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US blue chips rallied on Tuesday amid optimism over the US economy and improved market sentiment after Cyprus reached an agreement with its international lenders. US home prices rose last >>

The Wall Street closed in green area on Tuesday following positive headlines from the US real estate and manufacturing sectors. The overall durable goods orders climbed 5.7% in February compared >>

The Federal Statistical Office reported on Wednesday that German import prices fell last month, which was a second decrease in a row. Year-over-year, import prices declined by 1.6 in February, >>

An inquiry by GfK revealed on Wednesday that confidence of German consumers remained unchanged in April. The April reading of consumer confidence index stayed at 5.9, which was the same >>

The 17-nation currency is decreasing against its major counterpart over the next 2 ½ years as the Eurozone's policy is weakening the currency in order to boost the economic performance, >>

The statistical office Insee reported on Wednesday that the French economy fell by 0.3% in the last quarter of 2012, which was in line with the initial estimate. The figure >>

The statistical office INE revealed on Wednesday that Spanish EU harmonized inflation declined to 2.6% this month, compared to a figure of 2.9% in February. Economists expected a reading of >>

Statistics Sweden revealed on Wednesday that Swedish retail sales grew faster in February, exceeding the rate of growth expected by the analysts. Year-over-year, retail sales experienced a working-day adjusted growth >>

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The Office for National Statistics reported on Wednesday that the British economy lost 0.3% during the last quarter of the last year, which was unrevised from the first estimate. The >>

The so-called Loonie advanced for the fifth successive day against U.S. Dollar and most of its counterparts after a report showed that oil, the nation's largest export, recorded the highest >>

The Japanese currency declined versus majority of its counterparts on Wednesday after investors turned their expectations to further stimulus measures by the Bank of Japan's Governor Haruhiko Kuroda in order >>

Emergin-market shares advanced for the third consecutive day on Wednesday mainly due to an improvement of financial copanies after Chinese banks showed favorable results in bad-loan ratios and as U.S. >>

West Texas Intermediate oil was little changed on Wednesday traded close to its highest level in five weeks after a report said that durable goods orders and house prices advanced >>

Rural commodities were mixed on Tuesday ahead of the USDA supply report due on March 28. Logistics problems in Brazil as well as unfavorable weather in Argentina and US Great >>