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...The day before, Sputnik V, a Russian vaccine made by the Gamaleya Institute, showed 92 per cent efficacy against symptomatic Covid, according to preliminary data published in the Lancet....
...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....
...Paul Volcker, the Federal Reserve board chairman who vanquished the scourge of inflation that ravaged America’s prestige and power in the 1970s and early 1980s, has died at the age of 92....
...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...
...“This is part of a much broader culture war in the United States over these social issues....
...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...
...Turkey’s stock market took a cue from the tumbling currency, with the benchmark BIST 100 index down about 1.6 per cent at the open of trade in Istanbul....
...Mike Pompeo, US secretary of state, said this week: “I am very hopeful that before too long Pastor Brunson . . . will be able to return to the United States.”...
...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...
...United Technology shares rose 0.92 per cent in pre-market trading in New York. Image source: Bloomberg...
...But reaction to news of a delay to a vote on the measures in the Senate remains sanguine, and the index tracking the world’s currency is down 0.2 per cent at 92.852....
...Speaking after taking the oath of office the state palace in Kuala Lumpur, Mr Mahathir pledged to boost the economy, stabilise the currency, cut the nation’s debt and return billions of dollars plundered...
...The greenback lifted 0.6 per cent at 92.46 in late trade in New York, its highest point since September 5....
...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....
...The dollar index, a measure of the greenback against six peers, was down 0.3 per cent at 92.486, its lowest level since May 3, 2016....
...The dollar index was still mired at 92.48, its lowest point since May 2016 against a basket of currencies, failing to regain momentum after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen’s Jackson Hole speech yielded...
...deadly flooding in the US port and oil refining centre of Houston, Texas after Tropical Storm Harvey drenched the state’s coastline....
...The yen was 0.3 per cent firmer at ¥108.92, an eight-week high against the dollar on the currency’s renewed haven status....
...The wider dollar index, which measures the buck against a basket of peers fell 0.5 per cent to 92.80....
...The dollar index is at 92.943, fractionally above the previous session’s nadir, which took it back to levels last seen in May 2016....
...The dollar index tracking the greenback against a basket of peers was off just 0.2 per cent at 92.657....
...The dollar index, which tracks the currency against a basket of peers, was up 0.1 per cent 92.361 after a drop of 0.4 per cent overnight on dovish comments from US Federal Reserve officials....
...Ashtead is now almost a wholly North American business, with its C$275m (£172m) acquisition of Canadian equipment rental business CRS in August adding to the 92 per cent of operating profit it already generated...
...Some of the best individual gains in Europe are being made by Apple’s suppliers. Shares in Dialog Semiconductors are up 5.6 per cent, and ST Micro is up 1.7 per cent....
...However, it also achieved a 17 per cent increase in rental revenue with currency effects stripped out....
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