...
...As export growth in USD terms declined to -13.3% y-o-y in Q1 2020 from 0.5% in 2019, the year-on-year change in the prices of US imports from China recorded by US Customs was -1.5% in January-February 2020...
...Canada has agreed to join a US deal with Mexico to revamp the pact, ending months of uncertainty over trade in North America that had been hanging over the economies of all three countries...
...Lex United Continental: Flyover country “Understanding Middle America has always been a route to political success in the US....
...The New York investment bank said that although the hurricanes that have slammed into America will “likely weigh on some upcoming data … the US economy otherwise looks in good shape.”...
...number of new attractive retail markets in London and the wealthiest catchment areas in the United States....
...Michael Kors, meanwhile, took a hit after weak sales in the US and Europe....
...To the extent you manipulate a currency that advantages the United States, it’s not currency manipulation. This is a defined term....
...In commodities, US crude oil climbed by 42 cents to $44.90 a barrel, while Brent advanced by 59 cents to $46.48 a barrel....
...Intuitively this is explained by the fact that the UK is likely to [have experienced] GDP growth of just 1.5 per cent in 2017 and yet unemployment has fallen to a 42-year low of 4.3 per cent from 4.8 per...
...The US dollar fell by 0.3 per cent against a basket of six major global currencies....
...growth and the world economy is still very much in a state of subdued inflation pressure....
...The dollar index, a measure of the US currency against a basket of global peers, was flat at 95.88....
...West Texas Intermediate, the US crude marker slid 5.3 per cent to $46.42 a barrel, on track for its biggest one-day decline since February....
...Organic operating profits of £2.9bn rose 3.5 per cent in the year to the end of June, a sharp improvement on the 0.7 per cent recorded in 2015, after a strong second half in North America and higher demand...
...Early gains today had been whittled back, leaving Brent crude, the international benchmark, down 0.4 per cent at $42.74 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate, the US marker, edged 0.3 per cent lower to...
...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...
...It is not immediately obvious that there will be closer economic ties with the United States, although Trump may well aim for that....
...far higher than the rate in the United States, which has a variety of implications.)...
...The dollar index, a measure of the US currency against a basket of peers, was up 1.2 per cent, and just 1.3 per cent short of a 12-year high struck in May....
...Earnings have been supported by increases in minimum wages in 14 states that kicked in at the beginning of 2016, affecting more than 4.6m people....
...United Utilities has also been in crisis-management mode, dealing with suspected water contamination in the North West....
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