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...Pilita Clark Will the Israel-Hamas war trigger a full-blown regional conflict? No. The war has sparked violence across the region involving Iranian-backed militant groups....
...While they had sensible reasoning, the decision to drop the second “e” in the spelling of their name makes less sense, writes Pilita Clark....
...Yen plunges to 24-year low against the dollar The yen hit ¥135.19 against the dollar in Asian trading today as Japan’s authorities grow increasingly wary of the currency’s rapid weakening....
...But the burden should not fall on women to be more assertive about pay rises, argues Pilita Clark....
...Bozena Poller Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Dr Sandeep Ramalingam Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Dr Mohammad Raza Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Dr Jill Shepherd Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh Dr Gee Yen...
...The dollar is weaker, havens like yen, gold, and government bonds finding buyers....
...But the dizzying number for 2017 (it sounds even bigger when expressed in yen, at ¥2.55tn) doesn’t mean 2018 will look as nice....
...Wanda’s planned $1bn purchase of Dick Clark Productions, the company that produces the Golden Globes awards show, was also pulled....
...Kimberly-Clark, which makes Kleenex tissues and Huggies disposable nappies, said it now expected 2017 sales to be “similar or up slightly year-on-year” from last year, when it had previously been projecting...
...Mr Bourla pointed to several currencies that had recently weakened versus the dollar, including the euro, the Chinese renminbi and the Japanese yen, adding: “The bottom line is I think if the dollar continues...
...The comments by Japan’s third-largest carmaker came after Greg Clark, the UK business secretary, said on Sunday that assurances given to rival Nissan — which led to its decision last week to invest in Sunderland...
...In 2012 Russell Clark of Horseman Capital noted how important Indian financial conditions could be as a driver for gold....
...The best hope might be that slower global growth brings policies that serve to weaken the dollar, yen and euro....
...of research company TechMarketView, said the loss of Arm to a “foreign predator” would make other British tech companies “very vulnerable”, at a time when sterling has tumbled against the dollar and the yen...
...However, Japanese carmakers are expected to be among the hardest hit by the Trump victory as US currency headwinds will make it virtually impossible for them to offset the strong yen impact with cost cuts...
...Unicharm, a rival in disposable nappies, has fought off competition from the likes of Kimberly-Clark and still has higher operating margins than Kao in that business....
...The yen to return is no surprise given that Clark, 63, was prime minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008....
...The US currency, although 0.1 per cent higher against the yen yesterday at Y101.59, was down 1.6 per cent over the week....
...Rabobank's Jane Foley talks to Alice Ross, currency correspondent, about how politics and a risk-on environment are affecting the yen....
...During the conference calls, traders would “exchange views of yen-Tibor [Tokyo Interbank Offered Rate], yen-Libor and dollar-Libor rates”, according to court filings seen by the Financial Times....
...Meanwhile Kimberly-Clark, the maker of Kleenex tissues, has closed most of its European factories in its efforts to boost profitability....
...Universal Entertainment’s Jasdaq-listed shares closed 21 per cent lower at 1,516 yen on Monday, valuing the group at 121.6bn yen....
...But with a never-performed Mercadante opera lined up for next year alongside Delius’s A Village Romeo and Juliet, the festival clearly hasn’t lost its yen for taking punts that mainstream opera houses shy...
...Conversation turns to repertoire – specifically to Brahms, the composer she once described as appealing only to female pianists with a yen for older men....
...“Six billion yen is our minimum target,” he said, adding that the airline’s recent financial performance had been “beyond our expectations”....
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