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Art.view: The shock of the new

date: 2008-11-29 08:01:58

Nothing excites the art market like finding what was lostTHE highlight of the Old Master sales in London this summer was a lovely little fete galante depicting a guitarist and an amorous couple painted by Jean-Antoine Watteau, a master of 18th-century French romanticism. Barely a foot square, ...

source: www.economist.com

Some cheer for Wall Street as holidays kick off

date: 2008-11-29 03:10:00

Wall Street finally found something to cheer about as the holiday season kicks off, offering hope that the battered stock market has turned a corner.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

US retailers slash prices -- and pray

date: 2008-11-29 02:14:00

US shoppers snapped up bargain basement deals on the day known as Black Friday as desperate retailers slashed prices in hopes of escaping a deepening slump.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

OPEC set to bide time over output cut

date: 2008-11-29 02:13:00

OPEC meets in Cairo later Saturday to review turmoil in the world oil market and decide whether another crude output cut is needed to prevent prices spiralling even lower.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Bankers are new pantomime villains. Oh, yes they are

date: 2008-11-29 00:07:30

As the financial system teeters, writers and comedians are finding inspiration from the gloomiest of headlines

source: www.guardian.co.uk

Economy boost for Spain and Italy

date: 2008-11-28 22:43:59

Spain and Italy are the latest European countries to announce economic stimulus plans worth billions of euros.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

US stores lure hard-up shoppers

date: 2008-11-28 21:51:47

US stores open early and offer steep discounts, while a worker dies in the crush as the Christmas shopping season kicks off.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Gold gains with equities in thin holiday trade

date: 2008-11-28 21:11:00

Gold posted moderate gains in late Friday business on an afternoon rally in U.S. equity markets as investors viewed recent efforts by the Federal Reserve to add liquidity as supportive.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

World stocks rise in thin trade

date: 2008-11-28 17:58:00

U.S. stocks were mostly higher in thin trade on Friday, as investors eyed retail sales on the first day of the shopping season after the Thanksgiving Day holiday, to gauge the extent of weakening consumer demand.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Hopes rise for deep ECB rate cut

date: 2008-11-28 14:51:04

A steep fall in eurozone inflation and a rise in the jobless rate raises hopes that the ECB will cut rates sharply next week.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

BSkyB takes fight to keep ITV stake to court of appeal

date: 2008-11-28 13:24:20

BSkyB is to take its battle to hold on to a controversial 17.9% stake in ITV to the court of appeal. By Mark Sweney

source: www.guardian.co.uk

British government takes 58% stake in RBS bank

date: 2008-11-28 13:23:00

The British government is to become a majority owner of the Royal Bank of Scotland under a sweeping recapitalisation of the crippled bank that will hand the state a 58-percent stake.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Tech.view: Getting a grip

date: 2008-11-28 07:28:47

Enough of these low-profile tyresONE of the handy things about having a four-post car lift at home is that you get to see everything at eye-level. Recently, your correspondent noticed some hair-thin cracks in the tyres of one of his ancient Lotus cars.While the car, which he assembled himself 36 ...

source: www.economist.com

US dollar drops against euro in market shift

date: 2008-12-02 23:03:00

The US dollar fell against the euro Tuesday after recent gains as the market adjusted positions ahead of an expected sharp cut in eurozone interest rates as part of European responses to market turmoil.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

US carmakers in new bail-out plea

date: 2008-12-02 22:54:13

US carmakers General Motors, Ford and Chrysler present their new cost-cutting plans to Congress.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

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Yahoo up on reports of new takeover bid

date: 2008-12-02 22:49:00

Yahoo shares gained more than seven percent on Wall Street on Tuesday amid reports former AOL chief executive Jonathan Miller was trying to raise money to purchase the Internet company.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Global stocks rise on bargain hunting as oil skids

date: 2008-12-02 21:33:00

U.S. stocks snapped back on Tuesday, a day after a massive sell-off, as investors scooped up beaten-down shares and oil fell more than 4 percent after an OPEC pledge to cut output was only partially fulfilled.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Tech Weekly podcast: Startups in recession, Yahoo and Twitter

date: 2008-12-02 18:57:06

Biz Stone, the man behind microblogging sensation Twitter is interviewed, and PaidContent Founder and digital media expert Rafat Ali on the dilemma for internet startups in these tough internet times.

source: www.guardian.co.uk


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ITV gears up for more cost-cutting

date: 2008-11-28 06:56:41

ITV is understood to be planning to cut an further £25m of costs in a move that could see another round of job losses. By Mark Sweney

source: www.guardian.co.uk

Oil falls towards $53 ahead of OPEC meeting

date: 2008-11-28 06:25:00

Oil fell towards $53 a barrel on Friday as OPEC ministers prepared to meet in Cairo to discuss potential further supply cuts as the global economic slowdown eats into oil demand.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Stocks rise even as grim economic news pours in

date: 2008-11-28 04:51:00

Stimulus efforts to stave off a global recession steadied world stock markets, but grim outlooks in China, Japan and elsewhere indicate the economic crisis still had a long way to run.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Spanish government launches 11-bln-euro stimulus package

date: 2008-11-27 21:04:00

Spain will spend an extra 11 billion euros (14.3 billion dollars) on public works and other recession-busting measures to fight a spike in unemployment after the global financial crisis, Prime Minister Jose ...

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Spain unveils 11bn euro stimulus

date: 2008-11-27 18:12:34

Spain launches an 11bn euros (£9.2bn) economic boost plan aimed at creating 300,000 jobs in 2009.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

E.ON sees energy bill cuts next year if prices fall

date: 2008-11-27 14:27:00

German energy group E.ON said on Thursday it hopes to cut bills for its UK customers in 2009 if wholesale gas and electricity prices carry on falling.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Oil falls towards $53 as demand worries weigh

date: 2008-11-27 13:33:00

Oil fell to around $53 a barrel on Thursday as a holiday weekend in the United States and an upcoming OPEC consultative meeting limited trade.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

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