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Small businesses on front line in Obama's jobs fight
- Sat 07 Nov, 09:11 PM
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With unemployment fast becoming one of US President Barack Obama's biggest domestic challenges, focus is shifting from "too-big-to-fail" manufacturing and financial giants to struggling small businesses.
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Staff at struggling German retail giant agree to tighten belts
- Sat 07 Nov, 08:51 PM
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Employees of the embattled German department store chain Karstadt, owned by the insolvent retail group Arcandor, agreed Saturday to take salary cuts as part of a last-ditch effort to save their jobs.
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BA cabin crew to vote on strike: union
- Sat 07 Nov, 08:28 PM
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Thousands of British Airways cabin crew are to vote on whether to take industrial action, the Unite trade union said Saturday, in a row over job cuts and new contracts.
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Cyprus opens new airport to attract tourism, trade
- Sat 07 Nov, 08:22 PM
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Cyprus opened an ultra-modern airport on Saturday that it hopes will boost flagging tourism and boost prospects of it becoming a regional transport hub.
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Nobel laureate brings Bangladesh business model to Europe
- Sat 07 Nov, 08:18 PM
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Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus brought ideas for creating micro "social businesses" from Bangladesh to Europe Saturday with support from several of the world's leading corporations.
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IMF says stimulus needed to aid 'nascent' recovery
- Sat 07 Nov, 06:54 PM
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The International Monetary Fund on Saturday said emergency stimulus measures must remain to avoid endangering a "nascent" economic recovery, as the G20 agreed here to maintain support.
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G20 agrees timetable for monitoring economic policy
- Sat 07 Nov, 06:49 PM
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The world's biggest economies have agreed a timetable on mutual monitoring of each other's economic policy aimed at preventing a fresh financial crisis, a G20 communique said on Saturday.
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Wall Street rally gets second wind
- Sat 07 Nov, 05:22 PM
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Wall Street's gravity-defying rally found new life over the past week, providing optimism for investors heading into what has historically been one of the best periods of the year.
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Brown says G20 should consider transactions tax
- Sat 07 Nov, 04:53 PM
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on the G20 here on Saturday to consider a tax on global financial transactions but the proposal looked doomed amid US opposition.
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Yemen joins gas exporters' club
- Sat 07 Nov, 04:44 PM
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AFP
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Yemen, one of the world's poorest countries, joined the international club of gas exporters Saturday with pumping starting at a newly built liquefied natural gas plant in the Gulf of Aden.
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Yemen starts exporting LNG from new plant
- Sat 07 Nov, 03:03 PM
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Sri Lanka buying gold 'to diversify reserves'
- Sat 07 Nov, 12:43 PM
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AFP
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Ten percent jobless rate adds to pressure on Obama
- Sat 07 Nov, 10:14 AM
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AFP
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Shell to pay California $19 mln over violations
- Sat 07 Nov, 10:11 AM
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AFP
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GM in talks to bring Chinese cars to India: report
- Sat 07 Nov, 09:43 AM
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HSBC slashes prize money of Women's Champions
- Sat 07 Nov, 07:01 AM
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AFP
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Bluebeat to battle EMI over Beatles songs
- Sat 07 Nov, 04:06 AM
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AFP
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US jobless rate hits 10.2%; Obama eyes new steps
- Fri 06 Nov, 09:14 PM
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AFP
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Shell Oil to pay California $19 mln over violations
- Fri 06 Nov, 08:52 PM
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AFP
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Opel chief quits after GM decides to keep European unit
- Fri 06 Nov, 07:57 PM
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G20 ministers to firm up global recovery, climate funding
- Fri 06 Nov, 07:54 PM
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AFP
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WTO marks 400th trade dispute case
- Fri 06 Nov, 06:31 PM
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AFP
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Thousands protest against Irish austerity measures
- Fri 06 Nov, 06:22 PM
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UBS says took 'full remedial steps' to address breaches
- Fri 06 Nov, 06:11 PM
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AFP
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Ukraine pays Russia for gas after Putin warning: PM
- Fri 06 Nov, 06:07 PM
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AFP
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GM Europe head quits following Opel U-turn: source
- Fri 06 Nov, 05:50 PM
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AFP
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US jobless rate rises to 10.2 percent
- Fri 06 Nov, 05:19 PM
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AFP
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Gold price hits record after 'Sri Lanka purchase'
- Fri 06 Nov, 05:17 PM
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AFP
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RBS unveils sharp loss despite state bailout
- Fri 06 Nov, 04:13 PM
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AFP
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G20 ministers mull global recovery, climate funding
- Fri 06 Nov, 03:33 PM
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Gold price tops $1,100 for first time
- Fri 06 Nov, 03:26 PM
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AFP
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Gold price tops 1,100 dollars for first time
- Fri 06 Nov, 03:23 PM
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AFP
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British Airways to axe 1,200 more jobs
- Fri 06 Nov, 03:09 PM
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AFP
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AIG posts profit of $455 million
- Fri 06 Nov, 02:53 PM
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AFP
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US jobless rate hits 10.2% as 190,000 jobs lost
- Fri 06 Nov, 02:44 PM
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Signals of economic recovery are strong: OECD
- Fri 06 Nov, 02:40 PM
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AFP
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US unemployment jumps to 10.2%
- Fri 06 Nov, 01:36 PM
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AFP
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RBS reports sharp loss, expects slow recovery
- Fri 06 Nov, 01:07 PM
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AFP
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French budget deficit sinks deeper into the red
- Fri 06 Nov, 12:54 PM
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AFP
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China hits back at US tariffs, trade spat escalates
- Fri 06 Nov, 12:42 PM
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AFP
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Dollar falls before US jobs data
- Fri 06 Nov, 12:37 PM
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AFP
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Oil prices rise above $80
- Fri 06 Nov, 12:37 PM
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AFP
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GM Europe head 'quits following Opel U-turn'
- Fri 06 Nov, 12:29 PM
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AFP
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European stocks mixed ahead of US job figures
- Fri 06 Nov, 12:11 PM
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British Airways to cut extra 1,200 jobs amid losses
- Fri 06 Nov, 10:32 AM
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AFP
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Asia boosts Hermes luxury sales: company
- Fri 06 Nov, 08:27 AM
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BA reports ballooning losses, calls for cost cuts
- Fri 06 Nov, 08:03 AM
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AFP
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Royal Bank of Scotland reports sharp loss
- Fri 06 Nov, 07:54 AM
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AFP
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US slaps import penalties on Chinese tubular goods
- Fri 06 Nov, 06:16 AM
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AFP
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Australia's resources boom set to grow: central bank
- Fri 06 Nov, 06:15 AM
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