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LONDON (Reuters) - Rising optimism about global growth pushed world shares to a near five-year high on Monday, while comments from Japan's economy minister that consumers could suffer if the yen falls further lifted it off a 4-1/2 low. Data last week...

KUWAIT (Reuters) - A ruling by Kuwait's top court next month could end a period of relative political stability, jeopardizing government plans to push ahead with long-delayed economic projects. One of the world's richest countries per capita, Kuwait...

(Reuters) - La primera subasta de petróleo de Brasil en cinco años ofrecerá 289 áreas en tierra y en alta mar de 11 cuencas sedimentarias que abarcan 155.800 kilómetros cuadrados de territorio brasileño, una superficie equivalente al territorio de...

(Reuters) - Brazil's first oil auction in five years will offer 289 onshore and offshore areas from 11 sedimentary basins covering 155,800 square kilometers (60,155 square miles) of Brazilian territory, an area the size of Bangladesh or the U.S. state...

May 10 (Reuters) - Brazil's first oil auction in five years will offer 289 onshore and offshore areas from 11 sedimentary basins covering 155,800 square kilometers (60,155 square miles) of Brazilian territory, an area the size of Bangladesh or the U.S....

* MSCI Asia ex-Japan up 0.8 pct, Nikkei hits fresh five-year peak * China reports stronger-than-forecast April trade data * Equities seen preferred as global easings depress returns on bonds By Chikako Mogi TOKYO, May 8 (Reuters) - Asian shares rose...

By Sophie Sassard LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - Generali's private bank BSI attracted bids below its estimated 2.3 billion Swiss francs ($2.5 billion) book value, four people familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. A consortium made up of Spanish...

* Billionaire Clive Palmer earmarks $1 bln to upgrade nickel refinery * Wants to improve margins to battle plummeting prices * Xstrata, Vale, others soldier on with big projects * Extra output could deepen supply glut By James Regan SYDNEY, May 3...

A Calvert County judge brushed aside Friday a potential legal hurdle to exporting liquefied natural gas via the Chesapeake Bay, ruling that Dominion, the Richmond, Va.-based energy company, does not need the Sierra Club's permission to convert its LNG...

The future of Advance Auto Parts is back in the headline. National reports indicate the company is considering a possible sale to private equity firms. There are many more questions than answers for what it will mean for the only Fortune 500 Company...

When older Japanese Americans hear scare phrases like "ethnic integrity," they can be forgiven for flashing back to less-friendly times. But what if the speaker is Japanese American? Last month, Little Tokyo's New Otani Hotel & Garden was sold by...