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AP - Crisis talks on a debt deal for Greece among the three leaders of parties supporting the coalition government were suspended and will continue Monday.
26 min 11 sec ago

More - Greek crisis talks for debt deal pushed to Monday (AP)

AP - The head of the IMF mission in Romania has criticized politicians and media for accusing him of misconduct for having attended a party held by government officials at a time of harsh austerity measures.
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More - IMF official in Romania rejects criticism (AP)

AP - A conservative former finance minister was headed toward a clear victory in Finland's presidential election Sunday, according to partial results and a TV election forecast.
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More - Conservative nearing win in Finland vote (AP)

Reuters - Pro-Europe politician Sauli Niinisto won Finland's presidency, according to an early tally of Sunday's run-off election, showing voters want to keep the country in the euro zone despite their misgivings over European Union bailouts.
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More - Pro-EU Niinisto wins Finnish presidency: early tally (Reuters)

Reuters - Europe will again be at the center of investors' focus this week as the U.S. earnings season passes the halfway mark and there is little on the economic calendar to give the market direction.
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More - With sparse data, focus returns to Europe (Reuters)

Reuters - Greece's prime minister scrambled Sunday to convince lenders and politicians to sign off on a 130 billion euro rescue, after his finance minister said just hours remained to clinch a deal to avoid a messy default.
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More - Greece on "knife edge" in push to agree bailout (Reuters)

Reuters - The United States is coming to be seen as a global threat, acting unilaterally with aggressive new market rules that critics say will hurt U.S. firms, foreign banks, and international markets in one swoop.
5 hours 7 min ago

More - ET, the new alien scaring global markets (Reuters)

Reuters - Top executives at trader Glencore and miner Xstrata are hammering out the final details of an $80 billion tie-up to seal the industry's largest ever takeover, which could be announced as early as Tuesday.
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More - Glencore, Xstrata hammering out final deal details (Reuters)

AP - An Eni SpA oil pipeline ruptured and caught fire as a militant group claimed responsibility for an attack in the region, their first alleged assault in months as its purported leader awaits trial on terrorism charges in South Africa.
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More - Nigeria oil line on fire; militants claim attack (AP)

Reuters - Euro zone finance ministers told Greece it could not go ahead with an agreed deal to restructure privately held debt until it guaranteed to implement reforms to secure a second financing package from the euro zone and the IMF.
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More - Euro zone insists no Greek rescue without reforms (Reuters)

Reuters - An explosion hit a gas pipeline running from Egypt to Israel Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks on the installation that crosses the increasingly volatile Sinai region, witnesses and state media reported.
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More - Blast hits Egypt's gas pipeline to Israel (Reuters)

Reuters - The majority of Germans feel the euro currency bloc would be better off if debt-crippled Greece left it, a poll published in mass-selling newspaper Bild am Sonntag showed on Sunday.
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More - Most Germans want Greece to quit euro: poll (Reuters)

Reuters - France's finance minister said on Sunday talks were moving "relatively well" on the private sector portion of a Greek bailout, but discussions designed to bring its debt down to 120 pct of GDP level by 2020 were difficult.
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More - France says Greek PSI talks going "relatively well" (Reuters)

AP - American and Israeli gas prospectors say they have discovered a large amount of offshore natural gas in Israeli waters near the Lebanese border.
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More - Israeli prospector says natural gas found offshore (AP)

Reuters - An Israeli raid on Iran's nuclear facilities would deliver a painful shock to the global economy, revive flagging Islamist militancy and possibly drag the United States into a regional war whether it backed its ally's attack or not.
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More - Iran raid likely to drag in U.S. and hurt global economy (Reuters)

Reuters - China has a stake in helping euro zone countries get through their debt crisis, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in comments published on Sunday, pointing to Europe's importance as a market and hinting at more possible support for beleaguered exporters.
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More - Wen says China has stake in helping Europe (Reuters)

Reuters - rallies that caught many in the market by surprise - investors will be paying keen attention to the world's central banks in the coming week for signs of continued easy money.
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More - Central bank liquidity tap to stay open (Reuters)

Reuters - Japan's troubled Olympus Corp said on Sunday it will hold an extraordinary shareholders meeting on April 20, when it is expected to seek approval of a new management team.
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More - Olympus to hold shareholder meeting on April 20 (Reuters)

AP - An Egyptian security official says attackers have set off explosives along a gas pipeline in the country's Sinai peninsula, halting exports to neighboring Israel and Jordan.
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More - Attackers blow up gas pipeline in Egypt's Sinai (AP)

Reuters - Memory chipmaker Micron Technology's board appointed company veteran Mark Durcan as chief executive a day after longtime Chairman and CEO Steve Appleton was killed in a plane crash.
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More - Micron appoints Durcan CEO after Appleton's death (Reuters)

Reuters - Euro zone finance ministers told Greece on Saturday it could not go ahead with an agreed deal to restructure privately-held debt until it guaranteed it would implement reforms needed to secure a second financing package from the euro zone and the IMF.
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More - Euro zone loses patience with Greece (Reuters)

Reuters - An explosion hit the gas pipeline between Egypt, Israel and Jordan Sunday in Northern Sinai, witnesses and state TV said.
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More - Blast hits gas pipeline between Egypt, Jordan, Israel (Reuters)

Reuters - The possibility of a sovereign default by Greece cannot be ruled out, Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the Eurogroup of finance ministers from the single currency zone, said in a German magazine on Saturday.
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More - Eurogroup's Juncker warns of possible Greece default (Reuters)

AP - General Motors Co. said Saturday that most of its 4,400 U.S. dealers have agreed to upgrade their showrooms over the next four years.
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More - GM says most of its US dealers agree to upgrades (AP)

Reuters - Greece has just one day left to strike a deal with impatient lenders and reluctant political party leaders on a 130 billion rescue plan before the country is pushed towards a chaotic default, its finance minister warned on Saturday.
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More - Greece says faces 24-hour deadline to clinch rescue (Reuters)

AP - The Obama administration on Saturday called for stepped up U.S.-European cooperation to isolate tyrannies like the Assad regime in Syria, promote democracy in the Arab World and beyond and repair damage from the global financial crisis.
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More - Clinton: US, Europe must do more against tyrants (AP)

AP - Greek finance minister: Debt talks held up by labor reforms.
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AP - Russia's state-controlled Gazprom natural gas giant acknowledged for the first time Saturday that it had briefly reduced gas supplies to Europe amid a spell of extreme cold.
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More - Russia admits brief cut of gas supplies to Europe (AP)

Reuters - Iran's oil minister said the Islamic state would not retreat from its nuclear program even if its crude oil exports grind to a halt, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.
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More - Iran says oil ban will not halt nuclear work (Reuters)

Reuters - Deutsche Boerse's (DB1Gn.DE) chief executive Reto Francioni should step down following the collapse of its $7.4 billion plan to merge with NYSE Euronext , a member of the German exchange operator's supervisory board told a newspaper.
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More - Deutsche Boerse board member wants CEO out: paper (Reuters)

AP - Hundreds of Palestinian protesters have called for their prime minister's resignation over recent tax and price increases.
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More - Palestinians call for PM's fall over taxes (AP)

Reuters - Hungary is seeking an international credit line of 15 to 20 billion ($20 to $26.3 billion) euros, the secretary of state heading the prime minister's office, Mihaly Varga, was quoted on Saturday as saying.
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More - Hungary seeks 15-20 billion euro IMF/EU credit line: official (Reuters)

AP - Italy is now a "safe place" amid market turbulence, Premier Mario Monti said in an interview published Saturday, pressing for Europe to turn its political energy to generating growth rather than further plans to strengthen budget discipline.
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More - Report: Monti says Italy a "safe place" (AP)

AP - Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard began naval maneuvers Saturday in the latest show of force near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the critical Gulf oil tanker route that Tehran has threatened to close in retaliation for tougher Western sanctions.
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More - Iran begins naval exercises near Gulf strait (AP)

AP - Canada's prime minister heads to China next week where he'll discuss Canada's vast oil reserves in a visit that's being viewed as an "open warning" to the United States, which rejected a pipeline from Canada to Texas.
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More - Canadian PM to visit China next week (AP)

AP - "Crucial" issues remain to be resolved in Greece's critical negotiations over a second multibillion euro international bailout, and talks would continue into the weekend, the country's Finance Minister said early Saturday.
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More - Greek debt talks to stretch into weekend (AP)

AP - A confident Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama of failing to do enough to create jobs as he campaigned Friday ahead of GOP presidential caucuses this weekend in a state with sky-high unemployment and foreclosure rates. Newt Gingrich, who is fighting for a respectable showing here, rolled out a fresh line of criticism by comparing the former Massachusetts governor to Obama.
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More - Romney focuses on Obama, Gingrich on Romney in NV (AP)

Reuters - Canada will set up a new environmental monitoring system for the northern Alberta oil sands as it seeks to fend off harsh international criticism following revelations that oversight of the huge petroleum development has been insufficient.
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More - Canada, Alberta seek to assuage oil sands critics (Reuters)

Reuters - New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Friday sued three major U.S. banks, accusing them of fraud for using an electronic mortgage database that resulted in deceptive and illegal practices.
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More - New York sues banks over electronic mortgage system (Reuters)

Reuters - Leitao is part of a cadre of amateur forecasters, bloggers and hobbyists who sift through reams of data every quarter to guess at Apple's quarterly results - often putting professional analysts to shame by coming up with more accurate predictions.
1 day 21 hours ago

More - Wall Street analysts struggle to predict Apple (Reuters)

Reuters - The United States created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January and the unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to a near three-year low, giving a boost to President Barack Obama.
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More - Jobless rate at 3-year low as payrolls surge (Reuters)

Reuters - A surge in hiring in the world's largest economy last month drove the Nasdaq to an 11-year high on Friday as optimism grew that the labor market is on a steady path to recovery.
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More - Nasdaq vaults to 11-year high on surge in jobs (Reuters)

AP - A surge in U.S. hiring lifted oil prices for the first time in a week. As more Americans commute to work and the economy picks up, demand for energy is expected to rise.
1 day 23 hours ago

More - Oil prices rise after drop in US hiring expands (AP)

AP - For most people, the 8.3 percent unemployment rate is the most visible sign of the economy's health. The rate's every movement is closely watched, especially in an election year.
1 day 23 hours ago

More - Unemployment rate hinges on more than job gains (AP)

AP - Year-over-year unemployment rates by age and sex
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More - Year-over-year unemployment rates by age and sex (AP)

Reuters - An unexpectedly strong jobs report on Friday boosted President Barack Obama's re-election prospects, but the trend must last to deny his opponents the biggest cudgel they have to bash him before the November election.
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More - Jobs numbers boost Obama, needs lasting trend (Reuters)

Reuters - Stock-picking once again matters on Wall Street.
2 days 49 min ago

More - Analysis: Stock-picking makes a comeback as macro tides fade (Reuters)

AP - Hackers have attacked the Greek Justice Ministry website to protest the government's signing of a global copyright treaty and its handling of the financial crisis.
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More - Hackers attack Greek Justice Ministry website (AP)

ContributorNetwork - SAN FRANCISCO -- In a pleasant surprise, the Department of Labor has reported an another increase in total nonfarm employment. The U.S. added 243,000 jobs in January, ticking the unemployment rate to 8.3 percent.
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More - U.S. Companies 'Yammer' for a Productivity Revolution (ContributorNetwork)

AP - In an effort to cut the unemployment rate among veterans, President Barack Obama is calling for a new conservation program that would put veterans to work rebuilding trails, roads and levees on public lands.
2 days 1 hour ago

More - Obama pushes for veterans jobs programs (AP)

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