Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Bank’s interest rate announcement came at midday The City watchdog is to investigate a jump in the pound which took place shortly before the Bank of England’s interest rate announcement on Thursday. The rise has raised questions over whether the decision to hold the Bank’s base rate at […]
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As with any big event, especially in a major city where all aspects of the socioeconomic spectrum are represented, the Super Bowl is simply unaffordable for most people who live there By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer January 31, 2020, 8:25 AM 4 min read MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Rashad Fenton used to work at
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This is the Impeachment Briefing, The Times’s newsletter about the impeachment investigation. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every weeknight. What happened today The fate of President Trump’s impeachment trial is likely sealed. Late Thursday, Senator Lamar Alexander, seen as the deciding vote on whether new witnesses would be heard in the
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Older men in Arkansas might see a close-up photo of President Donald Trump pumping his fist in the air, along with a message asking them to donate $30 to his campaign for a Super Bowl commercial. Middle-aged women in California might see a photo of Trump pointing to a crowd, with a plea for them
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All The Movies Joining Netflix This Week | HuffPost Life Part of HuffPost Home & Living. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved. Netflix adds three dozen movies this week, including “Blade Runner: The Final Cut,” “The Dirty Dozen” and “Purple Rain.” But the service also acquired many famously misguided (almost campy) movies including “We Are
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Friends and colleagues: Melina Matsoukas and Issa Rae “Congratulations to those men.” After announcing this year’s Oscar nominations, Issa Rae’s off-the-cuff reaction to another all-male Best Director shortlist was – for many – perfect shade. “I reposted it. She’s an honest person,” says Melina Matsoukas, director of new movie
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Image copyright Reuters Struggling luxury UK carmaker Aston Martin has announced plans to raise emergency funding worth £500m. A consortium led by billionaire Lawrence Stroll will put in £182m, with the rest coming from issuing fresh shares to existing investors. Mr Stroll partly owns the Racing Point Formula 1 team, which will be branded Aston
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Shares are mostly lower in Asia after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of a new virus that has spread from China to more than a dozen countries a global emergency By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer January 31, 2020, 7:33 AM 4 min read Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Friday after
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With legal sports betting spreading throughout the U.S., this year’s Super Bowl could be among the most bet-on championship games ever By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press January 31, 2020, 7:56 AM 5 min read ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — With legal sports betting continuing to spread in the U.S., this year’s Super Bowl is likely to
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By the same token, Mr. Trump has not been shy about heaping scorn upon Mr. Romney. It has created a situation in which some of Mr. Romney’s colleagues have taken their own shots at him, no doubt as a way to prove allegiance to their audience of one in the White House. Senator David Perdue,
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