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U.K. shares are trading higher for the second consecutive session on Friday as market participants hope the ECB will cut rates amid negative data releases. Meanwhile, investors were cautious >>

Hong Kong equities surged the most in a month on Friday, as the officials from the economic forecast department of the State Information Center said the Chinese economy can rebound >>

Japanese stocks traded green on Friday, as the country's exporters advanced after Finance Minister Taro Aso announced that the G20 leaders will not blame Japan for weakening the Yen. The >>

U.S. blue chips retreated on Thursday amid a slight increase in jobless-benefit claims in the U.S. In addition, a number of American companies released weaker than expected earnings for the >>

US stocks retreated further on Thursday amid mixed quarterly results. The S&P 500 Index slumped 0.67% to end the session at 1,541.61 points. Only four in ten industries within >>

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China's Yuan was set for the biggest weekly appreciation in three months as the central bank showed plans to expand a trading band that's been limiting advance since October. The currency gained >>

The Won poised for a second weekly advance as tensions with North Korea reduced after the U.S. agreed to work with South Korea, China and Japan to involve the country into nuclear >>

The so-called lonnie traded at almost the lowest in one month as G-20 meeting took place in Washington, indicating that the central bank are likely to implement measures to stimulate economic >>

Confidence among Australian businesses, excluding the farming industry, rose sharply in the first quarter of 2013, as record-low interest rates lifted the economy, the National Australia Bank said Thursday. >>

Yesterday at the Group of 20 nations meeting the Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda reiterated that the unprecedented monetary policy easing implemented earlier was meant for domestic purposes only, >>

Sales in Britain's retailers fell more than preliminary was estimated in March, as cold weather during the month depressed purchases of clothing and household goods. >>

The number of Americans seeking unemployment was little changed last week, easing fears of a marked deterioration in the labour market conditions after a surprise stumble in job growth last >>

The Bundestag lower house voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to grant Cyprus a 10 billion euro bailout, in order to avert bankruptcy for the tiny Mediterranean island nation and keep it >>

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