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Manchester City head to Liverpool hoping to hang onto rapidly dwindling title hopes | USWNT in action

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, …

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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 🙂 …

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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 …

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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. …

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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 …

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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% …

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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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