SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Gold rose about 1 percent on Thursday as bargain hunters resurfaced after prices tumbled to another 4-1/2 month low in the previous session and the euro rebounded, but gains could be limited by fears of a deepening debt crisis in Greece. Investors have unwound their bullish bets in gold, cashing in...
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Some 3.6 percent of adults engaged in “nocturnal wandering,” as the researchers put it, in the year before they answered questions during an interview for a study. One percent reported having two or more episodes of sleepwalking a month. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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pa href=”http://news.yahoo.com/india-inflation-posts-surprise-7-23-percent-jump-071352662–finance.html”img src=”http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7aSqtKDoLU6K6tN0Cp18qQ–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1336979546004-2-0.jpg” width=”130″ height=”86″ alt=”The Wholesale Price Index rose to 7.23 percent in April from the same month a year earlier” align=”left” title=”The Wholesale Price Index rose to 7.23 percent in April from the same month a year earlier” border=”0″ //aIndia’s inflation unexpectedly accelerated in April to over seven percent, data showed on...
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China, Japan and South Korea will set in motion formal talks for a three-way free trade pact and unveil an accompanying investment treaty at a summit in Beijing on Sunday. The three nations are major traders, and together accounted for 19.6 percent of the world’s economy and 18.5 percent of its...
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Gold slipped more than half a percent on Friday, tracking equities lower, as investors failed to shake off worries about Europe’s debt crisis and its impact on global economic growth. Gold, though traditionally seen as a safe haven, bore the brunt of the sell-offs across risk assets such as equities, industrial...
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A House panel on Wednesday moved to cut the foreign aid budget by some 9 percent, targeting economic aid and contributions to the United Nations and the World Bank.
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares rose and the dollar recovered against the yen on Wednesday after strong U.S. factory activity data raised hopes that the world’s biggest economy remained on a recovery track while growth in Asian manufacturing improved broader sentiment. European shares were expected to open mixed, with most exchanges reopening after the...
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pa href=”http://news.yahoo.com/stock-index-futures-point-flat-open-111810499–finance.html”img src=”http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6PrXNpMeCfP0xYkxs5siow–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-01T111810Z_3_CBRE83T0O3100_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS.JPG” width=”130″ height=”86″ alt=”Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange” align=”left” title=”Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange” border=”0″ //aLONDON (Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a broadly flat open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the SP 500 and Dow...
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pa href=”http://news.yahoo.com/stock-index-futures-signal-steady-open-083943417–finance.html”img src=”http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YHzQuQ7z8EBBkHaWLMeGHA–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-30T133642Z_1_CBRE83T0O3100_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS.JPG” width=”130″ height=”86″ alt=”Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange” align=”left” title=”Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange” border=”0″ //aNEW YORK (Reuters) – The SP 500 posted its first monthly decline since November on Monday, as stocks slipped on signs the U.S. economy may...
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pa href=”http://news.yahoo.com/u-growth-slows-inventory-accumulation-wanes-040301579–business.html”img src=”http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LOKGNRzr_L9UhcfDxQdAzw–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-27T221432Z_6_CBRE83Q0BUR00_RTROPTP_2_US-JOBLESS-CLAIMS.JPG” width=”130″ height=”86″ alt=”A worker guides a tube into place at a construction site in San Francisco, California” align=”left” title=”A worker guides a tube into place at a construction site in San Francisco, California” border=”0″ //aWASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. economic growth cooled in the first quarter as businesses cut back on investment...
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Japan’s industrial production rose 1.0 percent in March from February, led by output of automobiles, notebook computers and communications equipment, the government said Friday amid a tentative recovery in the world’s third-largest economy.
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For the first time since 2009, the United Kingdom’s economy is experiencing a recession. According to the BBC and the Office for National Statistics, the U.K. economy shrank by .2 percent in the first three months of 2012, fulfilling the benchmark of a “recession” which, in economic terms, means “two consecutive quarters of contraction.” The United...
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