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BBC News
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Germany's unemployment rate has fallen by more than expected in March, government figures show.
The number of people out of work was 110,000 lower than in February to a total of 3.5 million, meaning the unemployment rate fell to 8.4%.
Analysts said..
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MSNBC
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Microsoft had initially set a royalty rate of 3.87 percent of a licensee’s product revenues for patents and demanded that companies looking for communication information — which it said was highly secret — pay 2.98 percent of their products’ reven..
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SF Gate
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Stocks headed for a largely unchanged opening Wednesday, with investors unlikely to make bold moves ahead of a widely expected interest rate reduction by the Federal Reserve.
The market has been banking on a new rate cut to be announced Wednesday after..
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BusinessWeek
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The Fed's emergency rate cut eased the panic in EU markets, but problems such as inflation, tight credit, and a strong euro remain
European financial markets breathed a sigh of relief on Jan. 22 as share prices rebounded after the U.S. Federal Reserve..
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MSNBC
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Last week’s White House plan to freeze some adjustable mortgages to slow the rising pace of foreclosures seem to raise as many reader questions as it answered. There’s a lot of confusion about just who is covered and who isn’t. And many readers are..
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CNN
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The Federal Reserve lowered the target for a critical short-term interest rate by a quarter of a point Wednesday, citing continued concerns about weakness in the housing market.
But the Fed indicated that it is also worried about inflation, a sign that..
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Globe and Mail
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The loonie topped $1.03 (U.S.) on Friday, driven by surging crude prices and an inflation report that further dimmed the odds of an interest rate cut.
The surging Canadian currency climbed as high as $1.0358, its highest level since June, 1974, in the..
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BBC News
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The US dollar hit a new record low against the euro as investors sold the currency after the Federal Reserve's hefty interest rate cut.
The greenback dropped below the psychologically important $1.40 against the euro, deepening recent losses.
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CNN
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Problems in housing, the financial markets and the first job decline in four years have made a Federal Reserve rate cut next week all but certain. But it has also raised talk about a recession - and whether the Fed is able to prevent one.
While most ec..
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CNN
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The European Central Bank has decided to hold its key interest rate steady at three and three-quarters percent. The decision comes as euro countries see economic growth and falling unemployment.
Analysts believe a rate increase is still to come in May..
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BusinessWeek
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From an economist's point of view, the "core" rate counts more than the "headline." But the Fed will have to pay attention to both
If there's one thing Americans don't like, it's a cheater. And as far as many people are concerned, it's cheating to calc..
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BusinessWeek
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Financial institutions the world over use Libor—short for the London interbank offered rate—to set the interest paid on everything from mortgage loans to complex financial instruments. But now questions are being raised about whether the rate has been..
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BusinessWeek
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On the heels of what is likely the last Fed rate cut for a while, the May 2 jobs report could offer clues on how far the economy will fall
Will the downturn be short and shallow or deep and vicious? With all apologies to William Shakespeare, that is th..
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BusinessWeek
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Action Economics still expects a rate cut of 50 basis points Mar. 18, though the Bear Stearns bailout could alter the Fed policy landscape
The markets saw some good news in two reports released Mar. 14. A report on U.S. consumer-level inflation in Febr..
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BusinessWeek
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The central bank announced a quarter-point cut to the discount rate and a new financing facility for investment banks on Mar. 16
The Federal Reserve announced a series of steps Mar. 16 to help provide relief to a spreading credit crisis that threatens..
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BBC News
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China's inflation hit 8.7% in February, the highest rate in over 11 years, the National Statistics Bureau said.
Soaring food prices were driving inflation, up 23.3% in February against the previous year, the bureau said.
It attributed the jump to sn..
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BBC News
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China's trade surplus soared 22.7% in January as the economy continued to boom despite efforts to cool the rate of growth, official figures have shown.
The surplus - the gap between what China exports and what it imports - grew to $22.7bn (�11.5bn) l..
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CNN
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Amid all the talk about storm clouds gathering over the U.S. economy, it's easy to forget there are other places in the world where the sun is still shining. Take Qatar, for example; a small emirate in the Gulf whose economy is booming.
When the final..
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MSNBC
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Just one week after an emergency three-quarter-point interest rate cut to calm jittery global financial markets, the Federal Reserve’s rate-setting committee sits down Tuesday to figure out its next move.
While many investors are expecting another ag..
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MSNBC
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The Federal Reserve is likely to follow its bold action last week to battle an economic downturn with a further interest rate reduction Wednesday, although analysts are split on just what size the future cuts will be.
Some believe the Fed will settle i..
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