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Emerging countries to discuss US climate offer at Beijing
Joydeep Gupta | 26 Nov, 2009
Ten days before the start of the Copenhagen climate summit, the offer by President Barack Obama to cut US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will be discussed by ministers and officials from India, China, Brazil and South Africa who meet in Beijing on Friday.
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Wall Street stocks gain on optimism for US economy
DPA | 26 Nov, 2009
US stocks rose Wednesday after three separate reports offered signs that the US recovery is gaining steam.
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Banks continue to hide huge losses, warns IMF head
DPA | 26 Nov, 2009
Banks are continuing to hide huge losses from investors, imperiling the economic recovery, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, was quoted Wednesday as saying.
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US central bank issues rosier outlook on economy
DPA | 25 Nov, 2009
The US Federal Reserve Tuesday raised its growth forecasts for the US economy, but warned that unemployment in the US will remain for some time at its highest levels in a generation.
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No substitute for US dollar: India PM
IANS | 23 Nov, 2009
Describing the downturn in the US economy as a "temporary setback," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said there was no substitute to the US dollar for replacement as the global reserve currency.
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Oil prices dip as inventories stay high in the US
SME Times News Bureau | 21 Nov, 2009
Oil prices dropped Friday and were likely to stay under USD 80 because of high energy inventories in the United States, the biggest energy-consuming nation in the world, said analysts.
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'US, Europe job markets to remain weak until 2011'
DPA | 20 Nov, 2009
Although much of the world appears to be emerging from the economic crisis, joblessness is expected to remain high in the US and Europe at least until 2011, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said Thursday.
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Obama meets Chinese premier, ends 'productive' visit
DPA | 18 Nov, 2009
US President Barack Obama met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Wednesday as he wound up a first visit to China that featured pledges from both nations to develop strategic cooperation on major international issues.
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US stocks surge on retail sales, GM, Bernanke comments
DPA | 17 Nov, 2009
US stocks rose Monday to 1-month highs after reports of improving retail sales, a better-than-expected General Motors quarterly report and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's hopes for growth in 2010.
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APEC leaders mull new vision for growth
DPA | 16 Nov, 2009
Leaders of the 21-nation Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) grouping met Sunday to discuss a new approach to regional growth, winding up a two-day summit in Singapore
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