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Heritage Foundation - Thu Dec 10, 5:33 pm ETThe World Trade Organization's (WTO) Seventh Ministerial Conference held earlier this month did little to spur progress on a global trade pact.
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Euro Falls Versus Dollar, Pound
INO News - 1 hour 34 minutes ago(RTTNews) - The euro dropped sharply against the dollar following the release of positive economic reports from the U.S. The common currency also saw weakness versus the pound.
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Global oil demand revised slightly higher for 2010
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 1 hour 37 minutes agoGlobal oil demand will rise slightly faster in 2010 than previously forecast, driven by increased economic activity in Asia and the Middle East, the International Energy Agency said today.
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International stock market quotations 11 December 2009
EARTHtimes.org - 1 hour 46 minutes agoFrankfurt - The following index quotations were noted on the world's major stock markets: December 11December 10 Difference...
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China purchasing rule angers foreign tech companies
San Jose Mercury News - 1 hour 58 minutes agoBEIJING — Foreign companies are criticizing a new Chinese regulation they fear could block them from the multibillion-dollar business of selling high-tech products to government departments.
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Sen. Cornyn: CMS Report Shows Reid Bill Is Worse Than Doing Nothing
High Plains Observer - 2 hours 0 minutes ago“Democrats have refused to believe me and my colleagues when we told them that the monstrous 2,074 page, $2.5 trillion Reid health care bill would increase premiums, raise taxes and cut Medicare. They have ignored non-partisan CBO analyses that stated the same thing.
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Quick dairy price hike raises boom-bust fears
The Hanford Sentinel - 2 hours 4 minutes agoDairy farmers eager to expand now that milk prices have improved might want to take a look at the latest Rabobank market report.
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Fitch Rates Teachers Insurance & Annuity Surplus Notes 'AA'
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - 2 hours 4 minutes agoNEW YORK----Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA' rating to the surplus notes issued today by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America . The notes are due in 2039. TIAA's other ratings are not affected by this rating action.
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Republicans urge Obama launch free trade pact push
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 4 minutes agoRepublican U.S. congressional leaders urged President Barack Obama to work with them to win approval of long-stalled free trade pacts with Colombia, Panama and South Korea as early as possible in 2010.
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China’s Industrial Production Surges as Trade Rebounds in Asia
Bloomberg - 2 hours 5 minutes agoDec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- China’s industrial production jumped, exports fell the least in 13 months and imports surged as rebounding trade with Asian nations underscored the region’s role in leading the world recovery.
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China & Gold: The Big Story
GoldSeek.com - 2 hours 6 minutes agoSquinting at the gold news from China , both official and private... CHINA'S LATEST SLEW of positive data "raises the prospect" of Beijing tightening its easy money and fiscal policies, or so the newswires claim.
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Many See the VAT Option as a Cure for Runaway Deficits
The Hendersonville Times-News - 2 hours 6 minutes agoCATHERINE RAMPELL Runaway federal deficits have thrust a politically unsavory savior into the spotlight: a nationwide tax on goods and services.
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China Attacks The West At Copenhagen
Forbes - 2 hours 6 minutes agoThe country takes a hostile turn at the climate change conference.
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2nd UPDATE: Rich Countries Should Cut CO2 95% By 2050 -UN Draft
Nasdaq - 2 hours 15 minutes ago(Adds details of text, comments from negotiators and background.)
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Richest Nations Fall Short in First Copenhagen Draft (Update3)
Bloomberg - 2 hours 27 minutes agoDec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The first draft agreement for a new climate treaty from the Copenhagen talks calls for world’s richest nations to make far steeper cuts to their greenhouse-gas emissions than they’ve pledged.
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Can the US Produce Vehicles to Compete in the World Market and Satisfy Home Markets?
The Auto Channel - 2 hours 29 minutes agoDETROIT - December 11, 2009: This week the think tank and business intelligence company CSM brought it’s annual predictions to the Automotive Press Association in Detroit.
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Geneva: WTO opponents burn cars, break windows
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Dubai the Domino?
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South Africa's auto industry fights back
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Nov. 27: Stocks slide on Dubai debt concerns
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Global markets get jitters following Dubai fears
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Trichet warns on bankers' bonuses
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Iraq poised to be second in oil league table
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China's economic recovery gathers pace
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EU leaders urge IMF to consider Tobin tax
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November US retail sales increase 1.3%
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Ukraine appeals to IMF for $2bn loan
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