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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....
...The pain of higher oil prices has been compounded by the stronger dollar for many countries, which must buy their oil in the US currency....
...Portraits of Chávez adorn the walls of government buildings, and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela remains firmly in control, having recently retaken congress from the fragmented opposition....
...As Richard Masters, chief executive of the English Premier League, quipped this week, at least England is “confident” of a winner in this one after Manchester United’s underwhelming penalty shootout loss...
...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....
...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...
...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...
...Forex and fixed income China’s currency enjoyed its best week against the dollar in more than a decade....
...Mr Thomas says the scale of investment into the UK sector is far from matching the sums being poured into cannabis production in North America....
...The new trilateral pact is to be called the United States Mexico Canada Agreement, they said....
...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...
...The index tracking the world’s reserve currency is down 0.2 per cent on the session at 93.556. The euro is up 0.2 per cent at $1.1808 and the pound is flat at $1.3381....
...The index tracking the world’s reserve currency is down 0.3 per cent to 93.643, taking it back toward the intraday low of 93.402 it touched earlier this week, which was its weakest reading since October...
...The dollar index, tracking the greenback against a basket of peers, was up 0.2 per cent at 93.097 in morning trading....
...at 93.568....
...(0.00%) at 5,317 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 12,861 Currencies €/$ 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 index tracking it against a basket of six peers is flat at 93.667....
...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...
...The index tracking the world’s reserve currency is further above its September lows after the Senate passed a bill to cut corporate taxes at the weekend. It is up 0.3 per cent at 93.136....
...The shared currency is up 0.1 per cent at $1.1754, while the dollar index is also down 0.1 per cent at 93.859....
...The dollar index, a gauge of the buck against a basket of peers, rose 0.4 per cent to 93.61....
...growth10.00: Italy industrial production11.00: UK CBI distributive trades...
...Japan’s Topix was picking up in afternoon trading, gaining 0.1 per cent. Currencies were stabilising after a drop in the US dollar....
...(0.00%) at 5,399 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 13,126 Currencies €/$ 1.18 (1.18) $/¥ 112.75 (112.53) £/$ 1.34 (1.34) €/£ 0.8804 (0.881) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.44 at 62.88 Light Crude...
...The dollar index, which tracks the currency against six of its peers, was flat at 93.825 after strengthening on Tuesday after US retail sales data for July came in above expectations....
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