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...In the US, there will be a rise in preventable maternal deaths in those states implementing more restrictive regulations....
...In the news Blinken says US must lead green energy revolution to combat China US secretary of state Antony Blinken has cast renewable energy investment as imperative to America’s rivalry with China days...
...in Latin America....
...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...
...The Japanese yen was among the biggest movers of major currencies in Asia, weakening 0.3 per cent against the US dollar to ¥109.25....
...The dollar index tracking the US currency against a basket of peers was flat at 93.515. Oil prices were pulling back from gains made in the previous session....
...Brent crude fell 6 per cent to close at $34.23 a barrel — a level last reached in June 2004. West Texas Intermediate, the US oil benchmark, fell 5.6 per cent to $33.97 a barrel....
...With income inequality securing growing political attention and Republicans reluctant to act, campaigners in the US have successfully turned to cities and states to push for a rise in minimum wages....
...(Bloomberg) In the news Baltimore riots The US state of Maryland declared a state of emergency and deployed national guard troops as rioters clashed with police in the city of Baltimore....
...(FT) It’s a big day for US-Russia relations Secretary of state John Kerry visits Moscow tosit down with Vladimir Putin for the first time since the beginning of the Ukraine crisis....
...(WSJ) War of words UK defence minister Michael Fallon on Thursday defended his claim that Ed Miliband was ‘willing to stab the United Kingdom in the back’ to become prime minister....
...Whiskey maker Brown-Forman was one of the worst performing stocks on the US benchmark after the company missed second-quarter earnings expectations as currency headwinds weighed on its results....
...(Financial Times) Chinese regulators are a step closer to sanctioning US mobile phone chipmaker Qualcomm, which puts chips in most of China’s 4G smartphones, a state newspaper said Thursday....
...(WSJ) OVERNIGHT MARKETS Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +97.02 (+0.64%) at 15,261 Topix up +8.95 (+0.71%) at 1,264 Hang Seng up +87.38 (+0.38%) at 23,321 ASX 200 up +24.91 (+0.45%) at 5,512 US markets S&P...
...Hang Seng down -41.97 (-0.18%) at 23,156 ASX 200 down -12.82 (-0.23%) at 5,452 US markets S&P 500 down -2.31 (-0.12%) at 1,957 DJIA down -21.38 (-0.13%) at 16,846 Nasdaq down -0.71 (-0.02%) at 4,379 European...
...Other companies involved in the mooted chat function include JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, HSBC and Bank of America, these people said....
...vehicles in the US....
...Australophobe US • Ch Sérilhan 2009, Bordeaux, £23.50, Cambridge Wine Merchants; $19.97, PJ Wine, NY See stockists on winesearcher.com Furmint, the Hungarian name for this grape, the informing grape...
...(Financial Times) Bank of America and Citigroup move to soothe shareholders: “Bank of America and Citigroup are having to soothe their main shareholders as hopes fade of bigger dividends and buybacks after...
...markets S&P 500 up +23.59 (+1.33%) at 1,797 DJIA up +165.55 (+1.06%) at 15,794 Nasdaq up +68.74 (+1.69%) at 4,126 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +9.70 (+0.75%) at 1,300 FTSE100 up +13.40 (+0.20%) at...
...(Financial Times) Currency manipulation should be part of trade talks, Senators say: “A bipartisan majority of the US Senate demanded that US President Barack Obama address “currency manipulation” in trade...
...Hang Seng up +0.14% at 23,157 Shanghai Composite up +0.13% at 2,159 MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +0.21% at 542.11 CNX Nifty down -0.12% at 5,875 Currencies €/$ 1.35 (1.35) $/¥ 98.81 (98.97) Commodities Brent...
...election and Narendra Modi, its candidate for prime minister, is five times as popular as his rival Rahul Gandhi of the governing Congress party in Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state, according to new...
...) at 3,794 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +10.78 (+0.86%) at 1,263 FTSE100 up +41.46 (+0.64%) at 6,549 CAC 40 up +33.06 (+0.78%) at 4,256 Dax up +80.63 (+0.92%) at 8,804 Currencies €/$ 1.35 (1.35) $...
...figure, convicted of committing war crimes in 1971, is expected to ignite a bitter reaction http://on.ft.com/19FVVDt US budget allows Gulf of Mexico drilling Agreement proposed by Patty Murray and Paul...
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