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...Its supremacy is even more profound in processing — China processes over 35 per cent of the world’s nickel, 58 per cent of lithium, and 70 per cent of cobalt....
...Developing economies have long chafed at the dominance of the US dollar in international trade and finance, particularly as America’s share of the global economy has more than halved since the second world...
...or defeat in the House of Commons....
...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...
...“Billions of dollars are being invested in new or rejuvenated mills and foundries all across America,” Peter Navarro, Mr Trump’s manufacturing and trade adviser, said in a speech at the World Trade Symposium...
...Speaking to Fox Business, he said of Margarethe Vestager, the EU antitrust commissioner: “She hates the United States perhaps worse than any person I’ve ever met.” 3....
...The United States has surged ahead of us, though....
...Citi Commodities Research commented: “Look deeper and the deal becomes less and less meaningful, and more and more rhetorical....
...Sterling is flat today at $1.3234 a day after the Bank of England kept interest rates on hold as expected. The euro is less than 0.1 per cent weaker at $1.124....
...to keep on hand if the question of the leadership of the country remains in place after Election Day, or some other major overhang remains in place....
...It is not immediately obvious that there will be closer economic ties with the United States, although Trump may well aim for that....
...Among the 58-year-old’s investments is CommonBond, an online provider of student loans. It raised more than $100m in debt and equity from investors including Mr Pandit in September 2013....
...There are eight oil producers with credit ratings of triple-C or lower, meaning that “they’ve got about a year or less before they burn out of cash”, says Thomas Watters, a managing director at S&P....
...(FT) Bank of America finance chief Bruce Thompson, who leaves the role after a more than four-year stint amid a managment shake-up....
...(FT) Red River Women Each year in Canada, dozens of Aboriginal women are murdered or disappear....
...Less lovingly, Russia was downgraded to “junk” by Standard & Poor’s and Nato accused it of escalating the crisis in eastern Ukraine by sending in more of its own well-armed troops....
...“Just adding more speed or neurons or processing units doesn’t mean you end up with a smarter or more capable system. What you need are new algorithms, new ways of understanding a problem.”...
...I still doubt that this extends to the Baltic states, which in theory “benefit” from protection under Nato’s Article V defence clause....
...“I think now we’re less given to manifestos,” Sudjic says in defence of the acquisition....
...(Financial Times) In response to regulation, Goldman ditching less profitable clients and changing rules for hedge funds (WSJ) Argentina v holdouts: plus ça change (Financial Times) Espírito Santo: the...
...The FTSE All-World equity index is up 0.1 per cent to 274.8, a fraction shy of its best close since November 2007, and less than 2 per cent below its record high reached the same month....
...(Financial Times) FX probe: US prosecutors are offering immunity deals to junior traders in London as they try to gather evidence against banks and more senior staff in the investigation into alleged currency...
...(Reuters) India’s main opp party, the BJP, “is set to win four of five state elections held over the past month, wresting power from the ruling Congress party in one area and giving it momentum ahead of...
...“One explanation being put forward is that this week’s combination of bonds and equities selling off together – unusual in recent times – makes the rise in US yields less obviously positive for the currency...
...(Wall Street Journal) - Oil majors are spending more, but finding less....
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