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Yuan closes down despite stronger midpoint as dollar appetite strengthens
Reuters(Updates to close) By Pete Sweeney SHANGHAI, June 6 (Reuters) - The yuan closed down the dollar on Thursday despite stronger guidance from the central bank, as market observers saw signs that a long-running yuan rally is starting to run out of steam....Tags: People's Bank, Foreign Exchange Market, Economy, Business and Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, China
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Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
ReutersJune 5 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Wednesday: ** A Dell Inc special committee challenged Carl Icahn on Wednesday, saying the activist investor is almost $4 billion short of the cash...Tags: Rinat Akhmetov, Satellite and Cable Service, Economy, Business and Finance, Hutchison Whampoa Limited, Dell Inc.
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Mining stocks help Europe equities recover from losses
Reuters* FTSEurofirst 300 and Euro STOXX 50 up 0.3 pct * Markets seen range-bound in near-term * Recovery in price of gold boosts mining stocks By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON, May 30 (Reuters) - European equities rose on Thursday, helped by mining stocks,...Tags: Foreign Exchange Market, Economy, Business and Finance, DAX, Germany, Metal and Mineral
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CANADA STOCKS-TSX may open higher as ECB, BoJ stand by monetary easing
ReutersMay 28 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index looked set to open higher as investors took cheer after top officials in the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan pledged their support for continued monetary easing. TOP STORIES * Bank of Nova...Tags: Bausch & Lomb, Bank of Nova Scotia, Economy, Business and Finance, Thomson Corporation, Consumer Confidence
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PREVIEW-China official PMI to show minimal growth in May
Reuters* May PMI seen slipping to 50.1 from 50.6 in April * PMI pull-back to reinforce bets of stalling China recovery * Official PMI out on June 1, 0100 GMT * Final HSBC PMI on June 3, 0145 GMT BEIJING, May 30 (Reuters) - China's slowing factory sector may...Tags: Financial Markets, Labor Markets, Economy, Business and Finance, China, Beijing (China)
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Scanning the road for bombs on a final patrol in Afghanistan
KHOGIANO, Afghanistan — Spc. Kyle Klobuchar spends his days listening intently to the beeps, hums and warbles of a hand-held explosives detector known as a Minehound. He likes to think of the tones as the warble of either a baby turkey, adolescent...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Suicide, Emergency Incidents, Turkey (animal), U.S. Military
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Scotiabank profit boosted by ING Direct acquisition
ReutersTORONTO, May 28 (Reuters) - Bank of Nova Scotia said on Tuesday that quarterly profit rose 9.6 percent, as domestic retail banking income was helped by last year's acquisition of online lender ING Direct. Scotiabank, Canada's third-largest lender,...Tags: Bank of Nova Scotia
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ANALISIS-Cambio de austeridad a crecimiento en UE es más que nada semántico
ReutersPor Paul Taylor PARIS (Reuters) - Escuchando a algunos líderes europeos, especialmente en Francia, uno pensaría que la era de la austeridad terminó y la zona euro avanza a toda velocidad hacia la recuperación económica. En un sorprendente cambió... -
GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares fall, bonds rise as data fans Fed uncertainty
Reuters* Firm U.S. data fuels speculation that Fed may taper bond buying * Stocks, German bonds, peripheral euro zone bonds all fall * Yen gains more than 1 percent on the dollar * Growth concerns weigh on oil prices By Ellen Freilich NEW YORK, May 29...Tags: Foreign Exchange Market, Nasdaq Composite, Stock Activities, Nikkei, Petroleum Industry
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FMI recorta perspectivas de crecimiento de China, insta a limitar la financiación social
ReutersPEKIN (Reuters) - El Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) recortó su pronóstico de crecimiento para China este año a un 7,75 por ciento desde un 8 por ciento, citando la debilidad en la economía mundial y las exportaciones, lo que se suma a las...Tags: China, Bank of America Corp.
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Italy bond costs rise after Fed hints at stimulus exit
ReutersMILAN (Reuters) - The 10-month-long rally in vulnerable euro zone bonds may be coming to an end following the U.S. Federal Reserve's hint that it will turn off the taps and as the European Central Bank's back-up pledge hits its limit. Italian short-...Tags: Prices, European Central Bank, Ben Bernanke, Credit Ratings, Federal Reserve
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German joblessness jumps in May on cold weather
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - The number of Germans out of work jumped more than forecast in May on a seasonally adjusted basis due partly to bad weather but the unemployment rate remained close to its lowest level since Germany reunited more than two decades ago....Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Markets, Angela Merkel, Unemployment, Germany
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