head of investment at interactive investor. what is going wrong? we are clearly saying that the consumer is slowing down. we are entering the golden quarter when typically we see a boost to spending in the run up to christmas, so perhaps a lot of consumers are hunkering down, saving ahead of that expensive period in the run up to december. haw ahead of that expensive period in the run-up to december. how much was it about the weather? the run-up to december. how much was it about the weather? the the run-up to december. how much was it about the weather? the wet it about the weather? the wet weather in it about the weather? the wet weather in the it about the weather? the wet weather in the second - it about the weather? the wet weather in the second half- it about the weather? the wet weather in the second half of. it about the weather? the wet i weather in the second half of the month did affect footfall, but still retail sales were down by now .3%, which is the m
nvidia shares ended the trading day up more than 5%. alphabet, amazon, apple, meta, and microsoft all ended the day up as well. the major indexes have been hitting high water marks over and over in 202a. this marks the nasdaq s 13th record close this year and the 25th for the s&p. another brand on the up lululemon. the activewear brand beat wall street expectations on revenue in the first three months of the year. strong sales in china helped buffer a slowdown in spending in the us. shares rose around 12 percent on the results. us commerce secretary gina raimondo is in singapore this week for a meeting of the indo pacific economic framework, an initiative to improve economic ties between america and asia. along with executives from major us companies, she also attended a forum to promote investments in green energy. for more on this, we re joined by deborah elms, the head of trade policy at the hinrich foundation. it s a complicated frayed work. it s a complicated frayed wo
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it s leading in the race to develop the chips needed to enable new artificial intelligence applications. and that s where the other tech giants and a lot of companies are spending big bucks right now. nvidia shares ended the trading day up more than 5%. alphabet, amazon, apple, meta, and microsoft all ended the day up as well. the major indexes have been hitting high water marks over and over in 202a. hitting high water marks this marks the nasdaq s 13th record close this year and the 25th for the s&p. another brand on the up lululemon. the activewear brand beat wall street expectations on revenue in the first three months of the year. strong sales in china helped buffer a slowdown in spending in the us. shares rose around 12 percent on the results. us commerce secretary gina raimondo is in singapore this week for a meeting of the indo pacific economic framework, an initiative to improve economic ties between america and asia. along with executives from major us companies,
temperatures in the indian capital, delhi, hitjust shy of 50 degrees celsius in recent days, the highest ever recorded. meanwhile, parts of brazil are still recovering from extensive floods caused by a deluge made twice as likely by climate change, say scientists. it is evidence, said the head of the un today, that the world is playing russian roulette with the climate. climate change is the mother of all stealth taxes, paid by everyday people and vulnerable countries and communities. meanwhile, the godfathers of climate chaos, the fossil fuel industry, rake in record profits and feast off trillions in taxpayer funded subsidies. let s take a look at average global monthly temperatures over the last 12 months. each of the lines here is a year and shows how high temperatures were compared to before the industrial revolution, when the world started producing lots of greenhouse gases. this line shows the last 12 months. and, look, every single month has set a new monthly temperat