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FINANCIAL TIMES - Morning headlines
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Wednesday May 11 2011

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Financial Times - US homepage
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China inflation edges lower to 5.3%
Inflation in China moderated slightly in April but remains stubbornly high despite government efforts to restrain rapid price rises
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Bulls’ optimism rises on China data
Growth assets are seeing buyers on hopes that the global economy is robust enough to shrug off the policy implications of burgeoning inflation
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AIG offering scaled back after share slide
The US Treasury and AIG aim to sell about $8.7bn in shares in the insurance group’s public offering this month after scaling back plans for a larger share sale
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HSBC targets savings of up to $3.5bn
Europe’s largest bank by market capitalisation aims to expand its wealth management business in Asia as it seeks to become more profitable and increase shareholder value
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Merkel backs Draghi to head ECB
German chancellor finally gives her blessing to the Italian central bank governor to become the next European Central Bank president after Jean-Claude Trichet steps down
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Financial Times - Financial markets news
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Inflation report lifts sterling
The pound advanced after the Bank of England raised its medium-term inflation forecast, raising the prospect that UK interest rates might rise before the end of the year
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Broker upgrade lifts Marks and Spencer
Marks and Spencer leads the London market’s leaderboard after a broker upgrade as traders wait for insight from the Bank of England’s quarterly inflation report
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Japan’s commodities ‘dinosaurs’ roar ahead
Strong prices and sustained global growth combine to allow Tokyo’s general trading houses – or sogo shosha – to forecast strong profits in a dramatic turnround
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US floods set to force up price of petrol
US gasoline futures prices are rising faster than crude oil, threatening higher prices at the pump even as political authorities face public anger over energy costs
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Financial Times - World
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Geithner hails ‘progress’ in China talks
The US and China have claimed success after two days of negotiations ended in a series of deals on US access to the Chinese market and Chinese access to sensitive US technology
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Spotlight placed on US aid to Pakistan
The Obama administration has made clear it plans to keep providing Pakistan with billions of dollars of aid, in spite of calls on Capitol Hill and elsewhere for Washington to rein in such assistance
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FT.com - US
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Data watch
The latest key economic indicators from round the world
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Spotlight placed on US aid to Pakistan
The Obama administration has made clear it plans to keep providing Pakistan with billions of dollars of aid, in spite of calls on Capitol Hill and elsewhere for Washington to rein in such assistance
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US floods set to force up price of petrol
US gasoline futures prices are rising faster than crude oil, threatening higher prices at the pump even as political authorities face public anger over energy costs
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Canada boosts claim to Northwest Passage
A plan to open up northern Quebec to resource development will help bolster the country's disputed claims to the region, says Jean Charest, premier of the province
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Geithner hails 'progress' in China talks
The US and China have claimed success after two days of negotiations ended in a series of deals on US access to the Chinese market and Chinese access to sensitive US technology
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http://link.ft.com/r/FG6LAA/JIKEZ0/8VUNS/TP9Q1B/9ZOCCN/36/t?a1=2011&a2=5&a3=11

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FT.com - Companies US & Canada
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Apple open to lawsuit over data collection
The US Federal Trade Commission has indicated that the group's gathering of information from iPhone users who turned off location services make it vulnerable to legal action
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AT&T chief to defend merger before Congress
AT&T's chief executive expected to defend the proposed purchase of Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA mobile unit in front of the congressional committee investigating the deal
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http://link.ft.com/r/FG6LAA/JIKEZ0/8VUNS/TP9Q1B/9ZOCCE/36/t?a1=2011&a2=5&a3=11

AIG offering scaled back after share slide
The US Treasury and AIG aim to sell about $8.7bn in shares in the insurance group's public offering this month after scaling back plans for a larger share sale
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Disney profits hit by Japan quake
The devastating earthquake in Japan and one of Walt Disney's biggest box-office flops combined to hit the media group's second-quarter profits
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Google sets aside $500m for US probe
Google has put aside $500m to settle a US investigation into its advertising practices, marking a sharp intensification of the spreading regulatory scrutiny of the company
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