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HONG KONG (AP) The economies of East Asia will grow 8.8 percent this year but growth will taper off in 2011 because of a weak global outlook and the phasing out of government stimulus programmes, the Asian Development Bank said yesterday.
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LONDON (Reuters) New nuclear operators in Britain will have to put money aside for the eventual decommissioning of plants to make sure taxpayers won’t have to foot the bill, the government said yesterday.
The new rules will also require operators to ...
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LONDON (Reuters) The British government said yesterday it would seek offers next year for the Greater Anglia rail franchise in eastern England until 2013 as an interim measure while a review of the industry is completed.
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LONDON (AP) European stocks rallied yesterday as Ireland was expected to pass a deficit-slashing budget and the US government agreed to extend some tax cuts and unemployment benefits.
The 16 euro nations, meanwhile, said they would not boost their €7...
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) The European Union yesterday formally backed Russia’s bid to join the World Trade Organisation, clearing the way for Moscow to join the body in 2011 after 17 years of trying.
EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht and Russian Economi...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the largest private employer in the US, plans to stop paying staff there an additional $1 an hour for working Sundays, taking a bite out of its single biggest expense.
The move, which takes effect next year,...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) US prosecutors won a $625 million forfeiture yesterday from accounts at JPMorgan Chase & Co traceable to a longtime associate of convicted swindler Bernard Madoff, according to court papers.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto’s main stock index closed lower yesterday as retreating metals prices encouraged investors to take profits after the market’s recent run-up.
Half of the index’s 10 main groups were lower, with the hefty materials group, ho...
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LONDON (Reuters) British manufacturing output rose twice as fast as anticipated in October but wider industrial production unexpectedly fell, suggesting the pace of economic growth slowed early in the final quarter.
Although the pick-up in manufactur...
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The annual rate of inflation fell back to three percent in October from its 19-month high of 3.4 percent the month before.
The figure was revealed in the Consumer Price Index, released by Government’s Department of Statistics yesterday.
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