Greek budget forecasts steeper recession, higher deficit

ATHENS | Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:07am EDT ATHENS Oct 31 (Reuters) - Greece forecast a higher-than-expected budget deficit and a steeper recession next year in its final budget bill presented on Wednesday, as repeated austerity measures take their toll...

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WRAPUP 1-Polish, Czech PMIs point to more weakness

By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE | Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:20am EDT PRAGUE Oct 31 (Reuters) - Polish and Czech business confidence remained negative in October, reflecting deep gloom in manufacturing sectors suffering from sagging demand in the euro zone and...

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EURO GOVT-Bunds pare losses after strong auction

LONDON | Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:39am EDT LONDON Oct 31 (Reuters) - German Bund futures pared losses on Wednesday after strong bidding at a 30-year bond sale.December Bund futures were last 12 ticks lower on the day at 141.42, having fallen as low as 141.18...

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UAE govt approves 2013 federal budget, no deficit

DUBAI | Tue Oct 30, 2012 6:15am EDT DUBAI Oct 30 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates government approved a 2013 federal budget with expenditure of 44.6 billion dirhams ($12.1 billion) and no deficit, Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum...

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Want to be Hungarian? Buy some bonds

Tue Oct 30, 2012 6:16am EDT * Ruling Fidesz proposes offering residency for major investors * Condition is buying at least 250,000 euros worth of 5-yr bonds * Chinese investors specifically targeted -lawmaker By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST,...

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UPDATE 1-French minister urges euro zone to start pooling debt

Tue Oct 30, 2012 6:35am EDT By Stephen Brown and Annika Breidthardt BERLIN Oct 30 (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici urged the euro zone on Tuesday to take a first step to mutualise its short-term debt, stopping short of...

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TEXT-S&P assigns prelim ratings to Mythen Re Insurance-linked notes

Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:55am EDT Oct 29 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its preliminary issue credit ratings to the class A and C dollar-denominated, variable-rate, principal-at-risk notes to be issued by Mythen Re Ltd., sponsored...

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Merkel aide says new Greek haircut would violate German law

BERLIN | Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:56am EDT BERLIN Oct 29 (Reuters) - German law would not permit a second debt haircut for Greece while new aid for the struggling euro zone country is being discussed, Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said on Monday."German...

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RPT-FEATURE-In San Francisco, tech investor leads a political makeover

Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:00am EDT By Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO Oct 29 (Reuters) - One morning in April, Ron Conway, the billionaire technology investor, sat in a conference room on the second floor of San Francisco's City Hall with about 50 representatives...

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FEATURE-Poland stumbles on journey from low-cost to hi-tech

Sun Oct 28, 2012 6:00am EDT * Poland is EU's growth leader but lags on innovation * Low-cost economic model running out of steam * Creating hi-tech economy key to long-term prosperity By Marcin Goettig WARSAW, Oct 28 Reuters) - Polish...

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Greek editor's arrest sought over list with Swiss accounts

ATHENS | Sat Oct 27, 2012 7:46pm EDT ATHENS Oct 28 (Reuters) - Greek police are seeking to arrest the editor of a weekly magazine for publishing a list of more than 2,000 names of wealthy Greeks who have placed money in Swiss bank accounts, police...

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UPDATE 1-Ukraine votes, Yanukovich's party expected to keep majority

Sun Oct 28, 2012 6:02am EDT * Yanukovich's main rival in jail as vote goes ahead * His Regions party likely to secure slim majority * But faces new opposition force led by popular boxer * Observers will pronounce on whether vote free...

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Obama says deficit reduction panel right on revenues, wrong on defense cuts

WASHINGTON | Fri Oct 26, 2012 9:45pm EDT WASHINGTON Oct 26 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday a bipartisan panel's deficit reduction recommendation went too far on spending cuts, especially for defense, but set the right tone by...

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Obama administration looking at new tax cut -Washington Post

WASHINGTON | Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:04pm EDT WASHINGTON Oct 26 (Reuters) - The Obama administration is considering a possible tax cut that would increase workers' take-home salaries and replace the payroll tax reduction set to expire at the end of...

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UPDATE 1-Obama administration looking at new tax cut -Washington Post

Sat Oct 27, 2012 12:11am EDT WASHINGTON Oct 26 (Reuters) - The Obama administration is considering a possible tax cut that would increase workers' take-home salaries and replace the payroll tax reduction set to expire at the end of the year,...

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EURO GOVT-Gloomy corporate news boosts Bunds before U.S. data

Fri Oct 26, 2012 6:50am EDT * U.S. earnings, French bank downgrades underpin Bunds * Data on U.S. growth due later in the day * Bunds seen sticking to recent tight ranges * Tentative signs of normalization - but for how long? By Ana...

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Los Angeles gears up for ballot battle over city pensions

Fri Oct 26, 2012 6:59am EDT * Referendum would spice up 2013 mayoralty election * New changes proposed for current city workers * Los Angeles' annual payments to pension funds rose to $1.2 bln By Jim Christie SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 26...

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UPDATE 2-Budget cuts push Spain jobless to 25 pct

Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:56am EDT * Unemployment rate edges up from 24.6 pct in Q2 * Analyst says could hit 26 pct in 2013 * Austerity measures, recession expected to cast more workers out of job MADRID, Oct 26 (Reuters) - One in four Spanish...

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TREASURIES-U.S. bonds fall after UK pulls out of recession

Tweet Share this Email Print Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:52am EDT LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - U.S. benchmark yields struck a five-week high on Thursday on signs of UK economic recovery and after the Federal Reserve stuck...

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TEXT-S&P summary: Interxion Holding N.V.

Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:56am EDT Oct 25 - =============================================================================== Summary analysis -- Interxion Holding N.V. ------------------------ 25-Oct-2012 ===============================================================================...

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Profit at Santander Brasil declines from year earlier

SAO PAULO | Thu Oct 25, 2012 6:02am EDT SAO PAULO Oct 25 (Reuters) - Banco Santander Brasil SA reported consolidated net income of 591.5 million reais ($293 million) in the third quarter, compared with net income of 866 million reais a year earlier,...

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BRIEF-Moody's : Outlook for Refining and Marketing industry now stable

Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information...

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EURO GOVT-In-demand Bunds rise on glum data

Tweet Share this Email Print Wed Oct 24, 2012 6:52am EDT * Bunds rally after downbeat Ifo, euro zone PMIs * Germany sells 3.3 bln euros of 10-yr bonds, demand good * Spanish yields rise on aid request...

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TREASURIES-Treasuries range-bound before Fed, supply

LONDON | Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:01am EDT LONDON Oct 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasuries were range-bound on Wednesday as the market prepared for more supply and as investors did not expect the Federal Reserve to change its current policy in the last monetary...

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EURO GOVT-Spanish yields rise as Moody's downgrades regions

Tue Oct 23, 2012 6:49am EDT * Catalonia among five Spanish regions whose ratings cut * Spanish yields to drift higher in absence of aid request * Bund futures rebound after last week's losses By Emelia Sithole-Matarise LONDON, Oct...

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TREASURIES-U.S. Treasury prices rise after Spain regions hit

LONDON | Tue Oct 23, 2012 7:00am EDT LONDON Oct 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasuries rose on Tuesday along with German Bunds as a cut in credit ratings for five of Spain's indebted regions added to worries over the euro zone member's finances and concerns...

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UPDATE 1-UK's Hague tells Germans "less is more" on Europe

Tue Oct 23, 2012 7:01am EDT * UK's Hague says EU "sucks up decision-making" * Criticisms could further strain ties with Germany * London rules out joining EU banking union By Stephen Brown BERLIN, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Britain's foreign...

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