Retail sales rose 1.3 per cent last month and were 9.1 per cent higher versus August 2019, new figures show. Data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) indicates retail sales were 8.9 per cent higher than in February, before the impact of the coronavirus …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Monday as rising coronavirus cases spur concern about demand, with the main crude benchmarks on track for their first monthly falls since April. Brent crude LCOc1 fell 32 cents, or 0.7%, to $41.60 a barrel by 0915 GMT.
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Buying an exchange-traded fund doesn’t mean forgoing the opportunity to invest in the fastest-growing industries. Sean Williams. (TMFUltraLong). Sep 28, 2020 at 5:51AM. Author Bio. A Fool since 2010, and a graduate from UC San Diego with a B.A. in …
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Conservationists have expressed major concern as squalene, which is the natural oil made in the liver of sharks, could be used as an ingredient in a COVID-19 vaccine. The oil is already used in some flu vaccines as an adjuvant, an agent that improves the …
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HSBC’s London-listed shares soared more than 10% on Monday, after Ping An Insurance raised its stake in Europe’s biggest bank, despite escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing. Ping An Asset Management, part of Chinese investment giant …
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