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Stocks slip as Italian borrowing rates jump again

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are lower in midday trading as concerns about Italy’s financial crisis overshadow an increase in U.S. retail spending.The market rate for Italy’s 10-year bond jumped back above 7 percent Tuesday, reigniting fears of a financial…

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Stocks jump for second day on hopes of Europe deal

Accenture sees strong 2012, lifts gloom Siddharth Cavale and Bijoy Anandoth Koyitty(Reuters) – Accenture Plc reported market-beating quarterly results, and the technology outsourcing and consulting company forecast a strong 2012, allaying fears of an i…

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Bubble fear as rare earths soar

Fears about Chinese supplies of vital rare earth elements have sent the shares of small mining companies soaring, a surge that executives and analysts warn is turning into a bubble

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Cholera outbreak reaches Haitian capital

Fears that Haiti faces fresh disaster, less than a year after January’s earthquake, grew on Sunday as a cholera outbreak spread to the capital

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G20 starts final day of talks amid currency fears (AP)

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, talks with France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde during  the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool)AP – Top finance officials from the world’s major economies hunkered down Saturday for final day of talks aimed at quelling fears of a possible trade war sparked by competition over currency rates.

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China’s economy cools in third quarter

China’s economic growth slowed for the second quarter in a row, cooling fears that its economy is growing at an unsustainable pace.

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Boeing rejects recession fears

US manufacturers have rejected fears of a global slide into recession with a series of strong results and positive statements, showing the benefit of strong growth in emerging economies in Asia and the Middle East.

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World stocks slide on China growth fears (AFP)

French traders monitor shares prices in Paris, 2008. Global stock markets mostly dropped on fears of economic slowdown in China where interest rates have been increased for the first time for three years.(AFP/File/Mehdi Fedouach)AFP – Global stock markets mostly dropped on Wednesday on fears of economic slowdown in China where interest rates have been increased for the first time for three years.

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Asian stocks down after China raises interest rate (AP)

Peter Giacchi of Fleet Specialist Inc. works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP – Asian stock markets mostly dropped Wednesday as China’s surprise interest rate hike raised fears that Chinese growth will slow, weighing on the global recovery.

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Moscow to lower oil export taxes

Russia is preparing to introduce a new profit-based tax on new oilfields from 2012, in a move that could quell fears of production decline due to the current tax regime

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