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It doesn’t come with a ring, but this week was still special for former First Fan George W. Bush. Nearly three decades after he sold the Texas Rangers, the team that propelled him into politics finally brought home its first World Series title.Mr. Bush kicked off the series last week by throwing out the first pitch and cheered from home in Dallas on Wednesday when his old team won Game 5 in Phoenix. For the onetime Rangers managing partner, it was an enervating finale to a championship that eluded him when he was signing the checks.“I think he’s loving it,”…

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Hotter and drier summers are making it harder for French cheesemakers to meet traditional standards.Some cheesemakers are still experimenting while others are calling for the rules to be changed.Climate change also threatens foods like Georgia peaches and Alaska snow crabs. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. France has famously strict standards for how its quality…

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Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Good morning. Israel’s military said it had surrounded Gaza City, Hamas’s political and military base, as its ground offensive against the militant group moved into a new phase.Satellite images and reports on social media showed Israeli military advancing in three directions. As tanks gathered near the coast in the north of Gaza, reinforcements crossed from Israel into the strip from the north-east. Additional armoured columns headed towards the sea south of Gaza City.Israel has intensified its air and ground operations against Hamas…

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a man examining an electronic board showing Japan’s Nikkei average and stock quotations outside a brokerage, in Tokyo, Japan, March 20, 2023. REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou/File Photo By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Stocks were headed for their biggest weekly rise in a year on Friday, while bonds rallied and the dollar was on the back foot as investors cheered a pause in U.S. interest rate hikes. U.S. jobs data due later in the day is the next major focus. Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields are down more than 20 basis points in two sessions since…

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Australia’s biggest investment bank Macquarie Group Ltd adorns the main entrance to their Sydney office headquarters in Australia, October 28, 2016. Picture taken October 28, 2016. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo By Lewis Jackson and Roushni Nair SYDNEY (Reuters) -Macquarie Group on Friday reported its lowest half-year profit in three years as costs rose and it paused green asset sales, but it said its performance would pick up in the second half and it had enough excess capital to buy back shares. The first-half results were a rare miss for the Australian firm, which prides…

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Former President Donald Trump’s legal team has filed an appeal to remove the partial gag order imposed on him by a federal judge in his Washington, D.C., 2020 election interference case.”No court in American history has imposed a gag order on a criminal defendant who is actively campaigning for public office — let alone the leading candidate for President of the United States,” Trump’s attorneys wrote in the filing.”The Gag Order violates the First Amendment rights of President Trump and over 100 million Americans who listen to him,” they added.ERIC TRUMP TESTIFIES HE HAD ‘NO INVOLVEMENT’ IN TRUMP ORGANIZATION’S STATEMENT…

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Shares of Hudson Technologies (HDSN) drop as Q3 sales fall short of consensus, but favorable upcoming regulatory changes keep it poised for continued profit and cash flow outperformance ahead.Getty Images Hudson Technologies (HDSN) reported seemingly mixed Q3 results last night. Specifically, due to lower selling prices for certain refrigerants, revenues for the period of $76.5 million fell $8.0 million short of the $84.5 million analysts had been projecting. But even as the gap between its inventory costs and sales prices continued to narrow as expected, the company reported adjusted earnings of 34 cents per share, which comfortably exceeded the 31-cent…

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