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AFP - Japan’s Nikkei stock index leapt more than five percent early Tuesday as a weaker yen triggered buying of export-oriented issues, brokers said.
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Archive for November 3rd, 2008
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Reuters - Jeff Mason joined Reuters in October 2000 in Frankfurt, where he covered stock markets and transport companies. In 2004 he transferred to Brussels to cover European Union energy, environment and transport policy. An American, Jeff returned to the United States in January for the U.S. presidential campaign. In the following story, he describes life for reporters on the campaign trail.
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Reuters - U.S. securities regulators are expected to address new conflicts-of-interest and disclosure rules for credit rating agencies within a few weeks, a Securities and Exchange Commission official told Reuters on Monday.
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Reuters - Oil fell nearly 6 percent on Monday as further indicators of falling demand linked to a potential recession offset OPEC plans to reign in output.
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AP - Share prices on the London Stock Exchange closed up Monday.
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AFP - The FTSE 100 Index gained 1.5 percent to 4443.28 on Monday while Lloyds TSB and HBOS both reported write-downs related to the market turmoil and the demise of US and Icelandic banks.
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Reuters - Stocks mostly rose on Monday amid signs of further thawing in the credit markets and after Wachovia said telephone companies Verizon and AT&T were safe havens in an economic slowdown.
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AP - Wall Street started November with a cautious advance Monday, as investors largely overlooked a weak reading on the manufacturing sector in quiet trading ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
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