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Fri, 08/20/2010 - 09:53
PARIS (Reuters) - European stocks fell in early trade on Friday, down for the third straight day and tracking U.S. and Asian losses after poor U.S. data brought fears of a double-dip recession back to the forefront of investors' minds.
Fri, 08/20/2010 - 09:52
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil prices hovered below $75 a barrel and near six-week lows after weak U.S. economic data this week raised doubts about the top oil-consuming nation's ability to work through the most ample petroleum inventories in two decades.
Fri, 08/20/2010 - 09:50
LONDON (Reuters) - Gold held above $1,230 an ounce in Europe on Friday as concern over the outlook for the global economy supported interest in the metal as a haven from risk, but gains were capped by fresh strength in the dollar.
Fri, 08/20/2010 - 09:10
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top share index inched lower early on Friday, as weakness from miners offset strength from BG Group, which was lifted by M&A speculation.
Fri, 08/20/2010 - 08:29
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said it could sign a new wage deal with Impala Platinum as early as Saturday after ironing out some differences on pensions and housing allowances.
Fri, 08/20/2010 - 08:06
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Metals fell on Friday, led by a loss of 3.5 percent in Shanghai zinc, on weak equity markets in Asia after U.S. employment and a regional factory survey reawakened fears the economic recovery is stuck in neutral.
Fri, 08/20/2010 - 07:43
PORT LOUIS (Reuters) - Mauritius' trade deficit widened 15.2 percent to 5.379 billion rupees in June from a year earlier, the statistics office said on Friday.
Fri, 08/20/2010 - 07:13
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's rand edged lower against the dollar in early Friday trade, as worries over global growth prompted investors to cut riskier investments worldwide, while the stock market looked set to open lower.
Fri, 08/20/2010 - 06:12
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Northam Platinum Ltd on Friday posted flat full-year earnings and forecast challenges at its key Zondereinde mine.
Fri, 08/20/2010 - 06:06
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks tumbled to their lowest close in nearly a month on Thursday as the latest batch of data amplified concerns the economy is stuck in neutral.
Fri, 08/20/2010 - 05:46
TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar steadied against the yen on Friday but stayed within reach of a 15-year trough hit last week, after weaker U.S. data prompted investors to sell higher-yielding currencies and stocks on risk aversion.
Thu, 08/19/2010 - 18:06
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's biggest listed apparel retailer Truworths on Thursday gave a cautious 2011 outlook as consumers in Africa's largest economy battle job losses and high personal debt levels.
Thu, 08/19/2010 - 18:05
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has secured a 300 million euro loan from the European Investment Bank to fund a major power project as the country moves to boost its electricity output, officials said on Thursday.
Thu, 08/19/2010 - 18:01
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's telecoms regulator, CCK, has lowered the interconnection fees charged by mobile phone network operators by half and it expects the move to lower consumer costs and attract new users, its head said on Thursday.
Thu, 08/19/2010 - 18:00
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan signed a $30 million deal with small Finnish company Fenno Caledonian on Thursday to explore Block 10 in the north east of the country, a rocky area that might hold gas or crude oil, officials said.
Thu, 08/19/2010 - 14:11
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt cut by almost half the amount of land it used to sow rice in 2010 versus the previous year, saving the country 5-6 billion cubic metres of water, the official state news agency MENA said on Thursday.
Thu, 08/19/2010 - 13:51
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Shady operators smuggled about 10,000 tonnes of cocoa out of Cameroon during the 2009/10 season, accounting for all of the No. 5 grower's decline in official exports, a top cocoa official said.
Thu, 08/19/2010 - 13:39
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened down slightly on Thursday after first-time jobless claims rose in the latest week, underscoring a tepid economic recovery.
Thu, 08/19/2010 - 12:57
RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco needs to import at least 2.3 million tonnes of soft wheat and 600,000 tonnes of durum wheat this year to make up for a shortfall in domestic crops, the chairman of the Millers National Federation (MNF) said.
Thu, 08/19/2010 - 12:43
RABAT (Reuters) - Moroccan consumer prices rose 1.1 percent in July from a year ago, driven by higher food costs, the state High Planning Commission (HCP) said on Thursday.
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