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European stock markets steadier after sharp losses
European stock markets rebounded modestly at the start of trading on Friday following sharp losses suffered the previous day. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 0.23 percent to 6,712.15 points, Frankfurt's DAX 30 gained 0.46 percent to 8,390.16 points and in Paris the CAC 40 climbed 0.36 percent to 3,981.27. European stock markets had slumped on Thursday, with most indices ...
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StanCharts Sands says Muddy Waters debt bet misplaced
STAN.L ) chief executive Peter Sands denied U.S. activist investor Muddy Waters' claim that the bank has taken on too much risk, saying its loan book was in a good condition and there is no change in risk appetite for ...
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Academics back BPs fight to cap oil spill payouts
BP.L ) fight to cap the U.S. oil spill compensation payouts it has to fund as the cash outflow threatens to add billions of dollars to its bill for the ...
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HSBC urges acceleration of banking reform
HSBA.L ) Chairman Douglas Flint said on Friday the pace of reform in the banking industry must be accelerated to avoid investor confidence in the sector being ...
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BRIEF-Cadiz sees FY earnings of 2.2 cents per share
JOHANNESBURG | Fri May 24, 2013 6:21am EDT JOHANNESBURG May 24 (Reuters) - Cadiz Holdings Ltd : * FY basic and diluted earnings and headline earnings are expected to be 2.2 cents per ...
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Europe needs a more European UK says ECB president
European Central Bank , has called for the UK to be "more European" and said the continent's key institutions could face dissolution if the UK leaves ...
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As FTSE 100 slides again market historian says large falls becoming more frequent
is not that unusual, but they have become more frequent in recent years.On Thursday the leading index dropped 2.1%, its biggest daily percentage fall for a year, as investors fretted about a possible end to quantitative easing, especially in the US, and an economic slowdown after disappointing Chinese factory data.But stock market historian David Schwartz has been crunching the numbers and come ...
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Co-operative Bank stops offering new loans to businesses
Co-operative Group could retrench from some parts of the financial services industry - at least temporarily - emerged on Friday when its banking arm pulled out of offering new loans to business clients.Ever since the mutual's banking arm ...
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Media Talk podcast Woolwich attack coverage and Boris ban lifted
John Plunkett digests the week's media news with Roy Greenslade, Helen Zaltzman and Paul Robinson. Plus, Rebecca Nicholson celebrates a return to form for Mad ...
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Friday Newspaper Review - - Irish Business News - - May 24 2013
See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when Interactive Tools upgraded to a new content management ...
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Lessons China and Brazil Can Teach Each Other
"Brazil in essence needs to become more like China, with its investment growth, and China needs to learn from Brazil in how to support consumer spending," said Capital Economics' chief emerging markets economist, Neil Shearing, in a ...
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UK Three Quarters Through Clearing Debt
Britain may be as much as three quarters of the way through working off the high levels of debt that have stifled growth since the financial crisis began, a senior Bank of England (BoE) policymaker has said. Paul Fisher, BoE Executive Director for Markets, said national growth would remain weak across both the private and public sectors until debt levels were brought under control. ...
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Three mainland Chinese charged in HK mercantile exchange probe
View Photo A security guard stands at the entrance as an office worker walks inside the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange in Hong Kong May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby ...
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Youre in their pockets High Court row over valuation in General Electric planes deal with Lebedev-controlled Blue Wings airline
One of the world's biggest aircraft valuers was accused in the High Court of being in the pockets of General Electric's vast GECAS commercial aeroplane leasing ...
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Truck strike may have caused Washington state bridge collapse officials says
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - A colliding truck may have triggered the collapse on Thursday of part of a four-lane freeway bridge that sent vehicles and drivers tumbling into a frigid river in Washington state, officials ...
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Bank of Englands Fisher says does not want U.S.-style QE pledge
CARDIFF (Reuters) - A Bank of England policymaker said on Friday he favored small additional amounts of bond purchases over time, but not a hard-to-manage commitment to longer-term stimulus like that of the U.S. Federal ...
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Handelsbanken Completes Heartwood Acquisition in UK
Swedish bank Svenska Handelsbanken AB (SHB-B.SK) Friday said it is completing its acquisition of British wealth management firm Heartwood Wealth Group Ltd. as it has now received permission from the British financial supervisory authority.MAIN FACTS:-Handelsbanken announced the agreement to acquire Heartwood on February 6.-Heartwood has around 90 employees and conducts discretionary management ...
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UK Firms Consumers Pay Down Debt Again In April
U.K. businesses and home owners continued to pay down debt in April, as confidence remains subdued despite a range of government policies to boost lending, a survey showed Friday.Data from the British Bankers Association showed non-financial U.K. businesses made a net repayment of 2.0 billion pounds ($3 billion) in April. In March they repaid GBP0.8 billion.Collectively, households also repaid ...
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European stock markets recover slightly at open
LONDON (AFP) - European stock markets rebounded modestly at the start of trading on Friday following sharp losses suffered the previous day.London's benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 0.23 percent to 6,712.15 points, Frankfurt's DAX 30 gained 0.46 percent to 8,390.16 points and in Paris the CAC 40 climbed 0.36 percent to 3,981.27.European stock markets had slumped on Thursday, with most ...
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Denny Hamlin takes Coca-Cola 600 pole with record lap
(AP Photo/Mike McCarn) Denny Hamlin climbs from his car after qualifying for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup series Coca-Cola 600 auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Thursday, May 23, 2013. Hamlin won the pole position for the ...
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Global stock markets fall after 7 percent collapse in Japan’s Nikkei index
Stock markets posted significant losses worldwide, led by a one-day 7.3 percent drop in Japan's Nikkei stock index, amid signs of a growing global slump and demands for increasing attacks on the working class in Japan.The Nikkei fell 1,143 points to 14,483.98, after which major indices across Europe and Asia all fell two percent or more. The Sydney stock market fell two percent to 5062, and ...
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Caterpillar CEO defends wage-cutting
expressing the logic behind the merciless drive for ever higher profits by the ruling class both in the United States and internationally. Since 2010, when he became CEO, Oberhelman has overseen a ruthless campaign to reduce workers' wages and dramatically increase corporate profits. This has included the lockout of workers in London, Ontario and the shutdown of their plant after because ...
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Market turbulence poses first serious test for Abenomics
By William MallardTOKYO (Reuters) - This week's turbulence in Tokyo markets exposes a key risk of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's all-in strategy to revive Japan's economy - if investor confidence falters, the government and the Bank of Japan may be left with few options to turn the tide.On Friday, the Nikkei share average had another tumultuous session, traversing a 7.1 percent range ...
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Demand is soaring for Apple’s first product
The sky-high prices suggest irrational exuberance. But technology historians say there is a rational appeal to possessing an Apple-1. "It is Apple’s creation story, the physical artifact that traces this incredible success to its origins," said Spicer, a senior curator at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, ...
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Minnesota to get stricter law on home foreclosures
Backers hope the state's new Homeowners' Bill of Rights will reduce foreclosures in Minnesota, which, more than six years into the crisis, have been declining but remain stubbornly ...
Pakistan Feature
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Pakistan's darkest hour
What began as the normal monsoon season has turned into the greatest disaster, the greatest humanitarian crisis and the worst floods ever seen in the history of Pakistan. According to the UN, the disaster in Pakistan from 2010 floods is now worse than the 2005 earthquake in the country and the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia combined.
It is a catastrophe of mammoth proportions and the challenge faced by a centrally weak government is how to get food aid to the some 6 million in need of help and provide relief facilities to the 20 million people impacted by the disaster. Read more
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