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INSIGHT-Nordic nations grapple with 'austerity lite'
ReutersBy Alistair Scrutton and Patrick Lannin STOCKHOLM, June 2 (Reuters) - When Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt celebrated his 45th birthday, his finance minister gave him a framed graph showing the tax burden falling to 45 percent of GDP for the...Tags: Finance, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Marketing, Unemployment Benefits, Health and Medical Professionals
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As Philippines booms, overseas workers eye return home
ReutersBy Karen Lema MANILA, June 2 (Reuters) - Mateo Ragonjan took a leap of faith in August last year. The executive sous-chef of a seven-star luxury hotel in Abu Dhabi packed his bags to take up a similar job back home in the Philippines. He is one of a small...Tags: Auto Trends, Entertainment, Politics, National Government, Poverty
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Canada GDP jumps to 2.5 percent growth in first quarter on exports
ReutersOTTAWA (Reuters) - Rising exports helped rouse the Canadian economy from a sluggish second half of 2012 to grow at an annualized rate of 2.5 percent in the first quarter of this year, the fastest pace in six quarters, Statistics Canada reported on Friday....Tags: Investments, Politics, National Government, Energy Resources, Royal Bank of Canada
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Bond yields rise, dollar climbs on U.S. data; stocks down
Reuters* Treasuries prices fall further after Midwest factory report * Dollar climbs off three-week low * Wall Street falls amid speculation about Fed's stimulus program By Herbert Lash NEW YORK, May 31 (Reuters) - Government bond yields rose and the dollar...Tags: Stock Activities, Government Debt, S&P 500, Stock Market, Financial Markets
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Bond yields rise, stocks sink on Fed speculation
Reuters* Treasuries prices fall further after Midwest factory report * Dollar climbs off three-week low * Wall Street falls amid speculation about Fed's stimulus program By Herbert Lash NEW YORK, May 31 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks sold off and government bond...Tags: Stock Activities, Government Debt, S&P 500, Inflation and Deflation, Petroleum Industry
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COLUMN - Tech, prosperity and peace on West Bank
ReutersBy David Rohde RAMALLAH, West Bank, May 31 (Reuters) - At first glance, it is a tech utopian's dream. For the last two years several dozen Israeli and Palestinian high-tech entrepreneurs have been quietly meeting at a Dead Sea resort that Palestinians...Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Business Enterprises, Companies and Corporations, Palestine, Startups
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PRECIOUS-Gold edges down on U.S. Fed stimulus uncertainty
ReutersSINGAPORE, May 30 (Reuters) - Gold ticked lower on Thursday on fears the U.S. Federal Reserve could soon scale back its bullion-friendly bond buying programme, but tight supply in the physical market could offer some support to prices. FUNDAMENTALS *...Tags: Central Bank, Metal and Mineral, Metal, Singapore, Ben Bernanke
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Consumer confidence surges to near 6-year high
WASHINGTON -- U.S. consumer confidence has recovered to pre-recession levels, but it's unlikely to stay up for very long. The University of Michigan said Friday that its index of consumer sentiment jumped to 84.5 at the end of May, from 76.4 in April....Tags: Consumer Confidence, Moody's Corporation, Consumers
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WRAPUP 3-Data signal soft U.S. economy but not abrupt slowdown
Reuters* Consumer spending falls 0.2 percent in April * Inflation measures fall further below Fed target * Low inflation argues against tapering of Fed bond buys * Consumer sentiment near 6-year high in May * Midwest factory activity jumps in May By Lucia...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Central Bank, Petroleum Industry, Inflation and Deflation, Employment
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METALS-Copper on track to end May higher after 3-mth fall
ReutersSINGAPORE, May 31 (Reuters) - London copper futures rose for a second session on Friday and are on course to post their first monthly gain in four after soft U.S. data helped ease fears the Federal Reserve may soon scale down its monetary stimulus,...Tags: Japan, China, Personal Income, HSBC Holdings plc, Metal and Mineral
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RPT-PREVIEW-No fast rebound for India's moribund economy
Reuters(Repeats preview ahead of data release) * Reuters poll forecasts Jan-March GDP growth of 4.8 pct y/y * GDP data to be released at 0530 GMT Friday * Ruling coalition faces state polls, national election * Monsoon seen lifting economy, farm output and...Tags: Political Corruption, Sports, Central Bank, Politics, Baseball
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ECB's Kranjec says Slovenia still at risk of bailout
ReutersBLED, Slovenia (Reuters) - Slovenia still has a long way to go to avert an international bailout, its policymaker at the ECB said on Friday as data showed the economy shrinking and business investment plummeting in early 2013. "Slovenia is not out of the...Tags: Privatization, Central Bank, Politics, National Government, Company Privatization
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