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Aug 13, 2011

LATEST World News, Apr 13, 2011


Worrisome global foreign direct investment policy trends
Pakistan Observer
The continued global recovery of FDI face several risks, such as the potentially contagious eurozone sovereign debt crisis as well as the fiscal and financial problems of some major developed countries. Those menacing risks suddenly surged last week ...
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Global 3D box office doubled in 2010
TG Daily
Despite impressive 3D screen growth internationally, the global market remains dominated by US films, which accounted for more than 90% of revenue frominternational 3D screens. For example, the top 3-D titles in Japan included "Avatar," "Alice in ...
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TG Daily
Why this love triangle works
The Australian
As a result, Australia ran a trade surplus with China last year of $23.4bn, whereas it ran a trade deficit of more than $6bn with the rest of the world. In Europe and the US, trade deficits with China are a big chunk of their global trade deficits. ...
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Emerging-Market Stocks Fall for Third Week Amid Funds Outflows
BusinessWeek
12 (Bloomberg) -- Emerging-market stocks fell for the third week in a row as confidence among US consumers plunged to a three-decade low while investors pulled the most money from global stock funds since 2008, adding to concern that the world's ...
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Tata Interactive Systems Amongst World's Top 20 Content Development Companies
PR Newswire (press release)
Tata Interactive Systems features in the first annual list of Top 20 Content Development Companies from TrainingIndustry.com. Tata Interactive Systems - a strategic training partner in organizational initiatives of global leaders - was recently ...
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Global food prices remain high, offering little relief for importers
Vancouver Sun
The number of hungry people "could soon again top one billion, it said. The number of hungry people in the world declined last year to 925 million from more than 1 billion in 2009, according to the FAO. "High food prices have crunched incomes for poor ...
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<B>Eswaran Subrahmanian:</B> Where in the world is India in global design ...
Business Standard
Can Indian engineering students use their hands to saw, cut and feel the materials that make their designs work and win in the competitive world? Do they even aspire to be the best designers in theworld, or do they just measure their worth in the ...
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Chile Codelco sees lower 2011 output, higher profits
Reuters Africa
He said output might be under the latest 1.7 million tonne estimate for 2011. "In 2010, Codelco gave Chile a profit of $5.8 billion, and if current copper prices remain as they are, it is very likely that Codelco will top that number," Jofre said. ...
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Desperately seeking leadership
MiamiHerald.com
In the face of an avalanche of major global challenges, what we see at the top is a stunning absence of strong, credible, and effective leadership. At a time when the world needs top talent to face daunting problems, the top rungs of power seem ...
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Freestone near perfect at Relentless Boardmasters...
Global Surf News
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 12 August, 2011 : - - Fistral Beach, Newquay -- The ASP 6-Star Relentless Boardmasters in assoc. with Vans witnessed a near perfect performance by current ASP Pro Junior World champion, Jack Freestone (Gold Coast, ...
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Foreigners Follow Money to Booming Brazil, Land of $35 Martini
New York Times
“If the rest of the world is cratering, this is a good place to be,” said Mr. Zalkin, 39. For those with even the dimmest memories of Brazil's own debt crisis in the 1980s, theglobal order has been turned on its head. The American economy may be ...
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New York Times
Maintaining a tight ship the best strategy to survive market mayhem
The Australian
Unlike the GFC, global financial markets haven't seized up and world trade is unlikely to collapse like last time. So the Reserve Bank is unlikely to repeat its big "emergency" interest rate cuts of late 2008, preferring to wait until the dust settles. ...
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Pacific may hold key to Atlantic hurricanes
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Sea temperatures in the tropical Atlantic at the time were record-breaking and so was the overall average global temperature. The world's tropics were roiling with hurricanes that year, prompting vigorous research on whether global warming would spawn ...
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Global Domination: Football Champions You Probably Haven't Heard Of
Bleacher Report
When we think of the top footballing teams in the world—the ones with long histories of success not only in domestic competition but internationally—our minds are drawn to the likes of Manchester United in England, Barcelona in Spain, and AC Milan in ...
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Bleacher Report
Taming inflation top priority, says RBI
Times of India
The US debt downgrade and its impact on global growth had fuelled expectations that the central bank may pause in its monetary policy tightening. Some industry groups had also urged the RBI to cut rates fearing a slowdown. Stubbornly high inflation has ...
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Danger ahead, says World Bank chief Robert Zoellick
The Australian
"Australia is best-placed when it plays in as many global leagues as it can simultaneously." Mr Zoellick is in Perth to attend the Australian American Leadership Dialogue. Next week he will travel to Canberra to meet Julia Gillard, Wayne Swan, ...
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Global Poker Index: "ElkY" Still On Top While "Nacho" Slips
Ante Up Magazine
Each week, the Global Poker Index, releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier has been holding strong to the topspot for the last few weeks, and the rankings for the week ending Aug. ...
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Ante Up Magazine
Cldrn: Will Global Offensive make CS go?
SK Gaming
Yet Valve Software have put effort and expense into flying over top European Counter-Strike: Source players to give their input to Valve on Global Offensive. For the 1.6 player this might seem confusing but if you consider my previous point, ...
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SK Gaming
Panalpina Ranked Among Inbound Logistics' 2011 Top 100 3PL Providers
PR Newswire (press release)
The true value Panalpina provides its customer base is at the heart of why Panalpina remains one of the leading solutions providers in a challenging global environment. Panalpina understands the value in providing its customer base with solutions that ...
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Globalization, Virtualization, Convergence and More
SecurityInfoWatch
Security Technology Executive editor Steve Lasky recently caught up with currentASIS International President Raymond T. O'Hara, CPP, to discuss issues impacting the security end-user. If you had to highlight two of the most critical issues facing an...
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SecurityInfoWatch
Quaterra Resources CEO: Gold Being Driven by Fundamentals
CNBC.com
I am not sure that will happen again, especially as the roots of the current turmoil center on uncertainty surrounding the dollar and its role as a global currency. You have to ask this question: what are the alternatives to the dollar? ...
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Developed countries urged to cut on carbon emission
Minda News
This is on top of fears that farmlands may no longer be suitable for cultivating crops as a result ofglobal warming. “The governments aren't doing very much. In fact the emission [of carbon] is higher now than it has ever been. ...
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McMorris and Anderson win BNZO slope
ESPN
By Colin Bane Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris and American Jamie Anderson fired the opening shots in the 2011 Burton Global Open series on Friday. Each picked up $7000 and 850 TTR World Tour event points for winning the slopestyle finals at the...
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ESPN
Wal-Mart Shakes Up Its Online Business
Wall Street Journal
In China and India, Wal-Mart said its efforts to expand in Internet retailing would be led by global e-commerce executive Wan Ling Martello, a former chief financial officer of the company'sinternational operations. It has not yet named an executive ...
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US eco. From Bad to Worse
ABNA.ir
With economically unsteady and politically hesitant leadership in the world's most important powers growing instability fueled by rogue opportunists seems increasingly likely. Some combination of the above could then turn the global recession plus ...
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ABNA.ir
Wanted: young Americans to serve and volley
Reuters
Settled in at career best number eight on the most recent world rankings, Fish is almost certain to be the in-form player among an aging group of injury racked former champions, untested newcomers and under-achievers. Andy Roddick, who notched his only ...
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Reuters
Obama meets with top CEOs at White House
UPI.com
The meeting came at the end of a volatile week on world financial markets, stoked largely by concern about a global economic turndown and the prospect of a double-dip US recession, CNNMoney reported. The executives attending the hourlong meeting with ...
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US Golfers Taking Another Minor Role in the Majors?
BusinessWeek
And as the US fell from grace, the global community took a guarded new look at the longtime worldeconomic power, eyeing it as warily as the parents of a stammering teenager left at home for a holiday weekend. Woods, his aura diminished just as badly ...
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The World From Berlin: 'Merkel and Sarkozy Are Damned to Get Along'
Spiegel Online
"France has found its national duty: the defense of its top credit rating. France is one of the few countries in the world to enjoy a AAA credit rating and, today, it is for the country what its 'force de frappe' nuclear deterrent once was -- a symbol ...
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Spiegel Online
USW Convention: Aug. 15-Aug. 18 in Las Vegas
PR Newswire (press release)
12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Over 3000 elected United Steelworkers (USW) local union leaders from across North America will meet with top international officers and executive board members for an International Convention Aug. 15 to Aug. ...
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Religious intolerance a global woe
Hurriyet Daily News
“Adherents of the world's two largest religious groups, Christians and Muslims, who together comprise more than half of the global population, were harassed in the largest number of countries,” the study concludes. “Over the three-year period studied, ...
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Hurriyet Daily News
Global 3D Box Office More Than Doubled in 2010 - The Hollywood ...
By Alex Ben Block
Overall, 3D made up 19.3% of the global box office, up from 8.6% in 2009. ... Latest numbers of season. Related Articles. Cineplex Q2 Exhibition Earnings Down, Despite Higher ... Breaking News. 'Strike Back' Star In Talks to Join ...
Hollywood Reporter - Top Stories
Heineken unveils Rugby World Cup brand ambassadors - Sports ...
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Westfield Group ASX:WDC Global Expansion | Live Stock Trading News ...
By Shayne Heffernan
Westfield Group ASX:WDC Global Expansion. Australia's Westfield enters Italy in Internationalexpansion drive. Australian shopping center owner Westfield Group on Friday announced its expansion into continental Europe with an agreement ...
Live Stock Trading News | Equities,...
RAPID FIRE US/Global Wrap 60 minute RANT& Wind-down News 8:00 PM
By nzreva
I am your host, NZR-Eva with you for the fastest discussion on GLP covering all the Top Topics being posted on our forum and World Wide News. For those new to the show, Rapid Fire is a hosted discussion, encouraging discussions on topic .... According to recent reports, DHS is planning to duplicate the FBI's Terrorist Screening Database to expand an extensive database called Watchlist Service, which will include names, birthdays, photos and biometrics of the accused. ...
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3D Box Office Revenue Soars in 2010 « Hugh's News
By Hugh Bennett
Of the global 3-D total last year, international territories accounted for $3.9 billion or 63.9 percent of the market, up from 53.8 percent in 2009. The rest of the 3-D movie market, or 36.1 percent, is represented by North America, including the ... “This run of exceptional growth in internationalmarkets has been instrumental in achieving a current worldwide total in excess of 30000 3-D screens at June 2011, more than double the number at the same point last year. ...
Hugh's News
World Cinema Wave 1 Launches September 27th!
Additional films from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment's vast catalog of internationalfavorites being rebranded under the new FOX WORLD CINEMA label include Slumdog Millionaire, La Misma Luna, Night Watch, Day Watch and My ... In recent years, American audiences have embraced successful foreign films such as Pan's Labyrinth and "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The universal themes represented with FOX WORLD CINEMA will be appreciated by film lovers everywhere. ...
NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories
Meet the Global Financial Elites Controlling $46 Trillion In ...
By soficrow
The so-called "Global Financial Crisis" simply redistributed and concentrated the world's wealth into very, very few hands. Lowly wage earners are carrying the nation's debt - now $14588853570235.83 - but the rich get to sock it away. ... ARE CORPORATIONS "PEOPLE"? Would a wealth cap save theglobal economy? www.alternet.org (visit the link for the full news article). reply posted on 12-8-2011 @ 11:34 AM by newcovenant. reply to post by soficrow ...
AboveTopSecret.com New Topics...
Samsung's ultimate business notebook | Pakistan Today | Latest ...
By fraaz
It is a very heartening news in Pakistan that doctors for the very first time have operated upon a patient for livertransplant, which has been claimed as completely successful. This will go a long way for the patients suffering from ...
Pakistan Today | Latest news,...
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive official News - - Page 1 ...
On top of that, you'll get new gameplay modes, matchmaking, leaderboards and more. Valve did not mention whether it is free to play. "Counter-Strike took the gaming industry by surprise when the unlikely MOD became the most played online PC action game in the world almost immediately after its release in August 1999 ... Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is due to be released Q12012 on PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Got a news tip? Email news@eurogamer.net. Advertisement ...
Eurogamer
Social Media Group's time off policy in the news (again) | Social ...
By maggiefox
Our time off policy is the gift that keeps on giving in terms of media interest and coverage. An interview with Maggie was featured on the front page of the Toronto Star, so we've had a flurry of interest and discussion (including a piece on the national edition of Global Television News, video below). ... The world's best thinkers on business intelligence & data analytics ...
Social Media Today - The world's...
Markets: World Shares Retreat on Rumors of French Downgrade - CNBC
After a rollercoaster week in the markets, world stocks are looking decidedly cheap— but can that convince investors to pile back in? ... Current DateTime: 09:26:50 12 Aug 2011 LinksList Documentid: 29778429. CNBC NEWS ...
CNBC Top News and Analysis
Advertise with slowing economic uncertainty | World news and ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) – While many companies are looking for signs of economic recovery, majormedia conglomerates have experienced strong Renaissance -. recently. loves Disney, CBS, NewsCorp and NBCUniversal, growth in advertising revenues ... GroupM, the media management marketing investment services arm of VE reduced the outlook for global advertising expenditure in 2011 to 4.8 percent from 5.8 percent. His predictions for advertising spending in the United States in 2011 ...
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Top Ten Mobile Phone News Stories of the Week | Mobile Phone Blog
By Andrew Boxall
Enjoy our roundup of ten mobile phone related news stories you may have missed this week. ...News. Share It ... If anyone really needed any further proof that Android and iOS were the kings of the smartphone world, then Gartner's latest research clears up any doubt. They put the pair as accounting for a massive 62% of global smartphone sales, and an astonishing 83.5% in North America by itself! 5. Symbian Anna on the N8. A new video for the Nokia N8 gives viewers a ...
Mobile Phone Blog
USA: Nissan Design America Designs, Builds a Catamaran for World ...
By dblo
4EVRiders.org – Global Leader in Free Charging Locators and News for EV and Plug-In Drivers. Charging Locators (Web and iPhone) and Daily Unbiased News and Blog on Li-ion Battery, Charging Network, Events, Electric and Plug-in Hybrid ... Truly harnessing the “power of nature,” a Nissan-built Catamaran soon will be sailing high in the Danish ocean, the latest non-automotive design and development project by Nissan Design America (NDA), based in San Diego, California. ...
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Fashion From Spain >> Latest news >> Desigual makes its landing in ...
All about Spanish fashion in Spain and all over the worldlatest news, companies, brands, designers, fashion shows, shopping routes,calendar of events and monthly newsletter. ... It is also fully immersed in a global growth process which has now put the focus on travel retail. By the end of 2011, the company plans to have 35 POS in 30 of the world's top airports. It currently has sales points in eight: namely Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam, Atlanta, Miami, ...
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Short news of August 12, 2011 | DailyGo | IT news, topics, reviews ...
By Editor
Short news of August 12, 2011. August 12th, 2011 Editor. Google+ social network adds games. Google+ added games, including the hugely popular Angry Birds, to the fast-growing social network vying with Facebook to be the hub for people's online lives. ... Tabtop shootout: when tablets and laptops mate. As Apple's iPad decimates the netbook market, PC makers are looking for ways to fight back. The latest generation of touch-friendly tablets have taken the world by storm. ...
Global markets sink on US downgrade - World News, Breaking News ...
World News Home. Monday August 08 2011. Global stock markets have sunk again as worries about the downgrade of US debt outweighed relief at a European ...
www.independent.ie/.../global-markets-sink-on-us-downgrade...
CONCERN RTI SYSTEMS AGAIN INCLUDED IN DEFENSE NEWS' TOP 100 LIST ...
The Global Defense News Top 100 ranking is the most recognised industry ... the publication of thelatest annual international ranking by Defense News. ...
www.sistema.com/media/releases?rid...oo...
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Science news - breaking news direct from organisations - read online or ... and Obama's half sister for informing kids about man made global warming! ... Mydent International has released its latestaddition to their glove line: DEFEND ...
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STOCK, Shares, NYSE News, Aug 13, 2011


Foreign Funds Buy Net 939 Million Rupees of Indian Equities
Bloomberg
They bought a net 568 million rupees of bonds, taking total flows into debt this year to 152.6 billion rupees. Overseas investors bought a record 1.33 trillion rupees of shares in 2010, helping fuel a 17 percent rally in the Bombay Stock Exchange's ...
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A look at economic developments around the globe
San Jose Mercury News
Sometimes stocks rose as investors cheered anti-crisis measures, such as the European Central Bank's decision to support the bonds of Italy and Spain. Shares collapsed as investors' mood soured because of concerns about the health of the global economy ...
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Stocks have solid gains after stock market's week of roller coaster 400-plus ...
New York Daily News
BY Elizabeth Lazarowitz Frank Masiello, left, works with traders hoping for a second-straight day of gains at the New York Stock Exchange Friday. In this current economic climate where do you feel safest investing? Bonds or convervative mutalfunds: ...
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New York Daily News
Stocks rise after wildest week on record
Crain's New York Business
At closing, stocks were up over 100 points. This comes during the first week on record that the Dow has seen four consecutive 400-point swings. Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP) - The mixed economic signals driving the stock ...
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4 Newly Rated Stock Mutual Funds to Buy
TheStreet.com
The fund seeks to allocate its investments among common stocks, bonds, and money market instruments. According to its most recent Securities and ExchangeCommission filing, US stocks held include Southwest Airlines (LUV), Honda Motor Co (HMC), ...
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TheStreet.com
BI may buy govt bonds using dollars to protect rupiah
Jakarta Post
Benchmark bonds also fell. Overseas funds sold $269 million more Indonesian shares than they bought in the last three days, exchange data show, contributing to this week's 1.4 percent drop in the Jakarta Composite Index, Bloomberg reported. ...
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The stock market this week: Five volatile days
gulfnews.com
The US debt downgrade caused the lowering of the Russian currency exchange rate. The outcome of one of the most volatile trading weeks in recent memory will go a long way to determining the growth of the global economy and the stability of the ...
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gulfnews.com
Market swings defy single explanation
Lexington Herald Leader
By Christine Hauser — New York Times News Service Trader Edward Curran smiled as he worked on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. RICHARD DREW — APBuy Photo Stocks surged Thursday, with the broader market rising more than 4 percent. ...
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Lexington Herald Leader
CNH Tracker-'Dim sum' bonds resilient amid volatile markets
Reuters
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange said it will introduce a platform, called the Trading Support Facility, this year to facilitate trading in yuan-denominated shares in the secondary market. The sole RMB-denominated issue, Hui Xian REIT , has seen light ...
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CANADA FX DEBT-C$ steadies as stocks gain after US data
Reuters
But then equities turned around and the S&P and Dow went positive, and that's why the Canadian dollar strengthened," said David Bradley, director of foreign exchange trading at Scotia Capital. The Canadian dollar often moves in tandem with riskier ...
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Global rebound lifts local stocks
Sydney Morning Herald
Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer James Gorman and two other managers purchased 175000shares of the New York-based bank as the stock fell to the lowest level since March 2009, according to filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. ...
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P&F Ascending Triple Top Breakout - CFT, CIU, CNU, CV, CYE
Retirement Planning
The stock has a 52 week range of $102.60 – $109.17. At current market price, the market capitalization of the company stands at $869.18M and it has - outstanding shares. iShares Barclays Credit Bond Fund (the Fund) seeks investment results that ...
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ETF Report Card: Performance in the Face of Volatility
Morningstar.com
This increase was greater than the rise in overall trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange. Also, total shares outstanding for these top 100 ETFs fell a mere 0.6% from August 1 to August 9. These two data points highlight the fact that, ...
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Short selling ban spurs Europe rally
The National
Above, the Frankfurt stock exchange. A piecemeal ban on short-selling of financialstocks in Europe appeared to restore investor confidence yesterday as stocks rallied across the continent. France, Italy, Spain and Belgium imposed bans, which varied ...
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The National
Wall Street Trading Results Are a Mystery to Analysts as Markets Fluctuate
Bloomberg
By Michael J. Moore - Fri Aug 12 04:00:03 GMT 2011 Traders work on the floor of the New YorkStock Exchange. 1Photographer: Jin Lee/Bloomberg Traders work on the floor of the New YorkStock Exchange. 1Photographer: Jin Lee/Bloomberg Aug. ...
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Tata Motors skids as Q1 PAT rises just 0.55%
India Infoline.com
On BSE, 1.04 lakh shares were traded in the counter as against an average daily volume of 3.63 lakhshares in the past one quarter. The stock hit a high of Rs 850.25 and a low of Rs 825.60 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week low of Rs ...
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Suffer the stock market's downslide? Not all. Some investors hit hard in 2008 ...
Chicago Tribune
A person who divided investments with half in a Standard & Poor's 500 stock market index fund and half in long-term US government bonds would have been back to even in less than three years. A person who invested $10000 just before the bear market ...
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Keep calm - and diversify!
Investors Chronicle
Strategic bond funds have flexible mandates that allow them to invest in 'junk', while there are also some exchange-traded funds that do so too. Which sectors do well in a low-growth environment? That's easy. All the obvious ones: tobacco, food retail, ...
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Dow finishes wild week on a high note
NDTV.com
The Nasdaq is up 15, or 0.6 per cent, to 2508. Two shares rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume was an above average 4.9 billion shares. Conflicting reports on retail sales and consumer sentiment sent the Dow up, ...
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Forecasting movements in a volatile market a mug's game, say economists
Vancouver Sun
By Kim Covert, Postmedia News August 12, 2011 2:39 PM Traders work on the floor of the New YorkStock Exchange (NYSE) just before the closing bell on August 12, 2011 in New York City. Global markets have continued to rise and fall throughout the week ...
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Oil fund continues to suffer
Views and News from Norway
“If one looks at the whole lifetime of the fund, the yield is 2.94 percent.” Meanwhile, things have been looking up slightly for the Oslo Stock Exchange after days of serious falls in shares over the previous weeks. The main index was up 3.4 percent to ...
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With debt climbing, Japan debates a tax hike
Washington Post
KIM KYUNG-HOON/REUTERS - An employee of the Tokyo Stock Exchange watches a stock index board as she waits for the opening of the stock market at the centre where it monitors stock trading, at its headquarters in Tokyo August 8, 2011. ...
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Pembrook Realty Capital files for IPO of up to $100 mln
Reuters
... the offering partially to acquire target assets that would produce taxable income and partially to acquire federally tax-exempt revenue bonds. The investment company plans to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "PRC. ...
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BoI examining banks' ability to withstand the crisis
Ha'aretz
The central bank is worried by the recent big losses on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, combined with the drop in corporate bonds, and wants to know if Israeli banks are facing a threat to their own stability. In addition, Israeli banks are also exposed ...
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Ha'aretz
In short, Europe's ban could worsen matters
Financial Times
A huge shock administered over the weekend was followed by dramatic central bank interventions, and then a huge stock market rally, prompted by a ban on short selling — the practice of borrowingshares and then selling them, to profit from any fall. ...
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Brazil Has Record Reserves: Over US$ 350 Billion
Brazzil Magazine
The increase is mainly due to the daily spot market purchases that the Central Bank is making to reduce the vast supply of US currency in the domestic market. By late July, out of the foreignexchange reserve surplus, which was US$ 346.144 billion, ...
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IRELAND, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece News, Aug 13, 2011

Prognosis for Europe: Not Good
Seeking Alpha
A quick rehash of the fundamentals: Greece and to a lesser extent Ireland, Italy, Ireland,Portugal, and Spain run excessive fiscal deficits and have much lower labor productivity than Germany. Generally this would be resolved through currency ...
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