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The Commerce Department said builders broke ground on 685,000 new homes last month, a 9.3 percent jump from October. That’s the highest level since April 2010. Building permits, a gauge of future construction, increased 5.7 percent, spurred by a jump i…

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LONDON (Reuters) – McBride Plc, Europe’s biggest maker of retailer own-brand cleaning products, said plans were afoot to help it recover increases in the cost of raw materials and that growth would continue in its core areas.

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AFP – Europe’s main stocks markets fell on Friday as key G20 talks overshadowed positive company earnings and economic data.

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Europe experienced a cautious session of trading as traders took stock ahead of the G20 meeting in South Korea, sending the region’s equities down after a series of gains

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AFP – The euro rose against the dollar here on Thursday as Germany said that its economy, the biggest in Europe, would grow far faster than expected in 2010, while sterling slumped on weak retail sales data.

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Europe’s euqity markets rose on Monday as Italy’s largest utility company Enel kicked off the biggest European IPO in three years

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Italian power group sets listing price at €1.8-€2.1 per share in what will be Europe’s biggest initial public offering this year

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LONDON (Reuters) – Diageo , the world’s biggest spirits group, said trading in Europe was weaker as it met forecasts with a 5 percent rise in first-quarter underlying sales driven by growth in emerging markets.

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Stocks in Europe fall as weaker commodity prices hurt the mining and industrial metals sectors across the region

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