system clockwise winds and potentials for tornadoes. tornado watch in effect for much of the state of florida and then the risk for tornadoes as it moves continues to move northeast ward into georgia. georgia, you are going to be dealing with a category 2 hurricane as of the latest advisory. so 130 mile-per-hour sustained winds. it was a category 4 upgraded at 5:00 a.m. that will be, you know, the highest we go because it is about to make landfall within the next couple of hours. widespread impacts though, not only tornadoes, upwards of a foot of rain and we could see 1h would be catastrophic for this area. so, here is the la l statistics. now category 4 storm. rapid intensification last night and the national hurricane center was bang-on with their forecast. absolutely perfect. looking at the timeline in terms
has got out of the area that could be affected, yes? absolutely. the local authorities be affected, yes? absolutely. the local authorities of be affected, yes? absolutely. the local authorities of the be affected, yes? absolutely. the local authorities of the island, - be affected, yes? absolutely. the local authorities of the island, la l local authorities of the island, la palma, have done a really good job in my perspective. they ve evacuated people, warned people. in fact, yesterday, my wife went to a sports centre because there was a chat, giving a lot of information to people. they have been pre warning people. they have been pre warning people and everybody knew that something was going to happen but what we didn t know is where it was going to take off and there it is. that took everybody by surprise because we were thinking it was going to be a bit further down south, more towards the last two volcanic eruptions but all of a suddenifs volcanic eruptions but all of a sudd
9 March 2021 | 16:36pm
StockMarketWire.com - The FTSE 100 closed Tuesday with a 0.35% gain to 6,742.96, off its highs for the day but still consolidating Monday s big gains amid improved investor sentiment.
In the US the Nasdaq index bounced back sharply as tech stocks returned to favour following the recent sell-off. By 4.30pm UK time the index was up 3.3% to 13,046.50.
Investment company Standard Life Aberdeen fell 7.5% to 295.1p as it cut its dividend by a third as full year numbers showed falling profit and a shrinking client base.
Telecom group Vodafone was up 1.6% to 128.1p after setting a price range for the initial public offering of its Vantage Towers infrastructure business that would value it at between €11.4 billion and €14.7 billion.
23 February 2021 | 08:45am
StockMarketWire.com - UK stocks opened higher on Tuesday, even as the unemployment rate rose, as some large local companies released mixed earnings results.
At 0827, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was up 21.22 points, or 0.3%, at 6,633.46.
The rise marked a continuing of upward momentum from Monday afternoon after Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled a blueprint for lifting Britain s Covid-19 lockdowns
The UK unemployment rate rose to 5.1% in the three months through December, as expected, up from 5.0% previously.
Banking giant HSBC fell 1.9% to 423.6p as it reported a 34% drop in annual profit owing to higher credit losses and lower interest rates.
23 February 2021 | 16:34pm
StockMarketWire.com - The FTSE 100 traded flat a little above the 6,600 mark despite US tech stocks tanking for a second day on valuation concerns and as investors grew concerned mounting inflation might prompt interest rate increases.
By 4.30pm UK time the S&P 500 was down 0.6% to 3,852.59 and the more tech-biased NASDAQ index was off by 1.4% having earlier lost as much as 3% of its value.
The UK unemployment rate rose to 5.1% in the three months through December, as expected, up from 5.0% previously.
Banking giant HSBC fell 1% to 427.3p as it reported a 34% drop in annual profit owing to higher credit losses and lower interest rates.