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Market close: NZ sharemarket falls nearly 1% ahead of ETFS activity 15 Apr, 2021 05:38 AM 4 minutes to read After some steady rises over the past two weeks, both Contact and Meridian fell. Photo / Supplied After some steady rises over the past two weeks, both Contact and Meridian fell. Photo / Supplied NZ Herald By: Graham Skellern The New Zealand sharemarket was a little edgy and fell nearly 1 per cent as it awaited Fridays unique exchange traded funds activity in the leading energy stocks, Co...

Meghan Markle has been planning to hold off work after giving birth to daughter

Covid 19 coronavirus: Lucky walk-ins get early vaccinations to avoid doses expiring 14 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 3 minutes to read Covid Recovery Minister Chris Hipkins said 135,585 vaccine doses had been administered, including 7695 in the last 24 hours. He said 43 per cent have been delivered in Auckland, 19 per cent of whom are Māori or Pasifika. Covid Recovery Minister Chris Hipkins said 135,585 vaccine doses had been administered, including 7695 in the last 24 hours. He said 43 per cent have bee...

Tuesday, 13 April 2021 - 7:53 The Duke of Edinburgh’s Funeral will take place on Saturday 17 April 2021 at 3pm in St George’s Chapel, Windsor. The Funeral Service will begin with a National Minute’s Silence at three o’clock. The service will be preceded by a ceremonial procession inside the grounds of Windsor Castle. The plans for the funeral are in line with The Duke of Edinburghs own personal wishes, and the occasion will recognise and celebrate The Duke’s life and his more than 70...

Exclusive: Testing times ahead for Gaza as holy festival of Ramadan comes during peak Covid wave Updated Apr 13, 2021 | 11:23 IST “We began to enter this wave of coronavirus during March. Right now, we’re still seeing a rise in infections and in serious cases, and we expect that number to continue to rise," an official said. Gaza stares at testing times ahead as holy festival of Ramadan comes during peak Covid wave&nbsp For the second consecutive year, Muslims around ...

European Shares Broadly Higher Ahead Of US Inflation Data Amid rising inflation expectations, investors await key U.S. inflation data later in the day for further direction. The pan European Stoxx 600 edged up 0.2 percent to 436.24 after declining half a percent in the previous session. The German DAX and Frances CAC 40 index gained around 0.3 percent, while the U.K.s FTSE 100 was marginally lower as a firmer pound weighed on dollar-earning companies. Givaudan shares advanced 2.8 percent. The ...

Asian markets mostly up ahead of US inflation, earnings

Annual battery storage installations will exceed 10 GW/28 GWh in 2021, following a particularly strong year in 2020, despite the challenges created by the global pandemic, writes IHS Markit analyst Mike

LONDON (dpa-AFX) - Recruitment company Hays plc (HAS.L) reported Tuesday that its net fees for the third-quarter declined 9 percent from last year on a reported basis and 10 percent on a like-for-like

Dollar Mixed Ahead Of U.S. CPI BRUSSELS (dpa-AFX) - At 8:30 am ET Tuesday, U.S. consumer inflation for March is due. Ahead of the data, the greenback traded mixed against its major rivals. While the greenback fell against the yen, it recovered against the pound and the euro. Against the franc, it held steady. The greenback was worth 109.46 against the yen, 1.1893 against the euro, 1.3716 against the pound and 0.9246 against the franc as of 8:25 am ET. Copyright RTT News/dpa-AFX FNRD-2.621.0 Wie...