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Business activity in the euro area was better than initially thought last month, with the bloc recording stagnation rather than shrinking.
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In June, grocery giant Aldi opened a store just off of Times Square in Manhattan. It’s the company’s first location in Midtown and, according to their US Chief Commercial Officer Scott Patton, Aldi has to orchestrate a “logistical symphony” to get groceries into the middle of one of the busiest places in America. For instance, they use shorter trucks to navigate the tight corners of New York City streets. On this episode, we speak with Patton about what it took to open this specific Aldi and why
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Global food prices edged lower as a ceasefire between the US and Iran reduced concerns of further disruptions to supply chains.
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China called for the unhindered flow of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, comments that come as leading European powers are apparently accepting that vessels will have to pay fees to Iran and Oman.
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Japan’s annual wage negotiations concluded with average pay gains topping 5% for a third year, underscoring the economy’s resilience and reinforcing the Bank of Japan’s stance to keep raising interest rates.
The Guardian Culture
(Capitol)Amid signs of greatness, the already hugely popular British singer fails to live up to her potential, lacking vocal agility and lyrical subtletyWe live in a post Die With a Smile world. Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ 2024 megahit has nearly 4bn streams on Spotify alone: the people crave traditionalist AM radio ballads. Enter Sienna Spiro, a young soul singer whose ultra-traditionalist sound is backed up by posh pedigree: her father, Glenn Spiro, is a famed Hatton Garden jeweller; her mother,
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French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said he will push for a finance bill for next year that brings a further improvement in public finances, and expects parliament “most likely” will allow a budget to pass.
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Jordan Rochester, Mizuho FICC strategy EMEA head, discusses sharp moves in the yen. "From all the frameworks, dollar-yen should be lower," he tells Bloomberg Television. He adds there has been a change in behaviors in the Japanese space and the yen is not behaving like a G10 currency. "It trades like an EM in terms of its correlation to rates," Rochester says. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Qatar appears to be sending a liquefied natural gas tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, the first visible passage in about a week, as the major exporter eyes a rapid restart to output.
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Great Britain's Chris Froome, who won the Tour de France four times, brings an end to his illustrious career in professional cycling.
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“My Indian Boyfriend: The Golden Mile,” a British romantic drama set against Leicester’s Diwali celebrations, has landed U.K. and Ireland theatrical distribution through RFT Films, ahead of the film’s principal photography this summer. The independent production brings together talent and partners from the U.K., Malaysia, Hong Kong and India. Directed by Vijay Chauhan and produced […]
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European stocks advanced on Friday, closing at a record high and recording a fourth straight week of gains as investors remained optimistic that the Federal Reserve will hold off on rate hikes for now.