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...Economist Lawrence Summers, a Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, also criticised the announcement. “The United States faces serious long-run fiscal challenges....
...Companies Another batch of US banks report first-quarter results, including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley....
...To be clear, then, the court’s decision today does not outlaw abortion throughout the United States....
...“He’s v bright, tough and politically savvy with a small p,” tweeted Rupert Harrison, the former Tory chancellor’s one-time chief adviser....
...How else to explain asset prices that currently assume a V-shaped recovery, even as we seem to be witnessing a second wave of infections in several US states?...
...In southern Tamil Nadu state, where the family’s roots lie, giant billboards with Ms Harris’ face appeared, proclaiming “P.V. Gopalan’s granddaughter is victorious”....
...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...
...With the new threat to sue from a coalition of US states, it’s going to be a tough call to make for the US regulator. DD’s Indap v NYU’s Damodaran: Is stock compensation good or bad?...
...About 38 per cent of the enterprise value of the world’s listed companies — roughly $40.6 trillion out of $107 trillion, according to data from Aswath Damodaran — comes from firms based in the United States...
...Astor v Vanderbilt: battle of the belles Even prominent society figures of New York’s Gilded Age were not above displays of petty one-upmanship, writes Georgina Varley....
...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)”....
...preservation / From Martin P Levy...
...The Pentagon said the USS William P Lawrence had conducted a “routine freedom of navigation operation” near Fiery Cross, a feature in the Spratly island chain that is claimed by the Philippines, Taiwan and...
...To take a recent example, ticket sales for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice dropped by an astonishing 68.4 per cent on its second weekend, as comic-book fans returned to their dens....
...in 2003, which struck down a Texas law that made it a crime for two people of the same sex to engage in intimate sexual conduct; and United States v Windsor in 2013....
...It is not immediately obvious that there will be closer economic ties with the United States, although Trump may well aim for that....
...coastal state....
...Dages used Rural‘s observed beta of 1.2, derived from Bloomberg weekly data measured against the S&P 500 for two years. Lys used monthly measurements and a five year look-back period....
...The software sales were driven by an over 94 per cent increase in next-generation titles such as Activision’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V....
...(FT) The price for carbon Lawrence Summers argues that the steep fall in oil prices and associated declines in other energy prices have made the case forcarbon taxes overwhelming....
...Income and Wealth Inequality in the United States, or Economics and Shakespeare? Such diversity of choice makes it impossible to come away with a definitive theme for the whole conference....
...“Tech remains our preferred sector within the S&P 500, and continues to look fundamentally attractive despite being one of the best-performing sectors year-to-date,” said Bank of America Merrill Lynch strategist...
...The S&P 500 rose 0.7 per cent, helped by some encouraging earnings reports, after losing 2.7 per cent last week....
...Izzy cites SocGen research which asks whether EM outflows have only just begun, and wonders if taper tantrum V.2 has at least learned from taper tantrum V.1 that taper means the opposite of a US bond apocalypse...
...lapels in varying sizes and fabrics, along with shirts in white and black with V-shaped or rounded collars, waistcoats, ties, cufflinks and shoes....
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