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...The visitors, a man and a woman, wore the thousand-yard stare that is the unofficial uniform of New York City police detectives. One of them flashed a badge, and the doorman let them inside....
...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....
...Regional currencies lost ground as the US dollar was firmer and oil edged lower....
...number of new attractive retail markets in London and the wealthiest catchment areas in the United States....
...Japan’s Topix was picking up in afternoon trading, gaining 0.1 per cent. Currencies were stabilising after a drop in the US dollar....
...The dollar index, which measures the currency against a basket of peers, was flat in Asia trading. Oil prices were lower after the impact of Hurricane Irma was downgraded....
...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....
...In other major currencies, the moves are muted, with the Japanese yen 0.1 per cent softer at ¥110.57 per dollar and the euro off 0.1 per cent to $1.1268 ahead of the European Central Bank’s monetary policy...
...You know, I am not the United States of the past where we tell you where we are going to hit in the Middle East.”...
...Beyond the Square Mile Here’s a Brexit update from fastFT in Hong Kong on the markets’ state of play: Sterling – At $1.3305, the pound has gained 0.6 per cent from its levels in late US trade, and sits...
...-0.54 at 48.06 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.54 at 45.16 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,146 CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe -0.24bps at 20.75bp Markit iTraxx Europe -1.21bps...
...No one is certain because no one knows what a work of art is worth — perhaps a few dollars more, or a few million....
...(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) US agents charged over Silk Road A veteran of the Drug Enforcement Agency and a computer expert for the US Secret Service were charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in digital currencies...
...will test investor hopes for a pick-up in the U.S. and global economies… Bulls are hoping to see evidence of an economic rebound in the United States in this week’s busy calendar of data that includes the...
...(Reuters) “Exxon Mobil Pipeline faces a fine of nearly $2.7 million for a pipeline spill of thousands of barrels of Canadian crude oil in an Arkansas suburb last spring, the U.S. pipeline safety office...
...(Financial Times) Johnson & Johnson is to pay more than $2.2bn in fines to US federal and state authorities for kickbacks and promotion of its medicines for diseases beyond their approved uses over more...
...Heavy selling of the Australian currency saw it fall 0.44 per cent against the US dollar to $90.65, its lowest level since September 3....
...in a restive district in the state of Uttar Pradesh where at least 26 people, including a television camera man and a police photographer, were killed in a weekend of deadly communal riots between Hindus...
...Two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said investor roadshows will be launched in the United States on Tuesday for a 10 percent stake in state refiner Indian Oil Corp (IOC).”...
...Markets: Asian shares, oil prices and the dollar came under pressure on Monday as politicians in Washington showed no signs of making progress to resolve the U.S. budget standoff, while safe-haven gold inched...
...the survival of one of the pioneers of the global smartphone industry....
...Ferc said yesterday that the bank’s traders had engaged in eight “manipulative bidding strategies” that generated “tens of millions of dollars at rates far above market prices” in 2010 and 2011....
...Having one pregnant woman at the top— even one who looked like a whale— made the difference. Today in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the developed world, women are better off than ever....
...to curb currency crisis Iran has revived a multiple-rate currency system last used in the aftermath of its eight-year war with Iraq, but it has failed to curb a currency crisis caused by international sanctions...
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