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KUWAIT CITY, November 23, 2008 (AFP) - Most stock markets in the energy-rich Gulf slumped on the week's opener Sunday as intervention by governments failed to restore sentiment among investors worried by global financial turmoil. Riyadh cut interest ...

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Many shoppers said the sagging economy forced them to cut gift lists this year and tighten holiday budgets. Grabbing a $400 laptop or a 50-inch plasma television for less than $800 would help stretch wallets further, they said. Discounts meant more ...

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lower ahead of the weekend's OPEC meeting. Futures for the DJ Euro Stoxx50, for Germany's DAX and for France's CAC trade 0.2 percent lower to 0.1 percent higher. Eurozone inflation data, due at 1000 GMT, and oil prices will be in focus

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HONG KONG, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares pulled back from early highs on Thursday afternoon as investors locked in gains made on Chinese stocks following the country's most aggressive interest rate reductions in more than a decade. At 0715 GMT ...

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The government's latest bailout of a big financial company - this time, Citigroup Inc. - sent Wall Street soaring Monday for the second straight session as investors bet that the worst of the financial industry's problems might finally be over. The ...

NEW YORK - Shares of Exelon Corp., a power producer and utility operator, rose on Tuesday after NRG Energy Corp. rejected Exelon's unsolicited buyout offer and investors bought up more utility stocks. Exelon shares rose 68 cents, or 1.3 percent, to ...

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SEOUL, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Seoul shares may rise on Monday after big gains in Wall Street on Friday, but eyes will be on a special central bank meeting on Monday to discuss its possible role in a government fund to help cash-strapped local firms. The ...

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Indexes staged a pell-mell retreat as Democratic leaders opted to delay a vote on automaker aid until December. Energy and financial issues headed the slide. The NYSE composite swooned 3.2% as its Energy Index toppled 6.3% and the Financial Index ...

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Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks declined as investors speculated the global recession is worsening and oil and metals prices slid. Royal Dutch Shell Plc , Europe's largest oil company, and Rio Tinto Group dropped. HSBC Holdings Plc led financial ...

US stocks sank and benchmark indexes slid to their lowest levels since 2003 on growing concern over the health of the financial system and survival of the nation's car industry. Citigroup tumbled 23% to $US6.40, a 13-year low, on a plan to buy $US17 ...

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Oct. 2 - Irish lawmakers vote to enact legislation guaranteeing Irish bank deposits and debts up to a total of 400 billion euros ($554 billion). Oct. 3 - The U.S. House of Representatives passes a revised $700 billion U.S. bailout plan which will ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African stocks opened sharply higher on Monday as global efforts to boost growth lifted Asian shares and commodity prices, bolstering risk appetite. The Johannesburg Top-40 index of blue-chip stocks was 2.61 percent up ...

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Bond insurer Assured Guaranty Ltd. on Friday struck a $722 million deal to acquire rival Financial Securities Assurance Holdings from French-Belgian lender Dexia. Dexia, which has struggled amid the credit crunch, will receive $361 million and 44.6 ...

HONG KONG Asian stock markets on Thursday had some of their steepest declines this month, amid fresh worries about the state of the U.S. and Chinese economies, and poor corporate news out of the United States. Key indexes like the Nikkei 225 in ...

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Thursday, November 13, 2008 (11-12) 17:27 PST -- Dismal sales figures released Wednesday by two major retailers - department store chain Macy's Inc. and electronics seller Best Buy Co. - showed that Americans are curbing their spending in turbulent ...

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PARIS, Nov 13 (Reuters) - European stocks fell on Thursday, declining for the fifth time in seven sessions and ending at their lowest closing level in two weeks on lingering worries over the global economy and corporate profits. The FTSEurofirst 300 ...

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U.S. stocks on Wednesday fell to new November lows as Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson shifted the focus of the government's bailout plan from troubled mortgage assets to consumer credit and Best Buy Co. Inc. cut its outlook. "Investors are likely to ...

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CAMPBELL, Calif. (AP) - Rainmaker Systems Inc., a maker of marketing and sales software, said on Tuesday it plans a second round of cuts to yield total annual savings of $11 million. Rainmaker, whose stock has recently fallen below $1 per share, did ...

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Nov 4 (Reuters) - At least one brokerage downgraded Coldwater Creek Inc and two others cut their price target on its stock after the women's-apparel retailer forecast a third-quarter loss and withdrew its fourth-quarter outlook. 'In light of the poor ...

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NEW YORK: Indian shares listed in the United States witnessed erosion of nearly $3 billion in their market valuations for the first week of this month, as fears of an economic turmoil deepening further battered the stock markets. The 16 Indian ...

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SSE (Shanghai Stock Exchange) Fund Index opened at 2,289.37 and closed at 2,358.72, jumping 82.42 points or 3.62 percent. The index was once up to 2,386.16 at the highest and off to 2,288.48 at the lowest during the full-day session. SSE (Shenzhen ...

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LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - European shares are set to open sharply lower on Thursday, financial bookmakers said, tracking weakness in the U.S. and Asian markets on worries of a deep recession amid more evidence that the U.S. economy is shrinking ...

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WASHINGTON - Evidence of a recession piled ever higher Friday, with new figures showing Americans are spending less and gloomy about the economy, while the government signaled it won't buy stock in the financing arms of auto companies to prop them up ...