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...Then came James Mackintosh, who wrote 1,039 Short Views (I had thought he was further ahead of me than that)....
...Additional reporting by Xia Keyu and Ben Bland...
...Now the group is ramping up activities in nickel-based batteries, which can store more energy than the lithium-ion kind....
...Retailers Wal-Mart, Ross Stores and Gap report quarterly earnings....
...What have Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Taiwan got in common – one answer is a new Ted Baker retail store....
...The S&P 500, which had its biggest rally in a month on Wednesday, rose 0.2 per cent to 2,108.86 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.2 per cent to 18,039.37....
...(Guardian) Tesla Elon Musk’s car company is expected to unveil a battery for homes that will enable users to store solar energy and lessen reliance on the grid....
...The S&P 500 ended the session flat at 2,039.82, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1 per cent to 17,634.74 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.2 per cent to 4,688.54....
...The S&P 500 gained 0.1 per cent to 2,039.33, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.2 per cent to 17,652.79. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.1 per cent to 4,680.14....
...By close the S&P 500 rose 0.3 per cent to 1,992.37, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.4 per cent to 17,039.49. The Nasdaq Composite added 0.1 per cent to 4,532.10....
...Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.9 per cent to 4,039.52. Banks, resources and energy helped lift stocks in the Philippines....
...In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 Average closed above 10,000 for a second successive session, although it fell 1 per cent to 10,039.67....
...The benchmark index shed 3 per cent to 15,285.89, while the main sub-index of mainland companies listed in the territory, or H shares, fell 2.1 per cent to 9,039.09....
...Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 benchmark index inched down 0.2 per cent to 6,251.0. Export-focused stocks were hit by the US news....
...In a note published this week, Deutsche Bank said M&S could afford to return £2bn to shareholders and still continue its store refurbishment programme....
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