Investors were relieved to see bond yields pull back from the four -
year highs they reached Wednesday.
LONDON, April 25 (Reuters)- Oil edged higher on Wednesday, nearing three -
year highs reached the previous day, as rising U.S. fuel inventories and production weighed on an otherwise bullish market.
LONDON, April 25 (Reuters)- Oil eased on Wednesday, but held in sight of three -
year highs reached the previous day, as rising U.S. fuel inventories and production weighed on an otherwise bullish market.
The Bloomberg Commodity Index, as one example, was 1.6 per cent higher in late trade in New York, near the two - and - a-half
year high it reached in late January.
Not exact matches
The greenback is approaching this
year's
high of 92.64
reached on Jan. 9.
Bitcoin's price soared in 2017 —
reaching a record
high of more than $ 19,000 in December — but saw sharp declines at the start of this new
year due to fears of regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrencies.
Another customer recently
reached out about having the ashes from his home, which burned down during the wildfires in Ventura County, California, earlier this
year, put into a ring — which Archer says the company will be able to execute, thanks to wood's
high carbon content.
Third - quarter 2017
reached the
highest level of early - stage investments in more than a
year, according to Crunchbase.
But Cohodes gave a detailed presentation of his case against Home Capital last
year at a
high - profile investor conference, and he'll engage with anyone who
reaches out with questions.
«The total volume of small - business financing increased by 18 % over the same period last
year, and
reached the
highest level since Feb. 2008, its latest data show».
According to new data from the Pentagon, incidences of rape and sexual assault within the U.S. military are up 10 % over the last fiscal
year,
reaching the
highest number of reported assaults since at least 2006.
Consumer prices across the euro area
reached a
high not seen for almost four
years, jumping 1.1 percent in December, official figures say.
The company's board put a special provision in Papa's employment agreement that turbocharges his pay the way a videogame might when a player levels up into bonus points mode: If Valeant's stock price
reaches a new
high of at least $ 270 a share in the next three
years, Papa gets double the allotment of performance - based stock.
What's more, the news - reading public has grown accustomed to announcements of multi-million-dollar investments over the last 15
years, a period of extremely active venture capital funding, which
reached new
highs in 2015.
Prepare your website: Online shopping
reached an all - time
high last
year.
It is the construction industry's fastest growing
high school mentor program,
reaching over 8,000 U.S. students in the 2016 - 2017 school
year alone.
Television viewing Tube time
reached an all - time
high in the U.S. this
year, with the average American watching four hours and 49 minutes every day.
On Wednesday, bond yields in both the U.S. and Germany
reached highs on the
year, which likely helped trigger a selloff in equity markets Thursday.
«The industrial capacity utilisation rate in the first three quarters
reached 76.6 %, 3.5 percentage points
higher than the same period last
year.»
Petrol prices
reached 14 -
year low averages in the past
year but gross retail margins hit fresh
highs, the competition watchdog says.
Western Australians opted to spend their free time travelling within the state last
year, with Rottnest Island visitor numbers
reaching their
highest on record between July and December.
U.S. two -
year Treasury yields
reached 2.453 percent on Friday, the
highest level since September 2008 as the two -
year's spread versus two -
year German Bunds grew to 302 basis points, the widest in more than three decades.
Growth for average hourly earnings
reached a postcrisis
high of 2.9 %
year - over-
year in December, much
higher than the trough of 1.3 % in October 2012.
At the same time, bitcoin
reached another all - time
high over $ 3,000 over the weekend, over 210 %
year - to - date.
In January, consumer confidence
reached the
highest level in seven
years.
The 10 -
year Treasury note yield hit a
high of 2.99 percent, threatening to
reach 3 percent.
With only a few hours left to bid, the price for a lunch with Warren Buffett has
reached $ 2.8 million, its
highest value in
years.
On Monday, as the market again
reached a new record
high, Trump tweeted that the first
year of his presidency had seen 70 record closes (presumably he meant 70 record -
high closes), which he said was more than any previous
year.
Starbucks» stock price
reached an all - time
high in early November, up more than five times from its 10 -
year low in 2008.
Seven
years on, their collective real debt is the
highest recorded since the 1830s — even
higher than the peaks
reached to finance the first and second World Wars.
The news comes as bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market cap, smashed through a new record
high price on Wednesday,
reaching $ 6,600 for the first time, following news of CME's plan to launch bitcoin futures later this
year.
Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, rose to $ 70.37 on Monday, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude
reached $ 64.89 on Tuesday, both hitting more than three -
year highs.
Consumer confidence
reached its
highest level in nearly 17
years in October, according to the Conference Board.
The company returned to profitability last quarter, while investments in expanding its
reach and scale have it positioned to ride the growth in shale production even
higher in coming
years.
If Netflix sees
high revenue increases over the next couple of
years, based on strong subscriber growth, customer retention, and low marketing spend, he predicts the share price could
reach $ 480.
New York City's share of the nation's private sector employment has
reached its
highest level in 20
years.
The benchmark 10 -
year U.S. note yield rose to a four -
year high last week, while the short - term two -
year yield
reached its
highest level since 2008 on Tuesday.
The benchmark 10 -
year reached as
high as 2.84 percent.
Knowing that if a compromise isn't
reached between Speaker Boehner and President Obama, the result is a likely recession, should small - business groups back Boehner's insistence that the Bush tax cuts be preserved for everyone or should they acquiesce to the President's call for
higher tax rates on people earning more than $ 200,000 a
year?
Counterpoint noted that China's smartphone shipments
reached an all - time
high in 2016, growing 6 percent
year - on -
year to 465 million units, but it noted that Apple still remains «vulnerable» in China.
It took the S&P 500 seven
years to recover and establish a new
high but Nasdaq still remains 25 % below its all - time peak
reached 14
years ago.»
(People who do have 401k accounts saw their balances
reach record
highs last
year, according to a Fidelity survey.)
It won't be different this
year, when once again we will see multiple ESL events breaking industry records and the production value
reaching a new
high.»
Mergers and acquisitions
reached a record
high this
year.
And while these discussions might
reach their
high water mark today, there is no shortage of attention paid to the issue the rest of the
year either.
A Low - Cost iPhone Could Mean A Deal Between Apple And China Mobile (Bloomberg) China Mobile and Apple have been trying to
reach an agreement for
years, but the
high cost of the iPhone and China Mobile's unwillingness to provide a subsidy for the phone meant that a deal never got off the ground.
Once they
reach the five -
year anniversary, however, chances for continued success are
higher.
Recent studies have shown that if Canadian oil were able to
reach the U.S. Gulf Coast and Asia, the impact of
higher revenues to Canadian producers over a 15
year period would amount to an additional $ 132 billion in Canadian GDP.
Click - through rates
reached a new
high of.88 % during the second quarter, while at the same time costs per click slipped to $ 0.46 from $ 0.53 in the first quarter of the
year.
Earnings are on pace to grow more than 15 percent this
year, and if 2019 can nudge profits incrementally
higher as the economy avoids recession, stocks could still
reach fresh
highs.