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Strong Citigroup earnings boost financials

US stocks are almost flat in early trading as strong Citigroup earnings boost the financial sector, which was battered last week by fears about the possible costs of the foreclosure crisis.

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Mugabe speech raises fears for power-sharing

Fears for Zimbabwe’s fragile power-sharing agreement grew after president Robert Mugabe said he was ‘reluctant’ to extend the deal, signed in September 2008, beyond February

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Bank stocks keep falling; mortgage fears mount (AP)

AP – Investors are selling off bank stocks for a second day as fears mount about bank’ losses on bad mortgage loans and foreclosure paperwork.

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Cotton hits record high after poor crops

Heavy buying in China takes futures prices past closing-levels on New York markets, creating fears of acute local shortages

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Commercial property values inch up in September

LONDON (Reuters) – Commercial property values rose marginally in September, doing little to assuage fears that the market’s 13-month run-up has lost steam and may return to negative growth, research showed on Thursday.

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Drilling ban’s job impact less than feared

With the end of the deepwater drilling moratorium, it seems that fears of massive job losses among drill workers may have been overblown.

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Japan warns China on currency policy

Japan has called on South Korea and China to “act responsibly” on exchange rate policy amid growing fears of a currency war that could undermine global growth

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Mining stocks push Asian equities higher

Shares in Asia Pacific are higher, led by steel companies, after fears of a double-dip recession subside and hopes increase of a second round of US quantitative easing

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US, China clash amid fears of currency war (AFP)

AFP – A meeting of world economic powers did little to ease fears of a global currency war, with the United States and China facing off over Beijing’s currency policies and no agreement in sight.

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Kyrgyz guarded on election prospects

There are fears that the parliamentary election, rather than heralding the dawn of democracy, will stoke tensions that could tear Kyrgyzstan apart and spread instability across central Asia

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