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INVESTMENT FOCUS-Dollar builds steam, unnerves emerging markets
ReutersBy Mike Dolan LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - As the dust settles on a volatile week, many strategists now sense a green light for a long-brewing multi-year rise of the U.S. dollar - with unnerving portents for emerging markets. The U.S. Federal Reserve's...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Currency Values, HSBC Holdings plc, Emerging Market, Central Bank
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Sears reports bigger-than-expected 1Q loss
NEW YORK (AP) — It was another ugly quarter for Sears Holdings Corp. The beleaguered department-store chain reported a steeper-than-expected loss for its first quarter on slumping sales. It also announced that it is considering selling its...Tags: Ron Johnson, Economy, Business and Finance, Target Brands, Inc., Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Kmart
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Derivatives trade booms in wake of Japan stock slide
ReutersBy Helen Bartholomew LONDON, May 24 (IFR) - Investors betting on a continuation of Japan's six-month runaway bull market suffered their biggest scare yet on Thursday as the Nikkei 225 lost more than 7% - its largest one-day loss in more than two years....Tags: Nikkei, Economy, Business and Finance, HSBC Holdings plc, Deutsche Bank AG, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company
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Stimulus fears haunt share markets, dollar recovers
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets drifted lower on Friday as investors were beset by worries that central bank stimulus may be curtailed, but the dollar recovered against the euro to trade almost flat after better-than-expected U.S. durable goods...Tags: Waddell & Reed Financial Incorporated, Chuck Hagel, Pakistan, Honda Motor Co., Apple iPhone
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Henrik Fisker joins Hong Kong tycoon to salvage Fisker -sources
Reuters* One of two competing offers in play * Fisker cofounder teams up with investors trying to buy U.S. loan * Group may offer between $25 mln and $30 mln for loan * Sources caution figures are changing, on the rise * DOE considering ramifications of...Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Vehicles, Bankruptcy, Economy, Business and Finance, Financially Distressed Companies
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Pakistan should consider IMF deal after reforms in place: adviser
ReutersLAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's new leadership expects first results of its planned steps to shore up its finances and ease a power crisis in two or three months and only then should decide whether and on what terms to seek an IMF bailout, a...Tags: Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Economy, Business and Finance, International Organizations, International Monetary Fund
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Henrik Fisker joins Hong Kong tycoon to salvage Fisker: sources
ReutersDETROIT/BEIJING (Reuters) - Henrik Fisker is working with an investor group to salvage Fisker Automotive, the "green" car company he co-founded nearly six years ago that is now struggling to stave off bankruptcy, people familiar with the matter said...Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Vehicles, Bankruptcy, Economy, Business and Finance, Financially Distressed Companies
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Japan life insurers may keep money at home as bond yields rise
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese life insurers are giving signs that they may not send much more of their $3 trillion in assets abroad this year, as Japanese government bond yields start picking up, despite hinting last month that they might boost their foreign...Tags: Government Debt, Insurance, Economy, Business and Finance, Japan, Money and Monetary Policy
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ANALYSIS-German economy to pick up but fall short of traditional pace
Reuters* Economists say Q1 disappointed hopes for dynamic recovery * Euro crisis, global slowdown, weak yen hurting exports * Govt hopes firms will start investing, economists doubtful * Weak economy could impact election campaign By Sarah Marsh BERLIN, May...Tags: Consumers, Prices, Elections, European Union, Investments
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Japan's top leaders defend 'Abenomics' economic strategies as roiled markets settle
AP Business WriterTOKYO (AP) — Japan's top leaders are defending the economic strategies championed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, though the central bank chief acknowledged a need for better communication with financial markets, a day after Tokyo shares suffered...Tags: Prices, Bonds, Nikkei, Economy, Business and Finance, Financial Markets
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City's secretive $107M tax giveaway is wrong
Where's the outrage? The city's Board of Finance, in secret, decided to give $107 million to a wealthy developer for the benefit of an even wealthier corporation ("Harbor Point to get city financing," May 21). Apparently, ordinary citizens can't...
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Raiffeisen CEO quits over offshore deals
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - Raiffeisen Bank International Chief Executive Herbert Stepic resigned on Friday in what he called an effort to spare his bank from negative publicity over personal property deals that triggered scrutiny by the lender and regulators....Tags: Vienna (Austria), Justice System, Austria, Crime, Law and Justice, UBS AG
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