An art handler poses with Girl With A Balloon by Banksy, in front of Alphabet by Sir Peter Blake, at London s Bonhams auction house for the British Cool art sale last month. Photo: Reuters
A surprisingly rapid shift online helped cushion the art market from the worst ravages of the coronavirus pandemic although sales still fell by a fifth last year, an Artprice report said recently.
Artprice, the France-based leader in art market data, said the digital transformation of auctions amounted to a revolution in the way fine art is sold after lockdowns forced change on a slow-moving industry. It s been a spectacular shift that has gone beyond expectations and despite the reluctance of certain auction houses, said its president Thierry Ehrmann.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar fell on Wednesday, after the Federal Reserve said it does not expect to raise interest rates through all of 2023, contrary to market expectations.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. one dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
The dollar index dropped 0.5% to 91.405 after the Fed comments.
The greenback had reversed its slide in recent sessions on a surge in U.S. Treasury yields due in part to growing expectations that the Fed may tighten rates earlier than thought on forecasts of a faster-than-expected economic recovery.
U.S. benchmark 10-year Treasury yields hit a 13-month high early in the session but was last at 1.647%.
Nomination Criteria for the Kathryn R. Mahaffey Lifetime Achievement Award in Mercury Research
The Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) of the 15th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP 2022) to be held in July 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa is now accepting nominations for the Kathryn R. Mahaffey Lifetime Achievement Award in Mercury Research. This award was established in 2011 to celebrate and recognize selected individuals who have made extraordinary lifetime achievements in mercury research, mentoring, and/or contributions to governmental policy and public outreach.
Dr. Kathryn R. Mahaffey passed away in 2009. Her career embodied all that this award is meant to honor: scholarly research on global mercury issues that met the highest scientific standards, greatly enhanced understanding of mercury as a pollutant, and support of public health protection globally. Dr. Mahaffey was a prolific writer, including the scientific literature, but also understood
IBS Software s new iFlight Platform Transforms Global Flight Operations at LATAM Airlines
SANTIAGO, Chile, March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ LATAM Airlines Group has deployed IBS Software s iFlight digital platform to optimize their flight and crew operations across all its Spanish Speaking Carriers (SSC) and cargo subsidiaries. All the LATAM SSC and cargo subsidiary carriers (LATAM Chile, Colombia, LanExpress, Peru, Ecuador, Chile Cargo, Cargo Colombia, and Cargo Brazil) are already operating on the integrated iFlight Ops and Crew SaaS platform.
LATAM becomes the first airline to implement the latest version of iFlight, which has been optimized to help airlines balance operational disruption with cost efficiency and customer satisfaction across their entire network. iFlight is a fully integrated technology platform developed as three specific modules to optimize Ops, Crew and Hub management, making IBS Software the first company to provide the aviation industry with this level of ope
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Fonterra s Anchor brand milk powder packets are seen on shelves at a shop in Colombo August 21, 2013. A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday issued a summons to Fonterra Brands Lanka, the local company of New Zealand s Fonterra and four of its top officials to face contempt of court charges for not adhering to an earlier ruling that banned sales and advertising of all Fonterra milk products.
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MILK ROUND. New Zealand’s Fonterra is finally delivering the goods. Chief Executive Miles Hurrell says the dairy giant’s 2019 strategy overhaul, which aimed to focus on its core business, is yielding results. Management does deserve credit: Adjusted profit for the six months to the end of December rose 43% to NZ$418 million ($300 million). However, shareholders also owe a debt of gratitude to thirsty consumers in the People’s Republic.