A Patek Philippe watch has sold for a record 31m Swiss francs (£24.2m) at a charity auction hosted by Christie’s in Switzerland. It is by far the highest price ever paid for a wristwatch, and all of the proceeds will be donated to research into muscular dystrophy.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar was broadly lower on Monday after President Donald Trump said over the weekend that trade talks with China were moving along “very nicely,” but that the United States would only make a deal with Beijing if it was right …
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The bid battle for Just Eat, the U.K. food-delivery company, heated up on Monday after South African tech conglomerate Naspers changed the terms of its £4.9 billion hostile bid to try to secure the backing of shareholders. Naspers, which is bidding for Just Eat …
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The U.K. has narrowly avoided recession, but economic growth has slumped to its lowest annual rate in almost a decade, according to official figures. The British economy escaped a recession by growing just 0.3% in the third quarter. Year-on-year growth in …
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89bio, a Phase 1 biotech developing therapies for NASH and other metabolic diseases, raised $85 million by offering 5.3 million shares at $16, within the range of $15 to $17, to command a market value of $225 million. The company originally planned to …
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