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What will Mr Hollande deliver?

economist — Mon, 07 May 2012 23:16:15 +0000

THE ECONOMIC implications of Europe's elections and the outlook in America after Friday's jobs report read more

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Nikkei set to rise on steady U.S. stocks

reuters — Mon, 07 May 2012 23:10:19 +0000

Mon May 7, 2012 7:10pm EDT TOKYO, May 8 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average is expected to inch up on Tuesday after U.S. stocks ended flat overnight as investors shrugged off the results of elections in France and Greece.

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Investment bank bounce seen lifting HSBC profit

reuters — Mon, 07 May 2012 23:01:00 +0000

Mon May 7, 2012 7:01pm EDT * Results due 0815 GMT Tuesday * Underlying Q1 pretax profit seen $5.8 bn vs $5.5 bn year ago * Investment bank rebound, lower bad debts help * Costs under scrutiny LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - HSBC was set to report quarterly profit of almost $6 billion on Tuesday as Europe's biggest bank benefits from a rebound in investment banking income and falling bad debts, although it is struggling to cut costs. Chief executive Stuart Gulliver is not yet midway through a major revamp to boost profit by cutting costs, quitting areas where the bank lacks scale and increasing its focus on Asia. First-quarter results were expected to show investment banking revenue rose to more than $5 billion as fixed-income, currencies and commodities income bounced back from a weak second half of last year, echoing trends seen among European and U.S.

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BRIEF-Moody’s Assigns Aaa Rating to Bank of Nova Scotia’s Series 9 Tranche 2 Covered Bonds

reuters — Mon, 07 May 2012 23:00:40 +0000

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Olympics-Firms prepare to keep London working

reuters — Mon, 07 May 2012 23:00:01 +0000

By Keith Weir LONDON | Mon May 7, 2012 7:00pm EDT LONDON May 8 (Reuters) - Around 100 London companies were testing plans this week to ensure that business does not grind to a halt when the British capital plays host to the world during the Olympic Games this summer. The "Stress Test" on Tuesday and Wednesday aims to replicate arrangements for the July 27-August 12 Games when companies are being told to encourage staff to work from home or stagger starting times to ease the strain on public transport

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Economix Blog: Baby Boomers and the Shrinking Work Force

nytimes — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:50:32 +0000

Among the lowlights of the jobs report for April was the news that the share of adults who are either working or looking for work fell. For men, this measure — called the labor force participation rate — was at its lowest level since 1948, when the government first began keeping track.

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UPDATE 2-US court reverses itself on veterans healthcare overhaul

reuters — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:48:47 +0000

Mon May 7, 2012 6:48pm EDT * Court rules only Congress and President can dictate change * An average of 18 U.S.

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Google infringed Oracle Java copyrights: jury

reuters — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:34:15 +0000

By Malathi Nayak SAN FRANCISCO | Mon May 7, 2012 6:34pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc infringed some of Oracle Corp's copyrights on the Java programming language, a U.S. jury found on Monday after days of deliberation

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France’s Left Turn May Be Right for Stocks

Smartmoney — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:19:39 +0000

The last time the French elected a Socialist president their currency and stock market plunged in a matter of weeks. It turned out to be a bargain.

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Analysis: Murdoch’s Fox TV licenses seen surviving UK scandal

reuters — Mon, 07 May 2012 21:54:06 +0000

By Jasmin Melvin and Yinka Adegoke Mon May 7, 2012 5:54pm EDT (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch faces limited risk of losing News Corp's broadcast permits in America, even amid screaming headlines in Britain that the media mogul is unfit to run a major company.

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Aldar says no financial help needed from Abu Dhabi

reuters — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:55:52 +0000

By Praveen Menon and Stanley Carvalho ABU DHABI | Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:55am EDT ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi's Aldar Properties ALDR.AD is committed to repaying all its debt and does not need more financial support from the government of Abu Dhabi, the company's deputy chief executive told reporters on Sunday. "We won't need more (financial) help, we are comfortable on the financing side," Mohammed Al Mubarak said on the sidelines of a property conference. "We are committed to all our debts and they will be paid, we are in a healthy financial position," he added.

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UPDATE 1-Aldar says no financial help needed from Abu Dhabi

reuters — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:40:37 +0000

Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:40am EDT (Adds quotes, bond and share prices, background) By Praveen Menon and Stanley Carvalho ABU DHABI, April 22 (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi's Aldar Properties is committed to repaying all its debt and does not need more financial support from the government of Abu Dhabi, the company's deputy chief executive told reporters on Sunday. "We won't need more (financial) help, we are comfortable on the financing side," Mohammed Al Mubarak said on the sidelines of a property conference.

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Qatar fund bullish on Brazil, other emerging markets

reuters — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:12:55 +0000

DOHA, April 22 | Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:12am EDT DOHA, April 22 (Reuters) - Qatar Holding, a unit of the gas-rich Gulf state's sovereign wealth fund, is bullish on emerging economies, its chief executive told reporters on Sunday. "We are very optimistic on Brazil and other emerging economies," Ahmad al-Sayed said on the sidelines of a conference. Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, like most Gulf funds, has traditionally preferred investing in Western markets, picking up stakes in companies ranging from carmakers to banks

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Kuwait’s Global to hold bondholder meetings on Apr 24

reuters — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:02:18 +0000

DUBAI, April 22 | Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:02am EDT DUBAI, April 22 (Reuters) - Global Investment House , which is in talks to restructure $1.7 billion in debt, is due to hold meetings with bond investors on Tuesday, a regulatory bourse disclosure showed.

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Qatar says has 3 pct of Total, undecided on further buys

reuters — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 07:10:37 +0000

DOHA, April 22 | Sun Apr 22, 2012 3:10am EDT DOHA, April 22 (Reuters) - Qatar Holding, a unit of the Gulf nation's sovereign wealth fund, has increased its stake in French oil group Total to 3 percent and is undecided on buying more shares, Qatar Holding's chief executive said on Sunday.

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TABLE-India’s IDBI Bank Jan-Mar net profit up 49 pct

reuters — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:30:11 +0000

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Voting begins in France, economy may doom Sarkozy

reuters — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:28:45 +0000

By Catherine Bremer PARIS | Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:28am EDT PARIS (Reuters) - France voted on Sunday in round one of a presidential ballot, with a feeble economy that could make Nicolas Sarkozy the country's first president to lose a fight for re-election in more than 30 years. In a contest driven as much by a dislike of Sarkozy's showy style and his failure to bring down unemployment as by policy differences, Sarkozy and his Socialist rival Francois Hollande are pegged to beat eight other candidates to go through to a May 6 runoff, where polls give Hollande a double-digit lead.

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A New Olympic Pride

g7finance — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:21:17 +0000

Pride House is believed to be the first house at the Olympics for gay and lesbian athletes and their friends and families and is seen as a new effort to tackle homophobia in sports. Related Link: nyti.ms Related Article: nyti.ms

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UPDATE 1-Dubai’s Arabtec wins contract from shareholder Aabar

reuters — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 04:33:14 +0000

Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:33am EDT (Adds details, background) DUBAI, APRIL 22 - Dubai builder Arabtec on Sunday said its unit won a 222 million dirhams ($60.44 million) construction contract from top shareholder Aabar Investments to build a residential development in the oil-rich emirate of Abu Dhabi. Arabtec, in which state-owned investment fund Aabar owns a 10.45 percent stake, said the contract to build a tower of 229 apartments would take 22 months to complete.

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Sports Card Conventions as Economic Laboratory

nytimes — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:15:18 +0000

Can the dying world of baseball card conventions provide a lesson in economics? The long-dwindling gatherings of card dealers peddling mint-condition Joe DiMaggios and Stan Musials are good examples of what economists call two-sided markets, according to a new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research

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