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US stocks stumble over Chinese worries

AAP The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 45 points but had fallen as much as 160 points. Shares of three Dow stocks with extensive business overseas - Alcoa, Boeing and General Electric - all fell more than one per cent. Regulators in China are trying to keep the nation's rapid

ECB May Be Forced to Delay Exit Amid Greece Concern (Update2)

Investors are already dumping those countries’ assets as their governments struggle to rein in budget deficits, making it more expensive for them to finance the debt. Should the ECB press ahead with its exit strategy by pulling its unlimited cash support for euro-area banks, interest rat
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ECB May Be Forced to Delay Exit Amid Greece Concern (Update2)

By Gabi Thesing Investors are already dumping those countries’ assets as their governments struggle to rein in budget deficits, making it more expensive for them to finance the debt. Should the ECB press ahead with its exit strategy by pulling its unlimited cash support for euro-ar
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ECB May Be Forced to Delay Exit Amid Greece Concern (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Investors are already dumping those countries’ assets as their governments struggle to rein in budget deficits, making it more expensive for them to finance the debt. Should the ECB press ahead with its exit strategy by pulling its unlimited cash support for euro-area banks, interest rat
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ECB May Be Forced to Delay Exit as Greece Unnerves Markets

Investors are already dumping those countries’ assets as their governments struggle to rein in budget deficits, making it more expensive for them to finance the debt. Should the ECB push ahead with its exit strategy by pulling its unlimited cash support for euro-area banks, interest rat
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ECB May Be Forced to Delay Exit as Greece Unnerves Markets - Bloomberg.com

Investors are already dumping those countries’ assets as their governments struggle to rein in budget deficits, making it more expensive for them to finance the debt. Should the ECB push ahead with its exit strategy by pulling its unlimited cash support for euro-area banks, interest rates cou
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Clouds part for IAG as Wilkins strategy pays off

February 4, 2010 Be the first to comment But within hours he had shrugged aside the stormy skies and delivered the first ray of hope long-suffering shareholders of Insurance Australia Group had seen in years. After five consecutive halves of truly awful results, IAG - Australasia's
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Clouds part for AIG as Wilkins strategy pays off

February 4, 2010 But within hours he had shrugged aside the stormy skies and delivered the first ray of hope long-suffering shareholders of Insurance Australia Group had seen in years. After five consecutive halves of truly awful results, IAG - Australasia's biggest general insurer
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Pressure Eases On Inflation

A solid pointer to today's Consumer Price Index with a surprise easing in producer prices in the December quarter. The figures, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics , suggest today's CPI will be lower than forecast, and that we could also see a small fall in the Reserve Bank'
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Comcast to pay $14.8 billion for NBC stake

AFTER months of negotiations, Comcast Corp's deal for a majority stake in NBC Universal, turning the largest US cable TV provider into one of its most powerful media companies, was set to be sealed last night (Melbourne time). Comcast was expected to announce that it would pay...
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Sydney's transport system run off the rails

After four election victories in a row, the New South Wales Labor Government's 15-year reign is entering a spectacular endgame.