The Conference Board issues its latest index of consumer confidence Tuesday February 24, 2020, 6:10 AM 2 min read A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week: EYE ON CONSUMERS The Conference Board issues its latest index of consumer confidence on Tuesday. Economists expect this month’s index will […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionDrone captures massive queue for masks in South Korea’s Daegu city Fears are growing that the coronavirus outbreak could reach pandemic scale as more cases emerge around the world. Most infections are in China but other nations like South Korea, Italy and Iran are battling the virus,
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Image caption Mantel has called the book “the greatest challenge of her writing life” Reviewers have hailed Hilary Mantel’s finale to her Thomas Cromwell trilogy as “magnificent” and “a masterpiece” ahead of its publication next week. The Mirror and the Light, says Allison Pearson in the Telegraph, is “an epic work of historical fiction“. “Does
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Cäcilia Fischer, a neighbor, later recalled the young Beethoven “leaning in the window with his head in both hands and staring fixedly at one spot. ”A tall, odd-looking metal sculpture by the Japanese-born sculptor Yukako Ando now marks the site, showing desks climbing skyward, topped by a window. Standing there, looking at the one thing
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The first board meeting for the Milan-Cortina Olympics was being held by video conference as authorities sought to contain the spreading virus that has made northern Italy the focal point of the outbreak in Europe By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer February 24, 2020, 10:34 AM 3 min read ROME — The first board meeting
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WASHINGTON — President Trump’s immigration policies — like travel bans and visa restrictions or refugee caps and asylum changes — have begun to deliver on a longstanding goal: Legal immigration has fallen more than 11 percent and a steeper cut is looming. While Mr. Trump highlights the construction of a border wall to stress his
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China says it is postponing its most important political meetings of the year because of the outbreak of the new virus February 24, 2020, 10:07 AM 2 min read BEIJING — China announced Monday it has postponed its most important political meetings of the year because of the outbreak of the new virus, a significant
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Changes is Bieber’s seventh number one album in the US, but only his second in the UK Justin Bieber’s seventh album, Changes, has debuted at the top of the US Billboard chart – beating a record set by Elvis Presley 59 years ago. The Canadian singer is now the
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Image copyright Reuters Countrywide and LSL Property Services have said they are in talks over a possible merger which could create the UK’s largest estate agency. The news comes after several years of losses at Countrywide and a difficult time for the sector. Countrywide owns the Hamptons and Gascoigne-Pees brands while LSL owns Your Move
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MEXICO CITY — The bookies had Patrick Reed at 40-1 odds going into the Mexico Championship, which should have come down before he even hit a shot. More accusations of cheating, this time from Brooks Koepka during a town hall show on Sirius XM. And then former CBS analyst Peter Kostis weighed in during a
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