HOW far in advance should you book a flight to get the best price? That is a question that many travellers agonise about. Yet people around the world do not respond in the same way to the incentives they are given. New data from Concur, a travel-software firm, compares flight-booking trends from five countries. Their […]
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Ireland will veto Brexit trade talks with the U.K. until complex issues surrounding its border with Northern Ireland are resolved, the country’s EU commissioner said Sunday. Phil Hogan said Ireland could veto the talks between the U.K. and the European Union (EU) if it is not given assurances that there will be no “hard border” […]
Read moreSales of new U.S. single-family homes unexpectedly rose in October, hitting their highest level in 10 years amid robust demand across the country. The Commerce Department said on Monday new home sales increased 6.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 685,000 units last month. That was the highest level since October 2007 and […]
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Prince Harry and U.S. actress Meghan Markle have announced that they are to be married. The wedding will happen in spring next year after the couple got engaged earlier this month. CNBC takes a look back at royal weddings through the years and how they have transformed into global events. Source: cnbc In pictures: A […]
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Money managers are flocking to a new spot in the U.K. real estate market. Traditional office spaces are losing their attractiveness to investors, but the appetite for industrials and logistics spaces is on the rise. Industrials and logistics are offering the highest returns “due to the shift from physical stores to online shopping, as retailers […]
Read moreIf you’ve ever been in the U.S. on St. Patrick’s Day, you know just how much Americans of Irish descent love their heritage. Even if many have never been to the Emerald Isle, they’ll enthusiastically tell you about their Irish ancestors who crossed the Atlantic in the wave of emigration that followed Ireland’s great potato […]
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OPEC ministers head to Vienna on Thursday to decide whether to extend output cuts beyond March next year. The prospect, however, of an alliance breakdown between the world’s two largest oil producers threatens to scupper the cartel’s plans. OPEC is expected to extend its deal with Russia and other oil producers to keep 1.8 million […]
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Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe told CNBC Monday that the country’s mandate on the issue of the border with Northern Ireland has not changed, despite growing political uncertainty within the government following a no-confidence motion on Friday against Deputy Prime Minister Frances Fitzgerald. His government’s position, which he says all Irish political parties agree on, […]
Read moreBritain’s Prince Harry is engaged to his U.S. actress girlfriend Meghan Markle with the marriage due to take place in the spring of 2018, his father Prince Charles announced in a statement on Monday. Harry, 33, currently fifth-in-line to the British throne, and Markle, 36, best known for her role in the U.S. TV legal […]
Read moreTensions between North Korea and its closest neighbor South Korea appear to be ratcheting up again just as a senior Russian official warned of an “apocalyptic scenario” developing on the Korean Peninsula. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov said Monday that the world could not ignore the crisis surrounding North Korea and fears over the […]
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