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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> AMSTERDAM (AP) — World stock markets shrugged off suggestions the U.S. Federal Reserve may begin to reverse some of its asset purchase programs by the end of the summer, and were mostly higher ahead of key data releases Friday. The Conference Board is due to report on U.S. leading indicators after North American markets open, along with the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index. Analysts are expecting both to show an improvement from March. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — Enthusiasm on Wall Street sparked by another positive report on the U.S. economy helped push most Asian stock markets higher Wednesday. But lower-than-expected German economic growth disappointed investors elsewhere. The German economy narrowly avoided recession in the first quarter of 2013, with 0.1 percent growth for the quarter. However, analysts were expecting a 0.3 percent quarterly rise. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — Enthusiasm on Wall Street sparked by another positive report on the U.S. economy helped push most Asian stock markets higher Wednesday. The National Federation of Independent Business reported a slight improvement in confidence among small business owners in the U.S. in April. That helped boost the Dow Jones industrial average to close at a record high Tuesday. “A combination of further improvement of economic performance and low inflation in the US should keep risk appetite buoyant,” said analysts at Credit Agricole CIB in Hong Kong in an email commentary.
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — World stock markets fell Tuesday despite data showing that U.S. consumers were revving up their retail spending last month, as investors made off with profits following recent rallies. The Commerce Department in Washington said retail sales increased 0.1 percent in April from March, an improvement from March’s 0.5 percent decline. Economists had forecast that sales declined by 0.3 percent in April. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday in a lukewarm reaction to data showing that U.S. consumers revved up their retail spending last month. The Commerce Department in Washington said retail sales increased 0.1 percent in April from March, an improvement from March’s 0.5 percent decline. Economists had forecast that sales declined by 0.3 percent in April. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The largest cardiovascular health organisation in the US has a new message: owning a dog may protect you from heart disease. The message was in a scientific statement published on Thursday by the American Heart Association, which convened a panel of experts to review years of data on the cardiovascular benefits of owning a pet. They concluded that owning a dog in particular was “probably associated” with a reduced risk of heart disease. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Christine Pelisek, on May 10th, 2013 Despite the agony they endured, the three women held hostage in Cleveland likely forged bonds.
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By , on May 2nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Laser beams and microwave dishes are the latest weapons in an arms race to shave milliseconds off dealing times in the shadowy world of high-speed, computerised financial trading. Traders, who make money by exploiting tiny, lightning-fast price changes on exchanges, are now targeting Europe and Asia after skirmishing in the United States. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading High-frequency trading comes to Asia as regulators grow ever more wary
By , on May 2nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — World stock markets were mostly lower Thursday after U.S. and Chinese data pointed to slower growth in the world’s two biggest economies. Analysts are concerned about a buildup of disappointing indicators from the two countries whose economic heft is critical to powering a global recovery. The latest alarm bells rang out of Washington on Wednesday with the release of employment and manufacturing growth that failed to live up to expectations. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 2nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets fell Thursday after U.S. and Chinese data pointed to slower growth in the world’s two biggest economies. Analysts are concerned about a buildup of disappointing data emerging from the two countries whose economic heft is critical to powering a global recovery. The latest alarm bells rang out of Washington on Wednesday with the release of employment and manufacturing growth that failed to live up to expectations. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 30th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China is responsible for just a shade over 7 per cent of that total debt. And while it remains the single largest foreign lender (just ahead of Japan), China’s been slowly trimming its holdings, down from nearly 10 per cent a few years ago. Overall, all foreign investors, including national central banks, account for roughly one third of the total outstanding federal government debt. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 28th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> When the Politburo announced Xi Jinping’s campaign rid the party of “formalism, bureaucratism and behaviour that suggests mediocrity, laziness, laxity and extravagance”, what it really meant was: “Clean up your act. Or we’ll clean it up for you.” <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Xi follows in Mao’s footsteps on path to consolidate power
By , on April 24th, 2013 
The planned sale of 632 UK bank branches by Lloyds Banking Group to the Co-op group falls through.
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By , on April 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The trial of a Russian opposition leader accused of embezzling half a million dollars’ worth of timber from a state-run company was adjourned shortly after its start on Wednesday in a northwestern city. Lawyer and anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny, who spearheaded anti-government protests in 2011, and his former colleague are accused of leading an organised criminal group that embezzled US$500,000 worth of timber from a state-owned company in the city of Kirov. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Russia published its own blacklist of US officials banned from entering the country in retaliation for Washington blocking 18 Russians over alleged human-rights abuses. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 9th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Britain’s newsstands reflected the divisive legacy of Margaret Thatcher as headlines branding her the nation’s saviour jostled for prominence with those calling her the architect of greed. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 9th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Vladimir Putin faced hundreds of protesters ranging from gay rights activists to a topless feminist group during his visit to Germany and the Netherlands, but the Russian president appeared unruffled by the furore. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By jbecker, on April 6th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A summit between President Xi Jinping and his Myanmese counterpart, Thein Sein, signalled both nations’ desire to revive their strategic partnership, which had cooled since the civilian government came to power, according to a Chinese expert on the Southeast Asian nation. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By jbecker, on April 6th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Billionaire investor George Soros, who has fallen foul of governments as far afield as Malaysia and Britain during a 60-year career, has praised China’s system of financial regulation. But he warned that Beijing faces “exceptional difficulties” in its economic transition in the near term. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 4th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> LONDON (AP) — Japanese stocks outperformed all others for the second day running Thursday while the yen sank after the country’s central bank announced a bold new approach to fixing the economy. The Bank of Japan, under new Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, surprised by announcing it would expand money supply massively to stoke inflation and get the economy out of its two-decade stagnation. There were no surprises from the European Central Bank and the Bank of England, however, when they kept monetary policy unchanged. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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World stocks mostly higher
<!– google_ad_section_start –> AMSTERDAM (AP) — World stock markets shrugged off suggestions the U.S. Federal Reserve may begin to reverse some of its asset purchase programs by the end of the summer, and were mostly higher ahead of key data releases Friday. The Conference Board is due to report on U.S. leading indicators after North American markets open, along with the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index. Analysts are expecting both to show an improvement from March. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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