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Retail fund hits record despite Amazon threat ahead of Q2

Bloomberg “Retail is not dead”, Telsey Advisory Group said. One day before second-quarter earnings season kicks into gear in earnest, it’s clear investors agree. The latest quarterly results are expected to outshine first quarter disappointments that were hurt by lousy weather. The SPDR S&P Retail ETF has risen 13 percent year to date to a record high, more than double …

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Sports Direct plans to keep most House of Fraser stores open

Bloomberg Sports Direct International Plc says it will continue to operate most of House of Fraser Ltd.’s 59 UK and Ireland department stores after rescuing the chain from near collapse. “Our aim is to keep at least 80 percent of the stores open,” Liam Rowley, Sports Direct’s head of strategic investments, said on Tuesday in an interview on Bloomberg TV …

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UAE, Jordan keen to enhance ties

AMMAN / WAM Ways of developing cooperation between the UAE and Jordan were the main topic of discussions at a meeting between the UAE Ambassador to Jordan Mattar Saif Sulaiman Al Shamsi and the Chairman of theJordanian-Emirati Brotherhood Committee Samir Abdul Hadi, at the embassy’s premises in Jordan. During the meeting, the two sides discussed means of enhancing aspects of …

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