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Thursday April 07 2011

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Financial Times - US homepage
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Portugal banks rise on bail-out request
Shares in Portugal’s leading banks posted gains of more than 5 per cent in early trading as the country’s request for financial aid from the EU eased fears over their financing difficulties
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Parties fail to break US budget deadlock
President Barack Obama has said that the key outstanding issues in the US budget talks had been clarified though there was still no agreement with congressional leaders to avert a looming government shutdown
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Ai Weiwei probed over ‘economic crimes’
China’s most famous artist is under investigation for a catch-all crime often used to discredit and imprison advocates of human rights and free speech in the country
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Traders uncertain as ‘loose’ era ends
A busy day for monetary and fiscal news seems to have left investors a touch uncertain and thus erring on the side of caution, leaving many riskier assets to dip from recent peaks
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BoJ to offer cheap loans to quake-hit lenders
The Bank of Japan says it will offer cheap funding to banks affected by the earthquake and tsunami in anticipation of an increase in demand for loans to rebuild the region
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Financial Times - Financial markets news
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Bank holds rates at 0.5% and QE at £200bn
The Bank of England’s policy setting committee has voted to hold interest rates at 0.5 per cent and to maintain its gilts purchase strategy, known as quantitative easing, at £200bn
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Financial stocks lifted by Portugal hopes
Lisbon’s admission that it needs financial assistance from the EU sends financial stocks to the top of indices in London and Lisbon
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Euro hovers at 15-month high ahead of ECB decision
The euro eases but remains close to a 15-month high against the dollar as investors await the European Central Bank’s decision on interest rates later in the session
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Crude at $175? Oil traders stress test the future
The world’s largest trading houses have been busy ‘stress testing’ to be sure their finances can withstand sharp and simultaneous rises in the prices of oil, copper and corn, writes Javier Blas
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Brazil takes fresh ‘currency war’ action
The Latin American country announces the fourth set of measures within a month to help control its exchange rate a day after the IMF endorsed the use of capital controls
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Financial Times - World
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Japan uses nitrogen in bid to prevent blasts
Japanese nuclear technicians pumped nitrogen gas into a reactor at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, in an effort to stop explosions at the crippled plant
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Australia unveils brand-free tobacco packets
Australia’s goal of having the world’s toughest tobacco promotion laws by 2012 move a step closer as it releases the plain packing design all cigarette manufacturers will be forced to adopt
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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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Doubts raised over US atomic plants
Internal Nuclear Regulatory Commission e-mails question the adequacy of back-up plans to keep cooling systems running if off-site power were lost for an extended period
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Parties fail to break US budget deadlock
President Barack Obama has said that the key outstanding issues in the US budget talks had been clarified though there was still no agreement with congressional leaders to avert a looming government shutdown
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FT.com - Companies US & Canada
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Goldman to buy out Australian unit
Investment bank plans to take full control of its affiliate by purchasing the 55% it does not already own in a deal said to value its target at almost A$1bn
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Basketball star takes Liverpool FC stake
LeBron James of the Miami Heat who is one of the US's most bankable athletes has become an unlikely part-owner of the football club, after striking a deal with Fenway Sports Group
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Lehman's negotiation with creditors stalls
A new faction of Lehman Brothers creditors have signalled their intention to file a competing pay-out plan, should negotiations with the bankrupt investment bank break down
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