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Archive for June, 2009

U.S, ends some benefits for Argentina, India, others

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 23:44

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration said on Tuesday it would no longer allow some imports from Argentina, India, Thailand, Ukraine, Indonesia and Turkey to receive duty-free treatment under a U.S. trade program.

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Economic data dim hope for quick world recovery

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 22:56

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An unexpected fall in U.S. consumer confidence, slower European bank lending and a rise in Japanese unemployment to a six-year high on Tuesday clouded the outlook for a global economic recovery.

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Ten or more face possible Madoff charges — source

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 22:25

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. investigators say 10 or more people associated with imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff could face criminal charges in the coming months, a law enforcement source said on Tuesday.

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Allen Stanford jailed until trial

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 22:13

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Texas financier Allen Stanford, accused of a $7 billion fraud, held without bail until trial.

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Wall St brakes on confidence data, but has upbeat Q2

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 21:44

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as an unexpected drop in consumer confidence cooled recent optimism about an economic recovery, but Wall Street still closed out its best quarter in a decade.

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The dysfunctional world of art camps

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 19:32

Statutory warning: This column will offend those in the art fraternity who don't like holding a mirror to the truth.

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Subir Roy: Dogs will be dogs

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 19:21

I made no attempt to cultivate the thin severe looking old gentleman, with fresh bibhuti marks on his forehead every morning, who lived a few houses away from ours. But I was forced to cross his path and the culprit was our dog who seemed quite oblivious of what he ...

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Bittersweet symphonies

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 19:10

Kazuo Ishiguro is one of the most elegant prose writers around and each of his six novels has been marked by a simple, immediately recognisable style so unobtrusive that it doesnt even appear to be a style at first glance.

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World Bank chief: We’re not remotely through crisis

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 18:17

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Tuesday that financial markets are showing signs of stabilization, but warned that the global crisis was far from over in developing countries.

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GM CEO makes case for US bankruptcy asset sale

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 17:35

NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Motors Corp's chief executive told a U.S. bankruptcy court on Tuesday that the sale of GM's main assets to government-backed "New GM" must win court approval in order for the iconic automaker to survive. ...

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