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Archive for March, 2010

GLOBAL MARKETS – U.S. stocks drop on job losses; euro holds gains

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 20:47

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks dropped on Wednesday after a private report showed an unexpected drop in private-sector jobs, while the euro extended gains against the dollar on quarter-end buying.

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Wall St falls on jobs worry, but ends quarter up

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 20:44

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday as a report showing a surprising drop in private- sector employment stoked concerns about the health of the labour market two days before the government's key jobs data. ...

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IEF members target oil volatility, plan annual meet

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 20:20

CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Oil producing and consuming nations plan to meet annually to discuss the outlook for energy markets as part of efforts to tackle price volatility dangerous to the economies of both groups.

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U.S.-India talks to focus on markets, infrastructure

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 19:37

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will open a new bilateral economic dialogue with India with a focus on macroeconomic stability, financial markets and infrastructure financing, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Wednesday.

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The cards Jinnah played

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 19:34

Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the man who created Pakistan, made his first speech at a Friday congregation in a mosque in February 1936. In his long political career, that began in the early twentieth century as an advocate of a joint electorate for both Hindus and Muslims in British India, that ...

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Rajaratnam lawyers fight wiretap orders disclosure

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 19:31

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The public does not have the right to see court applications and orders for wiretaps in the Galleon hedge fund insider trading case, lawyers for accused fund founder Raj Rajaratnam argued on Wednesday. ...

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Feb industrial output seen up 16 pct y/y; rate hike likely

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 17:08

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's industrial output and exports maintained their strong growth pace in February, official figures indicated on Wednesday, boosting expectations the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will further tighten its policy in April.

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Pricey EM stocks lag in Q1; more headwinds seen

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 17:02

LONDON (Reuters) - Rising inflation and expensive valuations dampened emerging market equities over the past three months and there are few signs of the clouds lifting yet for what had been this year's favourite investment tip.

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Global investors cut stocks, emerging markets: poll

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 13:37

LONDON (Reuters) - Investors cut back on equities and lifted exposure to bonds in March, signalling a degree of caution about coming months as world stocks headed for their fourth quarterly rise.

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Bankers to tell RBI no rise in lending rates soon

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 12:51

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Bank chiefs intend to inform Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor D. Subbarao that they don't plan to raise lending rates for the next one month as credit demand is low, bank chairmen said on Wednesday. ...

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