Customers wear face masks when they shop at a shopping mall in Velizy, outside Paris, on July 20, 2020. Face masks are now required in supermarkets in France, shopping malls, banks, shops, and indoor markets, to limit the spread of coronavirus. Christophe Ena / Associated Press European stocks traded stable …
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Pedestrians wearing or covering a face mask due to the COVID-19 pandemic will walk past an M&S (Marks and Spencer) store in central London on 20 July 2020. tolga akmen / Agence France-Presse / Getty Images Marks & Spencer, the iconic but struggling UK retailer, said on Tuesday that it …
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Text size Carl Hof / Getty Images SoftBank Group made big bets on Amazon. com, Alphabet, Adobe, and other technology stocks in the June quarter as part of their program to temporarily stash proceeds from recent asset sales. As of June 30, SoftBank had a $ 1 billion stake in …
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Text size Chinese retail sales fell unexpectedly in July. Getty Images The S&P 500 closed Friday almost unchanged, as investors mixed data weighing on consumer confidence and retail sales against an upcoming trade meeting between Chinese and U.S. officials. While headline U.S. retail sales figures missed forecasts, with a monthly …
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Text size Getty Images Vestas Wind Systems‘s stock hit record highs on Tuesday as strong demand in the US for wind turbines in the second quarter drove upward sales. The world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer restored its lead year-on-year as sales rose to € 3.5 billion – a 67% increase …
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