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FOREX-U.S. dollar down vs euro; yen falls on easing bets
NEW YORK, March 10 (Reuters) – The dollar slipped against the euro while the yen fell on Wednesday, as risk appetite improved in general with a rise in European and U.S. stocks, boosting demand for higher-yielding but riskier currencies. The dollar …
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French PM: European monetary fund interesting idea
Such a body could be a lender of last resort and keep financially troubled governments from unsettling the euro and global markets — the way the recent Greek debt crisis has — as the IMF usually does. Germany and France have the eurozone’s two …
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Fiscal issues hit euro, sterling; stocks flat
LONDON, March 10 (Reuters) – Concerns over Europe’s fiscal problems hit the euro and sterling on Wednesday, while world stocks hovered near their recent six-week highs, though they were still up 66 percent from a low hit one year ago. Copper MCU3 …
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FOREX-Yen firm, euro and pound hurt by fiscal worries
… expectations of a pick up in Japanese repatriation flows before the fiscal year end in March … Further yen gains could be limited by speculation that the Bank of Japan may take additional steps to ease monetary policy. The BOJ is in the …
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Euro hurt by European woes; China data boosts oil
HONG KONG, March 10 (Reuters) – The euro and sterling were under pressure on Wednesday after renewed concerns about Europe’s fiscal problems but oil, copper and the Australian dollar were supported by China’s strong export and import data. Asian …
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Skipton International Ltd offers a range of sterling, euro and US dollar accounts and is part of Skipton Building Society, the fourth largest in the UK with over GBP15 billion assets. 1) Skipton International Limited (SIL) is a wholly owned …
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Valeo Presents New Strategic Plan and Medium-Term Financial Objectives
Valeo expects to double its sales for technologies linked to CO2 emissions reduction by 2013, to 1 billion euros , and over 5 billion euros in 2020. Valeo forecasts organic growth higher than that of global automotive output in each region of …
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Barroso dampens euro zone fund speculation
The President of the European Commission has dampened speculation that the EU is working towards the creation of a European Monetary Fund to bail out struggling euro zone economies. Speaking in Strasbourg, Jose Manuel Barroso also dismissed …
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‘IMF’ for Europe a distracting sideshow: experts
FRANKFURT (AFP) ‘“ Talk of a European version of the International Monetary Fund to rescue errant EU states is little more than a distracting sideshow, analysts and a key central banker say. Rather than creating new institutions, the European Union …
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Brussels considers euro zone crisis rescue fund
Spurred by Greece’s problems, the European Commission has said it is looking … He said he favours a body with ‘the experience of the International Monetary Fund and similar executive powers.’ Such a fund would take time to set up so could not …
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