New Zealand retail sales data for Q3 is the highlight. Retail spending in NZ has been pressured by high rates and a weak economy, and this is expected to show in the data again today, despite the RBNZ kicking off its easing cycle in August: The RBNZ reduced the Official...
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand meet this week, with a 50bp rate cut expected, although 75bp is getting fomw love too. ANZ forecast a 50bp interest cut from the RBNZ next week Reuters poll: RBNZ to cut cash rate to 4.25% on November 27 Goldman Sachs expects a 50bp...
Researchers at the University of Vienna have developed gut-stable oxytocin analogues designed for targeted treatment of chronic abdominal pain. A research team at the University of Vienna, led by medicinal chemist Markus Muttenthaler, has developed a new class of oral peptide therapeutic leads for treating chronic abdominal pain. This groundbreaking...
If you’re a surfer who doesn’t want to be attacked by great white sharks, your surfboard should be as dark and stealthy as possible … right? Perhaps not, as a new Australian study suggests that a lit-up board may actually be better at keeping the sharks away. Continue Reading Category:...
Photo: Chris Reardon/MGM+ Spoilers follow for the third season of From through the finale episode, “Revelations: Chapter Two,” which aired November 24 on MGM+. Rejoice, From fam! Finally, our collective nightmare is over: Jim Matthews is dead. This conspiracy theory-peddling, wife-doubting wet blanket of a man probably didn’t deserve to...
Photo: HanJie Chow. As more and more plays turn their sights on the singularity, Theatre for a New Audience is distinguishing itself as a place where artificial intelligence receives particularly intelligent dramatic treatment. Last year, Annie Dorsen’s Prometheus Firebringer saw its creator—and only flesh-and-blood performer—unfold a subtle, meticulous, deeply human...
Photo: Attila Szvacsek/HBO Let’s start with one of the more ridiculous premium-cable-TV-package sex scenes in quite a while, an absolute howler. After locking eyes over the shrouded body of 9-year-old newlywed Pruwet Richese, the boy’s sister, Lady Shannon (Tessa Bonham Jones), and the emperor’s illegitimate son (but legitimate galactic hottie),...
Photo: Colin Hutton/HBO It might sound a little silly, but as the credits rolled for the finale of The Franchise, I was surprised by my response. My relationship with the show, as you will have probably detected across the last seven write-ups, has varied between enjoyment, mild amusement, and ambivalence;...
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Mon: German Ifo (Nov), US National Activity Index (Oct) Tue: FOMC Minutes (Nov); US New Home Sales (Oct), Richmond Fed (Nov) Wed: RBNZ Policy Announcement; Australian CPI (Oct), German GfK (Dec), US GDP 2nd (Q3), PCE Prices Prelim. (Q3), PCE Price Index (Oct), Initial Jobless Claims (23rd Nov), Durable Goods...
As is usual for a Monday morning, market liquidity is very thin until it improves as more Asian centres come online … prices are liable to swing around, so take care out there. Indicative rates, USD lower to open the new week: EUR/USD 1.0476 USD/JPY 154.09 GBP/USD 1.2586 USD/CHF 0.8925...
Adele thanks her fiancé, Rich Paul, and her son, Angelo, as she wraps up the final show of her Vegas residency, ‘Weekends With Adele.’
Photo: Paramount Look, credit where it’s due: Yellowstone is still capable of putting out a pretty good episode! “Three Fifty-Three” is leaps and bounds above the first two of this final half-season, actually managing to consistently hold my attention for the whole hour. It makes you wonder why more of...
Villeroy heads up the Bank of France. He spoke with Ouest-France newspaper, commenting on wages and CPI: “Prices are increasing less quickly than wages on average — this also allows us to lower interest rates” Villeroy stressed that the ECB reaches its interest rate policy decisions independent of the Federal...
UPCOMING EVENTS: Monday: PBoC MLF, German IFO. Tuesday: US Consumer Confidence, FOMC Minutes. Wednesday: Australia Monthly CPI, RBNZ Policy Decision, US Q3 GDP 2nd Estimate, US PCE, US Durable Goods, US Jobless Claims. Thursday: German CPI. (US Holiday) Friday: Tokyo CPI, Japan Unemployment Rate, France CPI, Switzerland Q3 GDP, Eurozone...
Researchers have discovered potentially the oldest evidence of hot water activity on Mars through the analysis of a 4.45 billion-year-old zircon grain from the Martian meteorite known as Black Beauty. This finding suggests early Mars may have been habitable, supported by geochemical markers of water-rich fluids and elemental evidence of...
Photo: Universal/YouTube Wicked has already broken some box office records on opening (Glicked) weekend. But how far will the film take its newfound popularity? It seems like every big budget picture has the entire continued existence of Hollywood, the dream factory, resting on it shoulders. And with a combined budget...
Major indices close higher for the trading week by the Russell 2000 Baker Hughes oil rigs up 1 Gas rigs down -2 European shares close higher despite weak data today Attack the currency trend: The EURUSD has been stepping lower with more selling today What is the latest tilt for...
The Fed’s twice yearly Financial Stability Report highlights: U.S. government fiscal sustainability tops the list of financial system risks cited in the Fed survey of market contacts for the semi-annual Financial Stability Report. Persistent inflation dropped to No. 5 on the risks list from No. 1 in the prior survey,...
Our minds favor simple explanations and efficient actions, according to new research. Researchers found that simplicity in explanations and task execution is highly valued due to its efficiency. Over 2,800 participants demonstrated a clear preference for simpler, more reliable methods, indicating a fundamental cognitive bias towards efficient and dependable processes....
Zayn Malik pays tribute to his One Direction bandmate, Liam Payne, during his first performance since the singer’s Oct. 16 death.
Dwayne Johnson chats with ET’s Nischelle Turner at The Four Seasons in Kapolei, Hawaii, about ‘Moana 2,’ in theaters Nov. 27.
Photo: Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images Audiences held space for the lyrics of “Defying Gravity” this weekend, coming out to see Wicked in record numbers. The filmed topped the box office on Glicked weekend, making $114 million domestically over the weekend and $164.2 million internationally. According to Variety, women...
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Getty Images Are you ready for 2024 to be over? Hard same! But the cosmos have a sick sense of humor and are insisting on a little more mayhem for a few more weeks. Sorry! The final Mercury retrograde of the year kicks off on...
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Baker rig count for the current week: Oil rigs, up 1 to 479 Natural gas rigs down -2 to 99 Total rigs for the week down 1 to 583 This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.
The stock indices close week. For the day, the Dow and Russell 2000 rose solidly, the S&P and the Nasdaq less so. Dow industrial average rose 426 points or 0.97% at 44296 S&P index rose 20.63 points or 0.35% it 5969.34 NASDAQ index rose 31.23 points or 0.16% at 19003.65...
