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Last updated: 07 Oct, 2009  
 Global Business


US unemployment rate rises to 10.2 percent
DPA | 07 Nov, 2009
The US unemployment rate surged to 10.2 percent in October, the highest in 26 years, as another 190,000 people lost their jobs during the month, officials said Friday.
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UAE, France seek to boost economic cooperation
IANS | 07 Nov, 2009
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France have pledged to enhance cooperation in the trade sector, which grew by 25 percent to more than $4 billion in 2008, WAM news agency reported.
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Mexico no longer in recession, says president
EFE | 07 Nov, 2009
The Mexican economy grew 2.7 percent in the third quarter and has therefore climbed out of its worst recession in decades, President Felipe Calderon has said.
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ArcelorMittal to invest $5 bn in new steel mill in Brazil
EFE | 07 Nov, 2009
ArcelorMittal SA, the world's largest steelmaker, plans to invest $5 billion to build a new steel mill in Brazil, CEO Lakshmi Mittal said in statements published by Brazilian business daily Valor.
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Zia blames 'foreign hand' for industrial violence
IANS | 07 Nov, 2009
Former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia has blamed "instigation by competitor foreign countries" for the recurring violence in the country's money-spinning garment sector.
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Four Indians charged in US insider trading case
SME Times News Bureau | 07 Nov, 2009
Four persons of Indian origin are among those charged in America's largest ever insider trading case replete with all the elements of a classic television crime drama - wiretaps, clandestine cash handoffs and people with nicknames like "the Greek" and "the Octopussy".
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UAE world's top cast iron rods importer in 2008
SME Times News Bureau | 06 Nov, 2009
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has imported cast iron rods worth $6.77 billion in 2008, a 237 percent increase over last year and 14 times more than the global growth rate of imports, WAM news agency reported.
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Crisis caused Asia's rise as regional financial hub, say economists
DPA | 06 Nov, 2009
The global financial crisis has triggered the rise of Asia as a regional financial hub with the Asian economy leading the world economy's recovery, economists said Friday in Seoul.
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Mortgage lender Fannie Mae posts nearly $19 bn loss
DPA | 06 Nov, 2009
US mortgage lender Fannie Mae said Thursday that it would seek $15 billion in federal aid, after posting its ninth consecutive quarterly loss.
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Petrobras signs $10 bn loan deal with China
EFE | 06 Nov, 2009
Brazilian state-controlled energy giant Petrobras said that it has signed a contract finalising a 10-year, $10 billion loan from China Development Bank (CDB) Corp, the biggest-ever financing deal between a Chinese entity and a Brazilian firm.
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  Top Stories
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