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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Manufacturing   Photos   Trade   Wall Street   Wikipedia: New York Stock Exchange
 Philadelphia Daily News 
Stocks trade mixed as manufacturing growth slows
Thu 1 Sep 2011
CHIP CUTTER The Associated Press NEW YORK - Stocks traded mixed Thursday after U.S. manufacturing expanded in August, but at a slower rate than the month before. Retailers reported strong sales... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
BIG W at the Wagga Marketplace is a shopping centre located in the regional city of Wagga Wagga in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia and is the largest retail shopping centre in the catchment area
Hurricane   Market   Photos   School   Wikipedia :Retailers
 The New York Times 
Back-to-School Shopping Lifts Many Retailers
Thu 1 Sep 2011
Despite the volatile stock market, an East Coast hurricane and predictions of delayed back-to-school purchases, Americans continued buying at a fast pace in August. Add to Portfolio Penney, J C, Co... (photo: Creative Commons / Bidgee)
Euro - Currency  Seeking Alpha  Thu 1 Sep 2011
European stocks slide on darkening outlook
LONDON -- European stocks failed to keep up with gains in Asia on Thursday as downbeat reports on the manufacturing sector darkened investors' moods. Surveys into the state of the industrial sectors _... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Asia   London   Manufacturing   Photos   Wikipedia: DAX
A man suspected of being mercenary for Moammar Gadhafi, is held in a district sports center next to the medina, set up as provisionary jail in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011.  Independent online (SA)  Thu 1 Sep 2011
World powers, NTC to map out rebuilding
Paris - Leaders of the Libyan uprising that overthrew Muammar Gaddafi sit down with world powers on Thursday to map out the country's rebuilding, 42 years to the day after the former strongman seized... (photo: AP / Francois Mori)
Aid   Libya   Photos   War   Wikipedia: 2011 Libyan civil war
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India Foreign Cargo Shipa at Haldia Dock in Midnapore in West Bengal in Eastern India ----- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK Wall Street Journal Thu 1 Sep 2011
Indian Exports Rise 82%
By ANANT VIJAY KALA NEW DELHI—India's merchandise exports rose to $29.3 billion in July, up 82% from a year earlier, but economists said the pace is unlikely to be... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Business   Export   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Export
A woman enters a euro discount store in south Dublin, Ireland, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Ireland's banks will be pruned down, merged or sold as part of a massive EU-IMF bailout, the government says as a shellshocked nation comes to grips with its failure to protect its financial institutions. The Guardian Thu 1 Sep 2011
Europe rejects IMF call for more bank capital
* IMF sees 200 bln euro capital shortfall at Europe banks -source * German bank association BdB says IMF comments inappropriate * French government sees French banks no... (photo: AP / Peter Morrison)
Business   Euro   Europe   IMF   Photos
People look at an electric stock price display of a securities firm in Tokyo Thursday, Aug 25, 2011. Jakarta Globe Thu 1 Sep 2011
Asian shares mostly higher after Wall Street rise
Asian markets mostly rose on Thursday, extending a recent rally, following another day of gains on Wall Street thanks to better-than-expected US manufacturing data. The... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
Markets   Photos   Shares   Tokyo   Wikipedia: NASDAQ
Red Onion Bulbs The Times of India Thu 1 Sep 2011
Rising onion prices push inflation rate
NEW DELHI: Onion prices, which contributed to inflation moving to double digits after a gap of five months, have been showing a rising trend across the country due to... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini)
Agriculture   Delhi   Inflation   Photos   Wikipedia: Onion
An office worker walks past an electric signboard updating stock indexes in Tokyo, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008. The benchmark Nikkei index rose 121.90 points, or 1.419 percent, to 8,710.42 points in the morning tra The Boston Globe Thu 1 Sep 2011
Asian stocks rally following gains onWall Street
HONG KONG-World stocks struggled to hold onto the week's gains as early declines on European markets on Thursday pared gains in Asian markets earlier in the day. Oil rose... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
Asia   Nikkei   Photos   Stock
Key political risks to watch in Singapore Indian Express Thu 1 Sep 2011
Key political risks to watch in Singapore
Singapore, which serves as a regional base for many multinational corporations and fund managers, is widely regarded as one of Asia's least risky investment destinations... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Economy   Photos   Politics   Singapore   Wikipedia: Economy of Singapore
File - Assist vessels fire water cannons at the Deepwater Horizon in an attempt to control and extinguish a fire April 21, 2010, which has engulfed the mobile offshore drilling unit after an explosion April 20. WorldNews.com Thu 1 Sep 2011
The New Shock Corporations and Shock Workers
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. It was what you would call a "chance" meeting, one that emotionally disrupts your sense of normalcy and complacency. A... (photo: USCG / PO3 Tom Atkeson)
Economy   Oil   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Euro - Currency The Street Thu 1 Sep 2011
Swiss Growth Continues To Slow As Franc Strength Takes Its Toll
Swiss GDP in the second quarter came in as expected at 0.4% q/q and2.3% y/y the Q1 numbers for both quarterly and annual readings were upwardly revised. The 0.4%... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Business   EU   Economy   Franc   Photos
President Barack Obama talks about the ongoing budget negotiations, Monday, July 11, 2011, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. Deccan Herald Thu 1 Sep 2011
Obama avoids political showdown, reschedules Congress speech
Washington, Sept 1 (PTI) Thursday, September 01, 2011 --> US President Barack Obama has avoided a major political showdown with the opposition Republican as he agreed to... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
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