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...In the US, there will be a rise in preventable maternal deaths in those states implementing more restrictive regulations....
...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...
...number of new attractive retail markets in London and the wealthiest catchment areas in the United States....
...Forwarded US drops cyberbombs on Isis The United States has opened a new line of combat against the Islamic State, directing the military’s six-year-old Cyber Command for the first time to mount computer-network...
...But, in the event, he seems happy to spend more than two hours over lunch holding forth on the state of the world. His manner is both purposeful and wary....
...This does not mean the old Australian sartorial clichés of bikinis and board shorts but, for example, Collette Dinnigan’s feminine handcrafted lace dresses (from £810); Romance was Born, with their psychedelic...
...According to Moody’s, the issuance rebound has been particularly strong in North America, jumping from $2.1bn in the first half of 2012 to $21.7bn....
...President Giorgio Napolitano’s term ends in mid-May, and a new head of state will have to try to break the deadlock from the inconclusive February elections....
.../¥ 96.78 (98.40) £/$ 1.53 (1.53) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -1.10 at 99.53 Light Crude (Nymex) down -3.27 at 87.39 100 Oz Gold (Comex) down -13.90 at 1,347 Copper (Comex) down -4.70 at 329.00...
...(Financial Times) OVERNIGHT MARKETS: MOSTLY HIGHER Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -66.10 (-0.58%) at 11,333 Topix down -10.18 (-1.05%) at 956.59 Hang Seng up +79.69 (+0.35%) at 22,599 US markets S&P 500...
...100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,599 Copper (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 335.95 10-year government bond yields (%) US 1.73 UK 1.61 Germany 1.47 CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe...
...at 1,599...
...European markets Eurofirst 300 up +10.33 (+1.06%) at 982.01 FTSE100 up +67.23 (+1.25%) at 5,457 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 3,072 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 5,852 Currencies €/$ 1.31 (1.31) $/...
...The most significant political event of 2012 may not be the presidential election but the emergence of the United Metros of America and the potential for national renewal from the ground up....
...Gramercy Tavern 42 East 20th Street, New York Pear salad x2 $24.00 Pollock $24.00 Lamb $24.00 Glass of Felfiñanes wine x2 $24.00 Glass of Mas Martinet x 2 $49.00 Espresso $5.00 Cortado $5.00 Total...
...Harvest 44 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 French onion soup $12.00 Beetroot salad $12.00 Eggs Benedict $16.00 Chicken breast $18.00 Crème brûlée $10.00 Sparkling water x2 $9.90 Decaf cappuccino...
...“The V-shaped recovery in corporate profits seems to be at an end,” warned Barry Knapp, chief US equity strategist at Barclays Capital....
...China steps up condemnation of U.S. over Taiwan arms China stepped up its condemnation of the United States on Thursday for selling arms to Taiwan saying they could disrupt military exchanges, a warning...
...The MSCI Asia Pacific Index dropped 0.2% as of 12:41 pm in Tokyo. S&P500 Index futures advanced 0.1%. The Dollar Index slid 0.1%....
...China has been Brazil’s biggest trading partner since 2009, a position previously held by the United States....
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...BP shares rose 9.4 per cent in London, closing in London at 398.02p, 34.47 per cent above the 52-week low of 296.00 set on June 25....
...(1.18%) at 9,599.75 Nasdaq up 20.04 (0.98%) at 2,068.15 European markets (Mon) Eurofirst 300 up 7.65 (0.79%) at 971.21 FTSE100 up 35.63 (0.71%) at 5,024.33 Currencies 04:05 BST €/$ 1.4697 (1.46333)...
...The United States, where some of Wall Street’s biggest financial names have collapsed in recent weeks, rated only 40, just behind Germany at 39, and smaller states such as Barbados, Estonia and even Namibia...
...ICICI’s managing director, K V Kamath, called the rumours “baseless and malicious”....
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