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 Mongolia Sets Plan to Cap Investments
By JAMES T. AREDDY | Mongolia's parliament approved a new investment law Thursday that caps future foreign participation in certain strategic industries, reflecting a gro... (photo: Creative Commons / Sapphire) Wall Street Journal
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 Europe's banks on the brink
| LONDON, May 17 (IFR) - The euro zone crisis was in full swing when Jean-Claude Trichet took the podium in Berlin last October 6 for his final press conference as presid... (photo: AP / Martin Oeser) Reuters
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 Investments up, stocks tumble in the Philippines
| By Alito L. Malinao | MANILA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine economy was marked by both positive and negative developments in the past few days, with a huge surge in... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub) Xinhua
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 Samsung loses $10 billion market value on Apple order report
SEOUL (Reuters) - Shares in Samsung Electronics Co slumped more than 6 percent on Wednesday, wiping $10 billion (6 billion pounds) off the electronics giant's market valu... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) The Guardian
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 Gold hits 4-1/2 month low on Greek turmoil
Tweet | SINGAPORE: Gold extended losses on Wednesday and slipped to its weakest since December after Greece's failure to form a government prompted investors to cut their... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) The Times Of India
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 Nikkei falls 0.9 pct, deep in "oversold" territory
| * Index falls to fresh 3-1/2-month low * Big banks offer support on strong earnings guidance * Hankyu Hanshin, Taiheiyo Cement surge on MSCI inclusion * Hokuhoku Financ... (photo: Creative Commons / OSX) Reuters
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 World stocks mixed amid Greek political impasse
| BANGKOK — World stocks were held in check Tuesday by a political impasse in Greece that could lead it to a destabilizing exit from the euro currency union. Shizuo... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) Atlanta Journal
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 Gold falls to 4-1/2 month low on Greece risks
| SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Gold dropped to its lowest since late December as the euro sank against the U.S. dollar on worries that a worsening debt crisis in Greece could sp... (photo: WN / Akgun Semra) Reuters
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 Asia stocks fall as Greek worries rattle investors
| BANGKOK-Asian stock markets were mostly lower Tuesday, rattled by a political impasse in Greece that could lead the debt-stricken country to a destabilizing exit from t... (photo: Creative Commons / ArtMechanic) The Boston Globe
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 DAVID GLEASON: Treat clothing shares with caution
| AN EXAMINATION, however brief, of the clothing retail sector inevitably leads back to the economy. And, believe me, there is no doubt that it has turned down. That rece... (photo: WN / deniseyong) Business Day
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 Mazda Leads Japanese Automaker Shares Lower on Yen
Mazda Motor Corp., Japan’s most export-reliant carmaker, led shares of the nation’s automakers lower as mounting concerns about the European debt crisis drove the yen... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) Jakarta Globe
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 South Korea president to meet Aung San Suu Kyi
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is visiting Burma, the first time a South Korean leader has visited the country since a bomb attack 29 years ago. | The North Korean ... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon, Pool) BBC News
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 HK stocks set for weak open; 9th straight loss in sight
| HONG KONG May 15 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares are set to extend falls on Tuesday, with the benchmark stock index poised to register its worst losing streak in nearly tw... (photo: WN) Reuters
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 Greece fears spark stock sell-off
| Global stocks slid on worries Greece could leave the eurozone, while oil prices fell after a move by economic powerhouse China to prop up lending sparked fears its econ... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris) Canberra Times
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 Toyota Launches Pixis Epoch Minivehicle in Japan (70 MPG US for <$10K)
| writes: | All models are equipped with the eco-IDLE*3 system—an idling-stop function that shuts off the engine as the vehicle comes to a stop (approximately 7 km/h or... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Treehugger
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 Canon eyes robot-only production for cameras
By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press Comments | Tokyo - Canon Inc. is moving toward fully automating digital camera production in an effort to cut costs - a key change being... (photo: WN / Jelly Clam) Detroit news
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 US stock futures fall after last week's losses
| NEW YORK — U.S. stock futures are heading lower as Europe wrestles with what to do next about Greece and more disconcerting economic data emerges from China. In t... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Atlanta Journal
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 Oil down to near $94 on China, Europe concerns
| Oil prices dropped to near $94 a barrel Monday due to concerns that China's economy, the world's second-largest, is slowing faster than expected as well as speculation ... (photo: WN / Emico Silalahi) STL Today
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 Gold hits 5-week low, attracts physical buying
Tweet | MUMBAI: Gold futures extended losses on Monday afternoon to their lowest level in five weeks, attracting some deals from physical players, though a weaker rupee w... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) The Times Of India
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 Gold drops to four-and-a-half-month low on euro-zone worries
| GOLD prices fell to a four-and-a-half-month low on Monday, hit by concerns about a worsening debt crisis in the euro zone following political deadlock in Greece which f... (photo: WN / patricia) Business Day
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