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Surprise fall in US unemployment

date: 2010-02-05 15:58:07 | Surprise, fall, unemployment

The US unemployment rate unexpectedly fell in January, to its lowest level in five months, official figures show.

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Dollar rises on surprise Fed move

date: 2010-02-19 22:59:45 |

Yahoo profits rise but sales fall

date: 2010-01-26 22:02:18 |

Toyota shares fall as woes mount

date: 2010-02-03 22:15:17 |

American jobs figures: Falling flat

date: 2010-02-05 10:51:50 |

Obama urges China action on yuan

date: 2010-03-11 19:55:09

US President Barack Obama has urged China to change its currency strategy to help re-balance the global economy.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Economics focus: The inflation solution

date: 2010-03-11 10:43:55

The merits of inflation as a solution to the rich world’s problems are easily overstatedIT HAS long been considered a scourge, an obstacle to investment and a tax on the thrifty. It seems strange, then, that inflation is now touted as a ...

source: www.economist.com

Independents for Parliament: Out with the old

date: 2010-03-11 10:43:55

Why independent candidates may yet break the political mouldESTHER RANTZEN gestures at the gaslit machines in Wright’s hat factory in Luton. The iron machines are more than 100 years old, but the aluminium moulds on which the hats are shaped ...

source: www.economist.com

Ex-Merrill boss takes over at CIT

date: 2010-02-08 17:51:31

The former chief executive of Merrill Lynch, John Thain, was at the heart of the bonus row - now he has a new job as boss of US lender CIT.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Green.view: Conflict conservation

date: 2010-02-08 12:27:15

Biodiversity down the barrel of a gunTHERE was a time when conservation meant keeping people away from nature. America’s system of national parks, a model for similar set-ups around the world, was based on the idea of limiting human presence ...

source: www.economist.com

SAP chief Leo Apotheker resigns

date: 2010-02-08 11:25:37

The chief executive of SAP unexpectedly resigns after his contract is not renewed, the company says.

source: news.bbc.co.uk


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Daihatsu recalling cars in Japan

date: 2010-03-11 08:26:12

Carmaker Daihatsu, a subsidiary of Toyota, is recalling 274,551 vehicles in Japan because of a number of possible defects.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Europe.view: Harmony in Riga

date: 2010-03-11 07:46:59

For once, the anniversary of a wartime battle in Latvia should pass off peacefullyTHAT March follows February is not a state secret, but it sometimes seems to come as a surprise to Latvian officials. Sometime in ...

source: www.economist.com

Sovereign debt and the euro: All for one

date: 2010-03-11 05:45:34

Eurocrats offer up half-baked ideas to prevent a future sovereign-debt scareNOW that Greece has given in to pressure from its peers for a more austere budget, the euro zone’s policy brass suddenly seems more ...

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China denies World Cup sweatshop

date: 2010-03-10 15:31:26

A Shanghai company denies it used sweatshop labour to produce World Cup mascots, as Fifa suspends its manufacturing contract.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

The Israel-Palestine peace process: More than just a charade?

date: 2010-03-10 15:26:49

The Israeli-Palestinian peace process resumes, after a fashionIT WAS a wretched beginning to what had been hailed as the hopeful resumption of peace talks, albeit indirect ones, between the Israelis and Palestinians ...

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Airlines offer to give up slots

date: 2010-03-10 14:16:02

British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia offer to give up take off and landing slots in London and New York, say EU watchdogs.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Life insurance: Snoopy sniffs an opportunity

date: 2010-03-10 07:38:03

AIG reluctantly hands its crown as America’s global life insurer to MetLife ANOTHER week, another opportunity for AIG’s rivals to expand at the American insurer’s expense. Days after sealing a $35.5 ...

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