EURO-AREA: Growth is key to avoid peripheral defaults

Capital markets have grouped together Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Italy and Spain as potential...

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SOUTH KOREA: Interest rates may have to rise faster

The current account surplus for December amounted to 2.1 billion dollars, the Bank of Korea...

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The government sees demonstrations as part of a movement to destabilise it and reverse austerity...

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In Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the male/female imbalance and life expectancy differential are...

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Despite a slowdown through the second half of 2010, manufacturing output growth rebounded towards...

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While the Labor Department's weekly measure of initial jobless claims is expected today to...

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A woman in Algeria immolated herself today. At least twelve people in Algeria, Mauritania and...

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China's President Hu Jintao will tomorrow begin a state visit to the United States. Beijing...

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Eurostar today reported a 12% year-on-year increase in sales in 2010, to 760 million pounds (1.2...

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Amendment of the 1996 Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Aged is under...

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