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Lowest US jobless filings in four years
07-12 21:05
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits last week fell sharply to the lowest level in four years, a hopeful sign for the struggling la...

Greece jobless soars past 1 million
07-12 18:52
Greece's jobless rate scaled a new record high in April, data showed today, providing gloomy news for the hard-pressed coalition government that emerged from the ...

China bank loans up in June
07-12 18:46
China's bank lending increased 16 percent in June from May, according to data from the People's Bank of China released today. Mainland lenders have given out...

Eurozone industrial output jumps 0.6 pct in May: Eurostat
07-12 18:30
Eurozone industrial production rose 0.6 percent in May compared with a 1.1 percent contraction in April, official figures from the Eurostat data agency showed...

HSBC’s Flockhart retires
07-12 17:32
HSBC’s Flockhart retires Sandy Flockhart, the former chief executive of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp, will retire as a non-executive director...

Qatar investor wraps up Valentino
07-12 17:19
Italian fashion house Valentino said it has been acquired by a leading Qatari investor for an undisclosed amount, one of the most prominent purchases of a Europ...

Italy stats office running on empty
07-12 16:47
Italy's national statistics body ISTAT threatened to cease issuing data on the economy, saying it had been crippled by government spending cuts aimed at reduc...

Energy body says global slowdown may dampen oil prices
07-12 16:27
A global economic slowdown could put a lid on oil prices but there is a risk that “nasty supply surprises'' could reignite a market rally, the International Ene...

Europe stocks feel the jitters
07-12 15:50
European stock markets lost ground in opening deals, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 of top companies down 0.63 percent at 5,629.07 points. Frankfurt's D...

Aussie tumbles to two-week low
07-12 15:47
The Australian dollar fell to a two-week low against the US dollar today as risk aversion led investors cut exposure to commodity currencies while rising jobles...

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