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...He didn't really want to be extradited to the United States, but I think after a short period in jail in the Bahamas that idea became a little bit more appealing to him. He was flown to the US....
...United became the first big US airline to warn of the effect of Omicron on passenger numbers....
...After all, the United States has about 66 per cent, I believe, of the world’s liquidity, and our capital markets are, roughly speaking, the size of the rest of the worlds combined....
...Read more The coronavirus risks the return of currency wars: but US monetary easing should be done with Japan and the eurozone and not to them, argues Robin Harding in the FT....
...Days before, the 66-year-old — often described as a “financier” — texted contacts to say he would soon be in New York to meet up....
...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...
...West Texas Intermediate crude rose 0.8 per cent to $56.14 a barrel, heading for its first rise in 13 sessions. Brent crude, the international marker, increased 1 per cent to $66.12 a barrel....
...the deadly wildfires that have killed at least 48 people in the state....
...In currency markets, the dollar index, a measure of the greenback against a basket of currencies, fell 0.1 per cent....
...Canada has agreed to join a US deal with Mexico to revamp the pact, ending months of uncertainty over trade in North America that had been hanging over the economies of all three countries...
...Its private armies were larger than those of almost all nation-states and its power encircled the globe; indeed, its shares were a kind of global reserve currency....
...Forex and fixed income China’s currency enjoyed its best week against the dollar in more than a decade....
...Bond yields move in the opposite direction of prices....
...The new trilateral pact is to be called the United States Mexico Canada Agreement, they said....
...The new pact — called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement — was agreed just hours before a deadline for the US and Mexico to send the text of the deal to Congress....
...There's evidence of the Alphaville team in several places today -- not just here on the blog, but also in the Palace of Westminster where Izabella Kaminska will give evidence on digital currencies to the...
...(0.00%) at 5,317 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 12,861 Currencies €/$ 1.18 (1.19) $/¥ 113.01 (112.10) £/$ 1.34 (1.35) €/£ 0.8818 (0.8818) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.30 at 63.43 Light Crude...
...The economic calendar for Friday has a bit of holiday spirit about it (all times London): 7.00: Turkey consumer price index9.30: UK Markit-CIPS construction purchasing managers’ index10.00: eurozone producer...
...(-0.30%) at 1,538 FTSE100 down -3.90 (-0.05%) at 7,497 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 5,399 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 13,126 Currencies €/$ 1.18 (1.18) $/¥ 112.75 (112.53) £/$ 1.34 (1.34) €/£ 0.8804...
...In particular, it achieved growth in sales of holidays to Thailand, Cape Verde, Cyprus and North Africa. Analysts have been forecasting 12 per cent constant-currency growth in earnings for the year....
...4 basis points to 2.66 per cent, its highest level since July 2014....
...Miami is the leading city for gold imports to the US, much of which originate in Latin America....
...growth10.00: Italy industrial production11.00: UK CBI distributive trades...
...€/$ 1.19 (1.19) $/¥ 108.77 (108.80) £/$ 1.30 (1.30) €/£ 0.9144 (0.9138) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.16 at 53.22 Light Crude (Nymex) unchanged 0.00 at 48.66 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +1.10 at...
...The index recorded its longest losing streak in 14 years after ending August in negative territory — its sixth straight month of declines. The Japanese yen was flat against the greenback at ¥110.00....
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