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...After Andreessen Horowitz invested in Anduril in 2019, the mood changed fast. When he wrote on his website, “I believe in the United States of America. I believe in a strong national defence....
...This basic approach seems appropriate so long as the default reflects a political impasse and not any underlying inability of the United States to meet its obligations, so that all payments on defaulted...
...“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...
...Of the five that produced negative returns, the average outcome was a loss of 7.2% a year, or 12.6% a year less than the S&P 500....
...The group said that “early indications” suggest the sale of its American unit would fetch more than £100m in proceeds before tax....
...This was not so much more people coming in to stores to try on wedding suits and other hire items, but more e-commerce....
...Under the terms of the all-share deal, this will deliver the Murdochs, who own 39 per cent of Fox, an equity stake in Disney of less than 5 per cent, according to people briefed on the negotiations....
...number of new attractive retail markets in London and the wealthiest catchment areas in the United States....
...But this may all be overshadowed by the extent to which the world economy continues on a path of a synchronised slowdown and the impact from any worsening in trade relations between the United States and...
...In the US, the S&P 500 equity index rose 1 per cent to 2,147, clawing back some of the net 2.5 per cent decline incurred over the past week....
...corporate America, and the tendency of the Vix to spike significantly in recent election cycles when party leadership in the White House has changed (1992, 2000, and 2008)”....
...Indeed the rolling 20-day correlation between the oil price and the S&P 500 has reached more than 95 per cent, according to Reuters calculations. Analysts cited several reasons for the correlation....
...Upstairs, vendors hawk their latest audience-enticing gizmos, from $2,500 leather chairs and state-of-the-art wine-vending machines to bespoke 3D glasses, 4D seating systems — and bite-sized Snickers bars...
...In New Jersey, legislators are considering a proposal to withdraw all alternative investments from the state pension fund....
...It is not immediately obvious that there will be closer economic ties with the United States, although Trump may well aim for that....
...For farmers — whose fields have been parched — it means that more water will be released from state reservoirs for irrigation than in 2015, a boost for the state’s $50bn agriculture industry....
...Diageo and United Utilities have both released trading updates. The drinks group warns that currencies will reduce operating profits in the current financial year by £150m....
...(FT) Naive, fleeced and bamboozled All words used to greet US secretary of state John Kerry when he tried to persuade a sceptical Congress to get behind the Iran nuclear deal....
...(As of Tuesday, a deal agreed but not ratified by individual countries) A) Japan B) Mexico C) The United States D) Australia E) China 11....
...Friday 20:00 GMT....
...Between 1980 and 2012, nearly 1,200 Aboriginal women and girls were murdered or went missing, according to a police study, and Aboriginal women are four times more likely to be murdered or go missing than...
...(FT) Markets data 05:23 BST Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +39.31 (+0.19%) at 20,242 Topix down -2.90 (-0.18%) at 1,644 Hang Seng up +394.55 (+1.43%) at 27,918 US markets S&P 500: +0.23% at 2,131 DJIA up...
...These reforms raise £500 million a year. And while 9% will pay more; over 90% will see their tax bills cut or stay the same....
...(Aeon) In drug abuse, women at greater risk As opiate abuse swells in the United States, women are particularly at risk....
...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....
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