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dorset coast: Directly behind the seafront is the Lower Gardens, where a bandstand provides a jolly score to a summer's day and a huge helium balloon takes passengers soaring above the town for glorious views of the Dorset coast, according to The Independent. East of the main beach is the town's top surf spot Boscombe. Its wide, sweeping yellow soft-sand beach is the main draw, and the pier that slices down its centre offers a wonderful combination of classic seaside arcades and a modern adventure complex, complete with a zipline that lands on the sand and an indoor climbing centre. Here you'll find Bournemouth's hippy types catching waves, or practising yoga on the beach before sipping flat whites at Urban Reef on the promenade. Cheaper hotels can be found in the Boscombe area, which is also much quieter, while the town centre is the best option if you want after dark entertainment in clubs, bars and restaurants. The most sought-after rooms in Bournemouth are on the east and west cliffs that back the main stretch of sand, where sea views will cost you a pretty penny. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

dow jones: The Nasdaq Composite Index NQU19, -0.20% headed the other direction, losing 10.51 points to end at 7,962.88, down 0.1%. The S&P saw a 2.8% rise for the week, while the Dow gained 3% their strongest weekly advance since the week ended June 7, according to Market Watch. The Nasdaq rose 2.7% for its biggest weekly rise since the period ended June 21. What are major indexes doing The Dow Jones Industrial Average YMU19, -0.03% rose 41.03 points, or 0.2%, to close at 26,403.28, while the S&P 500 index ESU19, -0.04% gained 1.88 points, or 0.1%, to finish at 2,926.46. The major indexes logged their first losing month since May and their second losing month of 2019. Read History says the stock market's volatile August paves the way for more losses in September What's driving the market Stocks continued to find support Friday after Beijing and Washington this week appeared to adopt less strident tones on trade. The S&P 500 saw a 1.8% monthly fall, the Dow declined 1.7% and the Nasdaq gave up 2.6%. U.S. markets will be closed Monday for the Labor Day holiday. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

fylde coast: Hundreds of millions of pounds have been spent on regeneration, whose spoils include an impressive new promenade with Spanish steps down to the town's 11km-long golden sandy beach, a refurbished Tower and a huge 16.25m investment in Blackpool Pleasure Beach's newest and biggest project, the ICON double launch roller coaster, according to The Independent. Added to which, smart hotels, boutique guesthouses and B&Bs have been springing up at a rate of knots, with not a brushed nylon bedsheet in sight. But over the past decade or so, this no-nonsense Victorian seaside resort whose spectacular annual Illuminations stretch for 8km along the Golden Mile on Lancashire's Fylde coast has been enjoying a renaissance. So, put any negative preconceptions aside and come and join the fun. You can form your own view. Best for a modern vibe Hampton by Hilton Blackpool ISOCountry Groups euro at be cy ee fi fr de gr ie it lv lt lu mc mt nl pt sk si sm es va uk gb us us variants 1 33.4, 2 33.3, 3 33.3 We'll tell you what's true. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

quarter: The zones comprise neighborhoods with higher poverty and unemployment rates than the rest of the country, according to Market Watch. Real-estate data firm Attom Data Solutions analyzed 3,100 Opportunity Zones nationwide to determine how home prices in those areas compared to national levels. The so-called Opportunity Zones program was created as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which overhauled the nation's tax code. The study considered zones that had at least five home sales in the second quarter of 2019 and an average of five sales per quarter since the third quarter of 2018. In particular, businesses can get major tax breaks for investments in these zones, including a 0% capital-gains tax if they hold the investment which can include real estate for at least 10 years. The Opportunity Zones program was designed to spark new development and an influx of capital into these areas. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

queen elizabeth: Johnson has won consent of Queen Elizabeth to suspend, or prorogue the British Parliament for nearly five weeks in September and October, according to Global Times China. Critics say it is a move by the British prime minister to reduce the chances of MPs in the House of Commons from blocking his option of a no-deal Brexit if London and Brussels fail to reach a deal by Oct. 31. The Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce BCC Adam Marshall said business in Britain felt like Westminster is playing an endless game of political chess, while the futures of business and the health of the UK economy hang in the balance. Marshall said Every move in this game is prompting more questions, not just amongst businesses here at home but also amongst their partners around the world. Three years on, the damage continues. Out in the real world, continuing political turbulence is taking a toll on contracts, on investment decisions, and on business confidence. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

comcast corp: The stock increased 0.69% or 0.31 during the last trading session, reaching 44.48, according to MSNBC. About 932,051 shares traded. Sterling Investment Management Inc who had been investing in Comcast Corp New for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the 202.14 billion market cap company. Comcast Corporation CMCSA has risen 21.74% since August 30, 2018 and is uptrending. Some Historical CMCSA News 23/05/2018 Sky's Gilbert Reasonably Ambivalent' About Comcast, Fox Choice; 03/05/2018 The Daily Beast NBC News corrects its story, says Michael Cohen was NOT actually wiretapped; 08/05/2018 DISH CHAIRMAN ERGEN SAYS COMCAST SEEING VALUE IN CONTENT, STUDIOS, DISTRIBUTION IN UK PROBABLY A POSITIVE SIGN' FOR INDUSTRY CONF CALL; 25/04/2018 Comcast is shifting focus to its high-speed internet and filmmaking businesses as cord-cutting weighs on its legacy cable division; 23/05/2018 Comcast gears up to gatecrash Disney's 66bn pact with Murdoch to buy Fox; 25/04/2018 Comcast Bid for Sky Kicks Off Bidding War With Fox, Disney Video ; 09/05/2018 NBC NEWS WERE UNABLE TO ESTABLISH ANY THAT OF THOSE INTERVIEWED KNEW THAT LAUER HAD ENGAGED IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH OTHER EMPLOYEES; 20/04/2018 Comcast and Charter Announce Mobile Operating Platform Partnership; 03/05/2018 Sources tell NBC News' Tom Winter the wiretap was live leading up to the Cohen raid. It has outperformed by 21.74% the S&P500. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

confidence: This incompetence and bluster is hardly inspiring global confidence, according to The Guardian. It was a coincidence, however, that on the same day the Bank of England's governor, Mark Carney, warned the annual gathering of the world's central bankers that the global economy was becoming over-reliant on the dollar. Mr Trump wants Mr Powell to lower rates to spur growth in the sputtering US economy and give him the upper hand with Beijing. That may have been fine when the US was viewed as a responsible leader of the world economy. There are reasons to worry. Mr Carney plainly thinks that is not the case today. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

county court: Raffaele Di Paolo, 63, was jailed by the County Court last year for 51 criminal convictions, most of which he admitted to, after fleecing patients out of more than 385,000 over 10 years, according to Nine News Australia. But Di Paolo, who has narcissistic personality disorder, appealed against his 15 jury convictions - including procuring sexual penetration by fraud, indecent assault and assault - challenging the admissibility of certain evidence and the credibility of some complainants. To improve your experience update it Vic doctor loses appeal bid By AAP3 49pm Aug 30, 2019Facebook Tweet MailA remorseless charlatan who posed as a Melbourne gynaecologist and IVF doctor after forging his medical qualifications has lost his bid for less jail time. Those charges related to a range of predatory behaviours, including inserting medical probes into patients' vaginas, with them believing he was a qualified doctor. The fraudster also challenged his nine-and-a-half year prison sentence, arguing it was manifestly excessive and that his moral culpability should be reduced as he was suffering a mental illness at the time. Di Paolo also extracted semen from a patient's testicles without anaesthetic, administered homeopathic treatments intravenously, undertook a biopsy and conducted examinations without gloves. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

security cooperation: Chen Yixin, secretary-general of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China CPC Central Committee, and Johannes Geismann, State Secretary and Federal Commissioner for Intelligence at the German Federal Chancellery presided over the dialogue held in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, according to Global Times China. The discussions focused on counter-terrorism and fighting transnational organized crimes involving cyber security and economy, and the two sides reached a consensus on what practical actions to take. File photo Xinhua Fighting terrorism lays the foundation for security cooperation between China and Germany, an expert noted as the third round of a bilateral high-level security dialogue kicked off on Friday. They also agreed on areas for further cooperation. Fighting extremism is the premise of the security cooperation between China and Germany, Li Wei, a counter-terrorism expert at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations in Beijing, told the Global Times, noting that terrorism is a worldwide challenge. During the meeting, Chen said terrorism and extremism have plagued some countries in Southeast Asia, South Asia and Africa, and China and Germany have been actively participating in fighting them. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

september performance: Since 1937, the average September performance of the S&P 500 index SPX, 0.06% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, 0.16% is a 1% decline, while the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.13% has seen an average fall of 0.5%, according to Dow Jones Market Data, according to Market Watch. Dow Jones Market Data Caption outside of wrapper for normal article images Data on the Dow and S&P go back to 1937 and to 1973 for the Nasdaq Such performance wouldn't be welcome news for equity market investors, who suffered through a 1.7% August decline for the Dow, a 1.8% loss for the S&P and a 2.6% drop for the Nasdaq. August is typically a weak month for stock market performance, and September is the only month that, on average, is worse for equity-market prices. These are the worst August performances for all three benchmarks since 2015. The equal-weighted Value Line Geometric index VALUG, 0.03%, which tracks the median performance of roughly 1700 publicly listed companies, has fallen more than 15% below its Aug. 29, 2018 highs, illustrating the bifurcated nature of today's equity markets. And following an August when the S&P 500 has fallen more than 1.5%, the Dow performs worse, down 1.1% on average, while the Nasdaq has seen an average fall of 0.8%. The S&P 500 does a bit better than the average September following an August decline of 1.5% or more, falling 0.9%. August has been an even worse month for small-and-mid-cap stocks, as the S&P Mid Cap 400 and S&P Small Cap 600 are on pace for its worst Augusts since 2011, underscoring the struggles of the typical public company that have persisted all year. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

states china: But that hardly recouped the sharp 3.3 percent drop in the previous month, according to The Japan Times. Output was pushed up by increased production of cars and chemicals, offsetting a decline for oil products, the data showed. Over the past year, Japan's economy and its manufacturers have been pressured by slowing global growth and a protracted trade war between the United States and China that has disrupted world supply chains and business investment. ; Industrial output rose 1.3 percent in July, government data showed, more than a median market forecast of a 0.3 percent gain. Although the reading for July was positive, it isn't so great seen from a longer perspective, said Akiyoshi Takumori, chief economist at Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management. Manufacturers surveyed by the trade ministry expect output to rise 1.3 percent in August, but fall again by 1.6 percent in September. The level of production remains slightly below what it was in April, so looking at it over a three-month period output has declined. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

states india: Under President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil is seeing unprecedented deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, which plays a vital role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere among other things, according to The Japan Times. Unless global leaders can engineer a reversal of climate change, little else will matter, especially for island countries like Japan with long coastlines and fragile environments. ; Most immediately, following the G7's pitifully small pledge of 22 million for emergency aid for the Amazon, the global community should press for a change of course on the environment in Brazil. CO2 emissions, the main source of man-made global warming, continues to rise in the top three emitters China, the United States and India while they fell in Japan, which is ranked 5th. The good news is that Brazil has shown capable of big social transformations as with a far-reaching ethanol fuel program from the 1970s and the world's biggest social protection program since the 2000s. The entry point for a popular pushback is that Bolsonaro was elected, much like U.S. President Donald Trump, on the false premise that reckless deregulation of the environment will boost economic growth. But now Brazilians must offset the efforts of their president, Jair Bolsonaro, who has been promoting deforestation to benefit mining, logging and cattle ranching. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

tax exemption: It also relaxes conditions for tax exemption for dividend payments from U.S. subsidiaries to Japanese parents, according to The Japan Times. The treaty revision is expected to galvanize investment between the two countries, a Japanese government source said. The two sides exchanged ratification documents at the Japanese Foreign Ministry the same day. ; The protocol exempts interest payments to Japanese companies in the United States from U.S. withholding taxes, from Nov. 1. The Diet approved the protocol in 2013. President Donald Trump signed it only this month. But due to Republican opposition, the U.S. Senate took about six years before it passed the protocol in July this year. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

researchers: Announced late Thursday local time by Google researchers, the vulnerabilities were quietly fixed by Apple in February but only after thousands of iPhone users were believed exposed over more than two years, according to Nine News Australia. The researchers did not say who was behind the cyberespionage or what population was targeted but experts said the operation had the hallmarks of a nation-state effort. To improve your experience update it here News Worldi Phone users exposed spyware for more than two years in 'worst security failure yet'By Associated Press7 02am Aug 31, nation-state hackers used malware-laden websites to infect iPhones with spyware in what security researchers are calling the worst general security failure yet affecting the Apple devices. Suspected nation-state hackers used malware-laden websites to infect iPhones with spyware in what security researchers are calling the worst general security failure yet affecting the Apple devices. While the messaging applications may encrypt data in transit, it is readable at rest on iPhones. AP Sensitive data accessed by the spyware included Whats App, iMessage and Telegram text messages, Gmail, photos, contacts and real-time location essentially all the databases on the victim's phone. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

kipling bags: The US clothing company VF Corporation, which is behind brands including Timberland, Kipling bags and The North Face, has suspended Brazilian leather purchases, and Norway's two biggest investors have warned global companies against contributing to environmental damage, according to The Guardian. Fitch Solutions Macro Research, formerly BMI Research, issued two reports warning of increased scrutiny and economic risks after the fires, which numbered 29,000 in the Amazon biome in August, the most since 2010. Asset managers, pension funds and companies have issued warnings, halted deals and stopped purchases of government bonds. Fitch said We believe that international concern over deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon basin will create headwinds to export demand and investment inflows. . VF Corporation said less than 5% of the leather it used to manufacture goods was sourced from Brazil. The disaster has already been done to the environmental image, said Fabio Silveira, a director and partner at Macrosector, a S o Paulo financial consulting outfit. But the symbolism of the decision by such high-profile brands was not lost on market specialists. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

education: The vast majority are missing out on secondary school, according to The Guardian. The UN's special envoy for global education, Gordon Brown, told the Guardian that aid agencies needed to urgently address what he called the human crisis in education provision for refugees. School shortages, oversubscribed classrooms and a lack of teachers in host countries are among the barriers faced by the 3.7 million refugee children aged five to 18 who are currently out of school, according to a UNHCR report published on Friday. He also called on all donor countries to step up with extra money during next month's UN general assembly. We need to invest in refugee education or pay the price of a generation of children condemned to grow up unable to live independently, find work and be full contributors to their communities, said Grandi. The UN's high commissioner for refugees, Filippo Grandi, said greater investment in education programmes in host countries was necessary for refugees to be able to settle as adults in their current host communities or elsewhere. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

pizza: The stock increased 0.70% or 1.58 during the last trading session, reaching 226.84, according to MSNBC. About 450,300 shares traded. Marsico Capital Management Llc who had been investing in Dominos Pizza Inc for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the 9.35B market cap company. Domino's Pizza, Inc. It has underperformed by 4.63% the S&P500. DPZ has declined 4.63% since August 30, 2018 and is downtrending. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

robinson: By that reasoning, I might come back to the table and make a trade agreement one that would surely be favorable to China, given Trump's desperation and boost Trump's chances of reelection, Robinson said the president is at Xi's mercy, according to MSNBC. Calling what Trump is doing, economic self-immolation, Robinson added, He's clearly hurting the U.S. economy and China's economy and to what end The self-proclaimed artist of the deal has given his adversaries enormous power of Donald Trump's own political future, he added. cnx.cmd.push function cnx player Id ; According to GOP strategist Susan Del Percio, she's worried the president will make a terrible deal in order to just do something. As the president attempts to sort out his trade disagreements with China that have roiled markets, hurt manufacturing and created chaos for America's farmers, MSNBC regular Eugene Robinson said that Trump is also crippling his plan to return to the Oval Office after 2020. adsbygoogle window.adsbygoogle .push ;Referring to a Washington Post column where he wrote, I could look at Trump's unhinged performance at last weekend's Group of Seven meeting and decide that, on balance, it is good for China for the world's big industrialized democracies to be without effective U.S. leadership. People are worried he's going to cut a bad deal just to get himself out of this situation, to get the headlines out, she claimed. When we have this global economic slowdown and we have these tariff wars, it's a disaster for manufacturers and farmers of this country, she added. We went from being Donald Trump thinking America's first, and it sounded good to farmers and other people involved in the trade wars, to America alone. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

analysis extras: Mr Kleiman's estate claimed that the pair were business partners before he passed away in 2013, according to The Independent. ISOCountry Groups euro at be cy ee fi fr de gr ie it lv lt lu mc mt nl pt sk si sm es va uk gb us us variants 1 33.4, 2 33.3, 3 33.3 We'll tell you what's true. Australian IT consultant Craig Wright was told by a US district court in Florida to hand over half of the bitcoin he mined to the family of David Kleiman. You can form your own view. Subscribe now Between bitcoin's inception in 2009 and the time of his death, it is estimated up to 1 million bitcoin were mined by Wright. From 15p 0.18 0.18 USD 0.27 a day, more exclusives, analysis and extras. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

chinese: Trade negotiation teams of China and the US are discussing the details of a planned meeting in September in the US, Gao Feng, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce MOFCOM told a press briefing on Thursday, without disclosing further details, according to Global Times China. The right issue to discuss at the moment should be the US ending all tariffs on 550 billion in Chinese goods, Gao said. Photo IC After rounds of tariffs imposed by both China and the US, a Chinese official stressed that Beijing has adequate countermeasures against US actions, and he called for the US to end tariffs on Chinese goods and stop escalating the trade war. An escalation of the trade war may have disastrous consequences for the world, and neither China nor the US can benefit from it, he noted. To keep cracking down on Chinese companies would ultimately hurt US companies and damage global industry chains, Gao said, adding that the two countries could be partners and mutually beneficial to each other, instead of being rivals in a zero-sum game. Responding to a tweet by the US President Donald Trump that called on US companies to move out of China, Gao told the Global Times that bilateral economic ties are profound and not subject to anyone's wishes. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

conduct authority: The payment protection insurance clock stops at 11.59pm tonight, according to The Independent. At least in theory Any claim filed after that will be invalid. That little abbreviation has had an outsize impact on the banking industry's profits and reputation. Can't get past your bank's creaking IT system The Financial Conduct Authority won't extend it. But you can see the problem. I'm told banks will be required to treat their customers fairly in the event of problems. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

fringes voices: Scheme Birds, a film about Scottish teenager, Gemma, who stands up to hopelessness and violence, also questions societal unity when some people do well for themselves and others live on the fringes, according to Deutsche Welle. Voices of the Sea Longing for a better life in a tiny Cuban fishing village As befits this year's Bauhaus centennial, the festival kicks off with two episodes of the German TV series New Times, which explores the question how much we there was in the early days of Walter Gropuis' new school when different design concepts constantly collided. In the award-winning British documentary, Voices of the Sea, Mariella, a Cuban woman, asks if we even exists as more and more of her friends and neighbors take to boats to flee to the US in search of the American dream. Read more 'Oh Boy' director Jan-Ole Gerster finally follows up with 'Lara' A series of documentaries titled 24h Europe The Next Generation showcases 60 young protagonists from 26 European countries who speak about their everyday lives and their dreams for the future. Documentaries, feature and short films with a focus on the major issues of our times human rights, human dignity and humanity have been on the program at the Without Borders Film Festival since 2013 in Bad Saarow, 60 kilometers from Berlin. They are examples of what makes nations diverse and what unites them. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

duty rate: The U.S. is staring a 15 percent tariff on about 110 billion in apparel, footwear and other Chinese imports on Sunday, with duties on the balance of about 300 billion in toys, phones and laptops and other products delayed until Dec. 15, according to The Japan Times. Trump is also increasing the duty rate already in effect on 250 billion in other Chinese goods to 30 percent from 25 percent starting Oct. 1, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. At this moment of uncertainty, it is critical that our leaders take decisive steps to bolster the economy and avoid actions that could turn talk of recession into reality, Thomas Donohue, chief executive officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said in a Washington Post opinion piece Thursday. ; Donohue's call for a tariff truce and resumption of negotiations between the U.S. and China comes as the world's two largest economies are set to impose new duties on each other's exports in an increasing tit-for-tat battle that has rattled world markets. China has vowed additional tariffs on 75 billion of U.S. goods including soybeans, automobiles and oil, with some taking effect Sunday and the rest Dec. 15 in retaliation. A U.S. Chamber survey of 138 recent earnings calls of Fortune 500 companies showed that executives are overwhelmingly concerned about the economic impact of tariffs, Donohue said. Trump said Thursday that the two nations are scheduled to have a conversation about trade, after signs from China that it wouldn't immediately retaliate against the latest U.S. moves and wants to focus on removing new duties. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

energy producers: By setting immediate bans on new fossil-fuel investments, labeling clean and dirty energy producers, and dumping unappealing stocks, the financial industry is redirecting huge flows of money from fossil fuels to low-carbon technology, according to Market Watch. Such decisions can ripple across economies. Financial giants from Europe, China, Japan, the United States, Australia, and elsewhere can see the looming risks and rewards, and they are not waiting on policy makers to signal what needs to be done. Although the world is not reducing greenhouse-gas emissions to the extent needed to limit catastrophic global warming, major financial players are finally starting to make the shift away from fossil fuels. Consider, for example, the split between state and private energy finance in India. With recent divestment decisions now rippling across economies, hope of achieving a carbon-free energy future is not lost. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

fire danger: Judge Thomas Anderle ruled the PCVFD Board of Directors referred to themselves as a public entity in 2018 and must release financial records, reports The Independent, according to The Independent. The fire department was created as a volunteer fire company in 1965, under the authority of California H&S Code 14825, for the small Painted Cave community off Highway 154 as it's more remote and subjected to increased fire danger. The defense argued the PCVFD is a private entity and releasing financial documents would be too expensive and time consuming effectively shutting down the department. Since 2003, the Board of Directors of the Painted Cave Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., a 501 c 3 non-profit corporation, has managed the department. During the past several years, the lawsuit states volunteer firefighters of the PCVFD have had increasing concerns over the management of the department and the actions of the Chief. Kevin Buckley has been the only Fire Chief and President of the Board from 2003 into 2019. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

fund manager: The resulting terminology soup unfortunately provides the perfect breeding ground for investor confusion as well as disappointment when a chosen investment fund doesn't behave as expected, according to Market Watch. Here are some of the key terms and investment strategies that fall under responsible investing This is short for Environmental, Social and Governance and is the current it phrase in responsible investing and, as such, is sprinkled liberally on investment products and managers, sometimes with seeming abandon. Investors, asset managers and advisers tend to liberally apply terms like ESG, even when it may not fully reflect the investment strategy or fund in question. ESG means that a fund or fund manager looks not just at the financial data, such as price-to-earnings ratios, earnings growth and cash on hand, but also at nonfinancial data usually related to environmental, social and governance factors to determine whether an investment has strong prospects for growth or might falter in the future. But if pending or current regulation or significant investor ostracization due to environmental or social factors made an industry unviable, for instance, it would be excluded from an ESG strategy based on that nonfinancial data. This doesn't require the divestment from or avoidance of specific sectors, including fossil fuels. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.