Welcome to the weekend! We’ve more big games with the Premier League summit clash between league leading Liverpool and defending champions Manchester City who threw away a three-goal lead in crushing circumstances against Feyenoord. If that is not enough for you, there is also United States women’s national team action to look forward to. Jonathan Johnson here, so let’s get …
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Barclays prefers Germany over France as it sends ‘bond vigilante’ warning
German blue-chip stocks show more promise than their French counterparts, Barclays’ strategists wrote in a note Friday, saying France has weak “long-term fiscal and growth fundamentals” and a looming risk of bond vigilantes sweeping in. The euro zone’s two biggest economies are both struggling. Germany is battling an ongoing manufacturing downturn that has turned it into the bloc’s growth laggard, …
Read More »35 Of The Best Photography Gifts, By Budget (2024)
Photographers aren’t easy people to shop for… and it doesn’t help that most “gift guides” online are generic, copy-paste articles written by non-photographers. Today, I want to fix that problem with a list of genuinely useful photography gifts for the photographer in your life. You won’t find any lens mugs or t-shirts here! (Not that I’m complaining about mine 🙂 …
Read More »Liverpool vs. Man City: Winning at Anfield may not be enough to revive Premier League hopes for Pep Guardiola
Getty Images The big game of the weekend in the Premier League sees the top two facing off at Anfield with Liverpool visited by Manchester City. Few would have bet on the defending champions being so far adrift of the current EPL leaders, but that is the situation coming into the weekend. Pep Guardiola badly needs to stem the tide …
Read More »Swiss wealth manager Lombard Odier indicted for money laundering
A pedestrian walks by the entrance to Lombard Odier in Geneva, Switzerland. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lombard Odier — one of Switzerland’s oldest private banks — was indicted by Swiss prosecutors for “aggravated money laundering.” In a release on Friday, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) said it filed an indictment against Lombard Odier and …
Read More »Where to watch Atletico Mineiro vs. Botafogo: Copa Libertadores final live stream online, TV, prediction, odds
Atletico Mineiro and Botafogo will meet for the fourth all-Brazilian Copa Libertadores final in the last five years on Saturday at Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires. Mineiro denied River Plate the chance to play for the title in their home stadium with their semifinal win over the Argentines while Fogo took out Penarol to get here from the final four. …
Read More »India’s quarterly growth slumps to a near two-year low, well below expectations
Construction workers in Mumbai, India, on June 5, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images India’s economy expanded by just 5.4% in its second fiscal quarter ending September, well below estimates by economists and close to a two-year low. The print follows 6.7% growth over the previous quarter and is the lowest reading since the last quarter of 2022. Economists polled by …
Read More »Where to watch Serie A, live stream, schedule: Christian Pulisic vs. Empoli, Inter to face Fiorentina, more
The 2024-25 Serie A season is in full swing as the usual giants aim to fight for the title, while other clubs hope they can pull off what Bologna did last season and surprisingly qualify for the Champions League. Inter and Juventus look like the favorites to win the league on paper, but teams like AC Milan and Napoli hope …
Read More »Euro zone inflation, November 2024
The stalls at the 590th Dresden Striezelmarkt are brightly lit at the opening. Sebastian Kahnert | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Annual euro zone inflation rose to 2.3% in November, statistics agency Eurostat said Friday, climbing back above the European Central Bank’s 2% target. Economists polled by Reuters had expected the 2.3% annual rate for the month, up from 2% …
Read More »Adani Group stocks soar amid ongoing U.S. legal challenges
This photograph taken on January 11, 2024, shows a general view of the Adani Group owned Mundra Port in Mundra. Punit Paranjpe | Afp | Getty Images Shares in India’s Adani Group climbed further on Friday, resuming a multi-day rally on the back of the group’s statement refuting bribery charges against its billionaire chairman, Gautam Adani. Adani Green Energy, the …
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