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Chidambaram says U.S. Federal Reserves statement misunderstood calls for calm
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday sought to calm stock markets in India after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested bond purchases could be scaled back if the U.S. economy improves. Addressing a news conference here, Chidambaram said fears that the Federal Reserve would start reversing its U.S. monetary stimulus programme were being misunderstood in stock market and investor ...
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Barclays aims for redemption
By Gary M. Stern FORTUNE – Most corporate annual reports specialize in self-promotion and accentuating the positive. But the 2012 annual report of Barclays reads like a mea culpa. When Barclays ...
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Want to invest in Samsung Good luck
With 200 shares of Apple in his portfolio, California resident Dave Kastener was thinking about going rogue. The self-professed "Apple fan" wanted to invest in ...
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Europe Markets Europe stocks recoup ahead of German Ifo data
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets climbed on Friday, partly recovering from a sharp selloff the prior day, with investors awaiting a reading on German business confidence to gauge if the region's powerhouse is gaining ...
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Gold takes a pause after prior-day run
MADRID (MarketWatch) -- Gold prices eased on Friday as Asian equities swung higher, but saw little benefit from a weaker dollar as the yen gained. Gold for August ...
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Louisiana Story [DVD]
Robert Flaherty was never a conventional documentary filmmaker, and his films, although routinely referred to as documentaries, were often highly fictionalized works that used real-life settings and people for the purpose of evoking deep, primal mythologies. Although they often appeared spontaneous, his films are thoroughly constructed to achieve exactly what Flaherty wanted. To a journalistic pu ... ...
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China U.S. reach deal on audit records WSJ
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- In a breakthrough to a long-running dispute, China has agreed to allow its accounting firms to give U.S. regulators access to relevant records, The Wall Street Journal reported early Friday, saying the deal was due to be announced later in the day. The agreement allows the U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to see audit records and other documents held by ...
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Aust bonds weaker
AUSTRALIAN bond futures prices are lower as traders weigh falls on equity markets against the possibility the US Federal Reserve will begin to wind back its asset-buying program. UBS interest rate strategist Matthew Johnson said bond futures prices had been weighed down by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony before Congress on Thursday morning (Australian time). In his testimony Dr ...
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Aust bonds weaker
AUSTRALIAN bond futures prices are lower as traders weigh falls on equity markets against the possibility the US Federal Reserve will begin to wind back its asset-buying program. UBS interest rate strategist Matthew Johnson said bond futures prices had been weighed down by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony before Congress on Thursday morning (Australian time). In his testimony Dr ...
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Aust bonds weaker
AUSTRALIAN bond futures prices are lower as traders weigh falls on equity markets against the possibility the US Federal Reserve will begin to wind back its asset-buying program. UBS interest rate strategist Matthew Johnson said bond futures prices had been weighed down by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony before Congress on Thursday morning (Australian time). In his testimony Dr ...
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Currencies Yen resumes advance vs. dollar
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- The Japanese yen gained Friday, resuming its advance against the U.S. dollar the previous day that was spurred in part by a sell-off in Japanese ...