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LONDON, May 1 (Reuters)- The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and bond yields were creeping higher again on Tuesday, as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve will flag more interest rate hikes this week.

LONDON, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and bond yields were creeping higher again on Tuesday, as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled bets that the U.S. May Day holidays across Asia and Europe meant trading was thinner than usual, though there was more than enough news flow to keep those...

While the stocks have been hot over the last year, they are all down sharply from their recent highs.

These traders are «looking for the VIX index to continue declining from its recent year - to - date high and settle back nearer its 10.79 July / August average,» Ihor Dusaniwsky, managing director of predictive analytics at S3, wrote in a client note.

NEW YORK, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and U.S. bond yields inched higher again on Tuesday as the recent rise in oil prices fueled expectations the Federal Reserve could flag more interest rate hikes at its policy meeting this week.

The influx of media rights deals has also opened the door for a range of high - profile corporate sponsors, with Riot Games landing sponsorships in recent years from the likes of Acer Gaming, Coca - Cola, T - Mobile, and Mercedes - Benz.

It was by far the warmest year in recent millennia, with 10 of 12 months setting all - time record highs.

According to the most recent federal forecast, about 48 % of the contiguous U.S. is now experiencing moderate to exceptional drought, down from a high of 60 % at the beginning of the year.

Whitman is something of a surprise choice for the job because her name has been bandied about in recent years for high - profile positions in both the technology sector and politics.

The consumer price index (CPI), released on Friday, showed the cost of living in America rising only 1.6 percent compared to the same month last year, significantly down from the most recent high of 2.8 percent in February and below the Fed's target of 2 percent.

Just as those repeated years of 4 % and better growth in the 1990s added up to a stunning surplus, our recent string of 2 % and worse years add up to the opposite - and will keep doing so, unless something sparks much higher growth.

Inequality in the business place has garnered high level of attention in recent years from Washington, D.C. to Wall Street and Silicon Valley.

Apple has been casting itself as a protector of user privacy in recent years, particularly earlier this year when it battled the Federal Bureau of Investigation in a high - profile case involving accessing encrypted data stored on an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists.

Premiums typically range from $ 2,500 to $ 6,000 a year, and insurers that provide it have been hiking those premiums in recent years, and in some cases trimming the benefits they offer, in response to unexpectedly high costs.

But after five straight years of positive returns, sentiment among equity analysts neared an all - time high, with the Wall Street consensus calling for an 11.1 % gain, according to a recent study by Bespoke Investment Group.

In recent years they have added international equities and small - cap stocks — asset classes that come with higher volatility than sturdier blue chips, but also offer the promise of higher returns.

And while various troubling social factors, including unequal access to health care and the impact of the opioid crisis, have stalled the growth of the average U.S. life expectancy in recent years, odds are that America's higher earners will live longer — maybe much longer — than they expect.

Shares in Tim Hortons have been trading sharply higher in recent weeks after reporting better than expected financial results and raising its outlook for the year.

The Vanguard High Yield Corporate Bond fund has underperformed Treasuries in the recent downturn, but it still has a positive return of 0.5 percent in the year - to - date through Oct. 27.

In recent years the Puerto Rican capital has risen as a destination of choice for high - end travellers seeking contemporary art, inventive cuisine and luxurious jungle retreats.

As of January at the recent high the trailing P / E was at 21 times earnings, which really gets up there, and so I think for the next year or so as we approach and enter late cycle, that's really gonna be the big part of the conversation.

A recent study by the Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship found that up to 42 % of the Canadian labour force is at high risk of being affected by automation in the next 10 - 20 years.

However, it is very plausible that in recent years, firms are more pressured to return cash back to investors who are aware of the market's positive reaction to buyback announcements and want to earn even higher returns after experiencing positive returns as Carl Icahn pressed Apple to buyback more shares.

OPEC wants to keep oil prices relatively higher than they have been in recent years, having lost $ 76 billion in 2016 due to cheap oil caused by rising American and Iranian oil production, according to a report by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

The Philadelphia - headquartered retailer is known hawking clothing to a younger audience (you usually don't have to look far from a college campus to find one), picking up more of a «hipster» reputation in recent years with plenty of rather high - priced flannel shirts, ripped jeans, and even shabby chic furniture pieces on the show floor.

In recent years, the online brokerage E * Trade has been trying to boost its reputation for «high touch» financial advice, as Fortune recently reported in a profile.

The company's shares, at a recent price of $ 52, are trading higher than they have in 16 years.

With increased attention in recent years about the need for responsive design for business web sites, designers have been in high demand.

Argentina has also increased security operations at the northern port of Rosario, the country's third - largest port that is believed to be a major hub for drug trafficking and has seen high levels of drug - related violence in recent years.

Aluminum prices surged to their highest level in six years, extending a recent rally that follows the U.S. sanctioning of Russian aluminum giant Rusal.

Several high - profile funds have disappointed in recent years, including David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital and Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management, which posted gains of just 1.6 percent and 3.7 percent respectively last year.

In the days after we spoke, the S&P fell 10 percent from its recent high into correction territory for the first time in two years.

«This slowdown has been most notable in the chocolate category (about 75 percent of Hershey's sales), which has seen higher price elasticity and less significant innovation in recent years.»

For the tech entrepreneurs who have clustered in downtown Toronto's office district in recent years, Jackson, Mississippi — a smallish southern city of 180,000 people — may not be high on a wish list of potentially lucrative export markets.

Builders have been sweeping in here in recent years to rip out older homes and replace them with new higher - end dwellings.

That metric is now higher than Nike (32.2 % in the most recent year), but is under what Under Armour spent in 2016 (37.8 %).

Most pressing, perhaps, is the troubling migration of businesses from Toronto to the suburbs in recent years, which, says Miskin, is due primarily to the city's high commercial tax rate, not the relatively insignificant taxes Ford has pledged to abolish.

Scaling the 29,000 - foot summit (8,850 meters) of the world's highest peak is a major attraction for climbers, but recent years have seen an increase in novices who rely heavily on guides.

In recent years, the country's largest carrier has been hamstrung by high costs, in large part because of its labour agreements.

Before Comey tapped him to lead the Richmond office in 2014, he was section chief of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section, investigating some of the highest profile cases against government officials and civil rights violations in recent years.

In recent years, the Affordable Care Act and the bipartisan tax negotiations in late 2012 have led to large increases in tax rates on high salaries and capital income, making the tax code significantly more progressive.

In fact, new grads are projected to have higher salaries across all 10 degree categories ranging from business to humanities from just last year, when graduates earned an average of $ 51,022, according to a recent survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

In recent years, China single - handedly accounted for about 15 per cent of global GDP and half of global growth — namely by sucking up the world's supplies of raw materials and using them to build everything from high - speed railways to forests of apartment towers to house its 1.3 billion people.

It recently took its biggest single - day tumble in nearly eight years after Plank warned that the company's margins wouldn't be as high as they have been in recent years.

The company has dealt with a few high profile customer service complaints in recent years, most notably from a car owner who sued the company after he says it stopped responding to his emails and calls about repairs.

Jollibee Foods Corporation's aggressive international expansion includes a focus on Canada, where Filipino food is seeing a rise in visibility with several higher - end Filipino restaurants opening in recent years, as well as a major grocery store catering to cooks of the cuisine.

That cash haul is nothing to shake a stick at — but review vouchers have been cashed in at far higher prices in recent years (including United Therapeutics» staggering $ 350 million sale of one to AbbVie).

Viacom, whose networks include Comedy Central, MTV, and Nickelodeon, has taken much criticism in recent years over its high executive pay even as it struggled with slipping ratings while more consumers ditched pricey cable television subscriptions.

Murdoch University's recent public profile announcements have included a WA Citizen of the Year award for chancellor Geoffrey Bolton, a high national ranking in the latest round of Australian Research Council grants, and new accreditation for the veterinary school.

It said in a note Friday: «With the recent back - up in both IG [investment grade] and HY [high - yield] spreads to their respective 3.5 - year wides, a discussion has emerged about whether the market is sensing the next default cycle around the corner or is simply «overreacting» to some exogenous but ultimately irrelevant events.