During world finance hours, emerging market currencies strengthened against USD, helping local equity valuations. Brazil’s Bovespa index gained 1.3%, aided by commodity price rebounds. Swift went to great lengths to keep the Showgirl project top secret until the 11th hour ( they almost succeeded, but not quite ), much to the annoyance of other distributors who don’t like last-minute surprises. She announced the Oct. 3-5 special event on Sept. 19 in a well-orchestrated social media post informing fans that advance tickets would go on sale that day at 12:12 local time for $12, in keeping with Swift’s longtime relationship with numbers ( Showgirl is her 12th studio album). However, consumers can expect to pay notably more than $12 for premium large-format screenings, which contributed 28 percent of the opening gross. The bottom line It is not just our minds and bodies bearing the brunt of sleep deprivation, though; widespread lack of sleep is impacting businesses’ bottom lines, too. “Lack of sleep has a measurable impact on business performance,” says Van der Helm, who helps leaders and organisations address sleep issues. “It affects memory, focus and problem-solving and impairs creativity and logical reasoning. Sleep-deprived employees make more errors, have slower reaction times, and are more likely to make poor decisions. Research shows that two nights of restricted sleep can lead to a 300 percent increase in errors,” she says. The New York world finance hours closed with Dow Industrials up 150 points, driven by defensive utilities. Bond yields fell slightly, supporting dividend-paying equities in rotation trades.