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Shifting Polls in Scotland Send Investors Rushing for Shelter

09/09/2014(0)
Scotland, home to just five million people, has never weighed on the minds of currency traders and market investors the way that Russia or China or the eurozone has ... Read More
washington dc

Investigation Reveals Surprising Way Foreign Governments Buy Influence In D.C.

09/09/2014(0)
An investigation by The New York Times has found that several prominent Washington, D.C. think tanks have regularly taken donations from foreign entities in exchange for using their influence ... Read More
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RBS unit may raise $3.5 billion in top U.S. bank IPO this year

08/09/2014(0)
Citizens Financial Group Inc, the U.S. unit of Britain’s Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L), said its initial public offering was expected to raise as much as $3.5 billion, making ... Read More
ukraine

EU to adopt new Russia sanctions soon

08/09/2014(0)
The EU says new sanctions against Russia should be adopted shortly and take effect on Tuesday, despite a Kremlin warning of retaliation. But an EU spokeswoman said the sanctions ... Read More
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Australian Job Ads at 17 Month High

08/09/2014(0)
Australian job advertisements in newspapers and on the Internet rose for a third straight month in August to hit a 17-month high, offering hope that a recent spike in ... Read More
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As cocoa price soars, chocolate makers devour substitutes

08/09/2014(0)
Chocolate makers in the fast-growing Asian market are replacing a bigger proportion of cocoa butter, which gives confectionery its melt-in-the-mouth texture, with cheaper palm oil-based alternatives. The move will ... Read More
European Central Bank

ECB Wades Into Currency Wars But Needs Reform Backing

08/09/2014(0)
The European Central Bank spent a long time being a noncombatant in the global currency wars. But it has decisively entered the fray as it seeks to boost its ... Read More
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GE to sell appliance business to Electrolux for $3.3 billion

08/09/2014(0)
Sweden’s Electrolux (ELUXb.ST) said on Monday it would buy General Electric Co’s (GE.N) appliances business for $3.3 billion in cash to double sales in North America and take on ... Read More
scotland

Top Scottish firms break recession spell with £438.2m combined turnover

08/09/2014(0)
Scotland’s top independent firms have pulled out of the recession in earnest in 2013/14, with the top 20 turning over a combined revenue of £438.2m, a rise of 8 ... Read More
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IMF’s Lagarde urges France for structural reforms

08/09/2014(0)
The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is urging France to speed up structural reforms to bolster economic growth and warning against using weak inflation as an excuse ... Read More
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