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	<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Former U.S. Senator Jesse Helms dies at 86</title>
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LONDON (MarketWatch) &#8212; Former U.S. Senator Jesse Helms has died at 86 according to media reports citing the Jesse Helms research center. The long-serving Republican from North Carolina was known for his conservative stances, including efforts to force reforms at the United Nations and opposition to the creation of the Martin Luther King holiday. Helms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bell Canada reaches buyout deal, price remains the same</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) &#8212; BCE Inc.  said Friday it reached a final agreement with a group of investors to amend a buyout deal with a higher breakup fee, but the price will remain at $42.75 a share. Shares of BCE closed at $34.75 a share on Thursday. An executed credit agreement for the parent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UBS downgraded at Moody&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
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LONDON (MarketWatch) &#8212; Rating agency Moody&#8217;s Investors Service on Friday downgraded its rating on UBS&#8217;   financial strength to B- from B and also cut its senior debt and deposit ratings on the bank to Aa2 from Aa1. Moody&#8217;s said the downgrade &#8220;reflects the challenges still facing the bank&#8217;s management team to return UBS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exxon Mobil to book $1.6 bln gain on Germany sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) &#8212; Exxon Mobil Corp.  said in a filing late Thursday it&#8217;ll book third-quarter after-tax earnings of $1.6 billion on the sale of interests in a natural gas transport business in northern Germany.  The transaction, completed Tuesday, won&#8217;t affect the exploration, production and natural gas sale and storage activities conducted by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irish live register data shows unemployment rate at 5.7%</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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LONDON (MarketWatch) &#8212; The Irish Central Statistics Office said Friday that its seasonally adjusted live register showed the standardised unemployment rate rose to 5.7% in June. The number on the register increased 10,100 to hit 217,400 at the end of June. This compares with a rate of 4.6% at the end of 2007. Rossa White, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil down as Iran prepares response to nuclear proposal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
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LONDON (MarketWatch) &#8212; Oil futures turned lower Friday after Iran signaled it would soon respond to an international proposal on its nuclear program. Nymex crude oil futures for August delivery were down $1.18 to $144.11 in electronic trading. The contract closed Thursday at $145.29 a barrel &#8212; the loftiest closing level ever for the exchange [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goldman: European banks could need another $94 billion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
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LONDON (MarketWatch) &#8212; Goldman Sachs said Friday that European banks could need to raise around 60 billion euros ($94 billion) in additional capital, or withhold dividend payments for a year, if recent moves by several banks to strengthen their balance sheets set a new benchmark for capital levels. The broker added that figure could rise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air France mulling train joint venture: report</title>
		<link>http://www.dollardrops.com/dollar/2008/07/04/air-france-mulling-train-joint-venture-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
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LONDON (MarketWatch) &#8212; Air France   is mulling a joint venture that could see it offer high-speed rail travel, the BBC reported on its Web site on Friday. The airline is studying a possible tie-up with Veolia  , a French utility that also runs several rail services. Under the plans, the BBC reported, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>J Sainsbury shares rise after Qatar ups stake to 26%</title>
		<link>http://www.dollardrops.com/dollar/2008/07/04/j-sainsbury-shares-rise-after-qatar-ups-stake-to-26/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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LONDON (MarketWatch) &#8212; Shares in British supermarket group J Sainsbury  rose 1.7% in London on Friday after Qatar Holding upped its stake in the firm to 26%. Qatar Holding increased its shareholding by 12.37 million shares to 454.5 million shares.
Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low Liquidity Expected Due to 4th of July.</title>
		<link>http://www.dollardrops.com/dollar/2008/07/04/low-liquidity-expected-due-to-4th-of-july/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
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The USD appreciated against all of the major currencies during yesterday&#8217;s trading session. The US Dollar gained over 160 points versus the EUR and closed at a rate of 1.5702. This happened in spite of the mostly disappointing results for the economy. . The Unemployment Rate was higher than forecasted at 5.5%. The Average Hourly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merrill said in talks to sell Bloomberg stake to NYC Mayor</title>
		<link>http://www.dollardrops.com/dollar/2008/07/04/merrill-said-in-talks-to-sell-bloomberg-stake-to-nyc-mayor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
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LONDON (MarketWatch) &#8212; Merrill Lynch  is in talks to sell its stake in financial news service Bloomberg to a blind trust run by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, according to a report in The New York Post, citing unnamed sources. The sale is part of a broader plan by cash-strapped Merrill to raise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ryanair&#8217;s passenger traffic rose 19% in June</title>
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LONDON (MarketWatch) &#8212; Ryanair Holdings  , Europe&#8217;s largest low-cost airline, on Friday said it carried 5.17 million passengers in June, up 19% from the year-ago period. Load factor, a measure of how full an airline&#8217;s planes are, slipped to 84% from 85% in June 2007.
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		<title>FL Group to take 39% stake in retail investor Baugur</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
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LONDON (MarketWatch) &#8212; FL Group said that it will take a 39% stake in Baugur Group and change its name to Stodir. The transaction was conducted by means of a share swap and issuance of new shares in Stodir. Prior to this transaction, Baugur divested all its Icelandic assets and will now solely focus on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Lewis sales down 1.9% in week to June 28</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
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LONDON (MarketWatch) &#8212; Sales at privately-owned British retail chain John Lewis fell 1.9% to 130.14 million pounds in the week ended June 28, compared to the same point a year ago. &#8220;There is no doubt that trade in our shops proved challenging when compared to exceptional results last year,&#8221; said Phil Hullah, commercial director. Sales [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ITV cut to sell at ABN Amro on dividend fears</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
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LONDON (MarketWatch) &#8212; ITV  was cut to sell from hold by ABN Amro, as the broker sees further downside risk facing a deteriorating U.K. ad market, a potential dividend cut and further analyst downgrades. &#8220;Our recent channel checks with major U.K. media buyers have indicated the TV ad
market is starting to deteriorate, with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marks &#38; Spencer cut to sell from buy at Citigroup</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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LONDON (MarketWatch) &#8212; Marks &#38; Spencer  was downgraded to sell from buy at Citigroup after the U.K. retailer&#8217;s warning on Wednesday. &#8220;At
this early point in the current U.K. consumer down cycle, with growing input cost pressures across both the general merchandise and food businesses, the M&#38;S profit and loss outlook still remains opaque and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nomura Securities to improve training, screen staff: report</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) &#8212; Nomura Securities Co., the securities unit of Nomura Holdings Inc. , will place more emphasis upon ethical standards when hiring new staff, strengthen training, and make other improvements to its information systems, as part of improvements to its business practices in the wake of an insider-trading scandal in April. Nomura Securities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European shares in tight range, banks extend gains</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
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LONDON (MarketWatch) &#8212; European shares held in a tight range on Friday with trading likely to be subdued with the U.S. closed for a holiday. Still, banks extended the previous session&#8217;s gains after UBS  unveiled a better-than-expected likely second-quarter result and said it won&#8217;t need to raise new capital. UBS shares jumped 7% in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s inflation surges 11.63% on-year</title>
		<link>http://www.dollardrops.com/dollar/2008/07/03/indias-inflation-surges-1163-on-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) &#8212; India&#8217;s inflation reportedly soared to 11.63% in the week to June 21 from the same period a year-ago, strengthening chances of more policy measures by the country&#8217;s central bank to control prices. The wholesale price index-based inflation measure stood at 11.42% in the preceding week. The latest WPI reading is more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>J.P. Morgan reportedly to complete European jobs cuts in Q3</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
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LONDON (MarketWatch) &#8212; J.P. Morgan  is expected to cut up to 10% of its European investment banking staff by the end of the third quarter, the Financial Times reported on Friday. Staff reductions have been taking place in mergers and acquisitions and equity and debt capital markets businesses, especially at vice-president level, the paper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bradford &#38; Bingley to enlarge rights issue as TPG withdraws</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
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LONDON (MarketWatch) &#8212; Stricken U.K. mortgage bank Bradford &#38; Bingley  said late Thursday that private equity group TPG Capital has withdrawn from a deal to inject cash, but that major shareholders will still back a 400 million pound ($793 million) capital raising. The bank said TPG withdrew after rating agency Moody&#8217;s downgraded the group&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UBS sees Q2 result around break-even, no need for new equity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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LONDON (MarketWatch) &#8212; Swiss investment bank UBS   said Friday that second-quarter results to be released on Aug. 12 are likely to be at or slightly below break-even. At the end of the quarter, UBS expects its Tier 1 capital ratio to be approximately 11.5% and has no need to raise new equity. UBS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Origin Energy rejects BG Group&#8217;s $13.3 billion takeover bid</title>
		<link>http://www.dollardrops.com/dollar/2008/07/03/origin-energy-rejects-bg-groups-133-billion-takeover-bid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) &#8212; Origin Energy Ltd. [s; au:org], Australia&#8217;s largest coal seam gas producer, said Friday it board will recommend shareholders reject BG Group&#8217;s A$13.8 billion takeover bid ($13.3 billion), saying the offer does not adequately reflect the company&#8217;s assets and business prospects. In June Britain&#8217;s BG brought forward an A$15.50-per share hostile takeover [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian markets mixed in early trading</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) &#8212; Asian markets were mixed early Friday, with Japanese indexes wavering between positive and negative territories as gains in energy producers such as Inpex Holdings Inc.  were countered by losses in shipping and airline stocks. The Nikkei 225 Average slipped 0.1% to 13,254.26, after dropping in the previous 11 sessions. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crude futures close in uncharted territory</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; August crude closed at $145.29 a barrel Thursday in New York, up $1.72 for the session. It&#8217;s up 3.6% from Friday&#8217;s closing level as traders continued to show concern over global production. Crude is &#8220;finding support here as it pushes higher towards $150,&#8221; said Zachary Oxman, a senior trader at Wisdom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northwest Airlines total June traffic, capacity rises</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; Northwest Airlines Corp.  said Thursday its total June traffic rose 4.4% to 7.26 billion revenue passenger miles from a year ago. A revenue passenger mile equals one passenger flown one mile. June capacity rose to 8.37 billion available seat miles from last year. Load factor, or the percentage of available [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marshall &#38; Ilsley sees second-quarter loss on housing market</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; Marshall &#38; Ilsley Corp.  said Thursday it expects to take a higher-than-expected provision for loan and lease losses in the second quarter because of the poor housing market. The financial services firm said it expects to take a provision of at least $900 million in the second quarter, up from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soleil upgrades Alcoa to hold from sell</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
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Soleil Equity Research on Thursday upgraded its rating on shares of aluminum giant Alcoa Inc.  to hold from a sell rating the broker placed on the stock at the end of May. Alcoa&#8217;s shares have fallen more than 20% to $32.78 in the past five weeks against close-to-9% drop in S&#38;P 500, and &#8220;the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VeriSign names Jim Bidzos interim chairman, CEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; VeriSign Inc.  said Thursday its board named founder Jim Bidzos executive chairman, president and chief executive on an interim basis. The move comes as William Roper resigned from the company on June 30. VeriSign also said it expects second-quarter revenue to meet or exceed current consensus estimates of $231.4 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gold futures close almost $13 lower</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; August gold closed at $933.60 an ounce in New York Thursday. The contract lost $12.90 for the session, but gained 0.3% from Friday&#8217;s closing level as traders eyed the latest move in the U.S. dollar, which strengthened Thursday against most major currencies.
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		<title>S&#38;P may downgrade XL Capital&#8217;s ratings</title>
		<link>http://www.dollardrops.com/dollar/2008/07/03/sp-may-downgrade-xl-capitals-ratings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; Standard &#38; Poor&#8217;s Ratings Services on Thursday placed XL Capital Group&#8217;s ratings on CreditWatch with negative implications. &#8220;The action was taken because of our concern that earnings, capitalization, and financial flexibility might be adversely affected by the uncertainty surrounding XL&#8217;s outstanding reinsurance agreements and guarantee of business underwritten by the operating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All Nippon Airways to buy 5 Airbus A380s: report</title>
		<link>http://www.dollardrops.com/dollar/2008/07/03/all-nippon-airways-to-buy-5-airbus-a380s-report-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; All Nippon Airways Co.  plans to buy five A380 superjumbo jets from Airbus, the commercial arm of EADS , The Nikkei learned on Thursday. The purchase would be the first time that a Japanese airline buys large aircraft from the European firm, according to The Nikkei.
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		<title>All Nippon Airways to buy 5 Airbus A380s: report</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; All Nippon Airways Co.  plans to buy five A380 superjumbo jets from Airbus, the commercial arm of EADS , The Nikkei learned on Thursday. The purchase would be the first time that a Japanese airline buys large aircraft from the European firm, according to The Nikkei.
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		<title>U.S. stocks end mostly higher but with weekly losses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) &#8212; U.S. stocks on Thursday ended a holiday-shortened session and week mostly higher on the day but down on the week after the government said employment declined only a bit more than expected in June. The Dow Jones Industrial Average  gained 73.03 points, or 0.7%, to end at 11,288.54, giving it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kenya&#8217;s GDP growth will slow to 4% in 2008, IMF forecasts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) &#8212; Kenya&#8217;s economic growth will likely slow down to 4% in 2008 after the economy was disrupted by post-election violence earlier this year, the International Monetary Fund said late Wednesday. The forecast marks a sharp deceleration from the 7% GDP growth Kenya posted last year. While the economy is regaining its footing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No after-hours trading session on Thursday: Nasdaq</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) &#8212; A late-session of electronic equity trading will not take place after the close of the regular session Thursday, according to Nasdaq. The regular session has been shortened to end at 1 p.m. EDT, ahead of the Independence Day holiday on July 4th.
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		<title>India bans corn exports until Oct. 15: report</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) &#8212; India&#8217;s government Thursday banned corn exports until October 15 in a move to curb soaring inflation, Dow Jones Newswires reported. A surge in corn exports from India has led to a steep increase in corn prices in the local market, according to the report. India exports corn primarily to Malaysia, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AirTran Airways June traffic, capacity rises</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; AirTran Holdings Inc.  said Thursday June traffic at its AirTran Airways subsidiary rose 15.5% to 1.89 billion revenue passenger miles from a year ago. A revenue passenger mile equals one passenger flown one mile. June capacity rose 13% to 2.23 billion available seat miles from last year. Load factor, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>S&#38;P downgrades Triad four notches on paid claim uncertainty</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; Standard &#38; Poor&#8217;s said Thursday it downgraded Triad Guaranty Inc.  four notches because of &#8220;tremendous&#8221; uncertainty about the firm&#8217;s ultimate paid claims. S&#38;P cut its counterparty credit rating on Triad Guaranty Inc. to B- from BB, and its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Triad Guaranty Insurance Corp. to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radian Group responds to recent stock price drop</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; Radian Group Inc.  responded to its declining stock price Thursday by saying it is insuring mostly prime loans, which it expects to generate profitability. Radian said first and second lien claims paid during the second quarter will be less than $230 million, compared to its previous guidance of $240 million. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moody&#8217;s cuts Toll Brothers to junk status on weak economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; Moody&#8217;s Investors Service on Thursday lowered Toll Brothers Inc.&#8217;s  senior unsecured rating to non-investment grade of Ba1 from Baa3. At the same time, Moody&#8217;s confirmed the company&#8217;s Ba2 sub debt rating and assigned a corporate family rating of Ba1. The downgrade was prompted by weak economic and homebuilding industry trends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Head of commodities trading at Morgan Stanley to step down</title>
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - The head of Morgan Stanley&#8217;s  commodities trading shop, John Shapiro, will step down at the end of the year, the bank said in an internal statement Thursday. Shapiro had been with the firm since 1984 and will stay on in an advisory capacity, the memo said. Colin Bryce and Simon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ambac board approves $50 mln stock buyback plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; Ambac Financial Group Inc.  said Thursday its board approved up to $50 million for repurchases of its common stock. &#8220;The Board of Directors of Ambac believes that share buyback, when permitted under regulatory rules and corporate policy, represents a good investment of our capital and reinforces our confidence in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lehman leaps 7% on bonus plan news</title>
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Shares of Lehman Bros. Holdings  rose almost 7% Thursday, one day after the brokerage firm quieted speculation about a forced sale and rolled out a new employee compensation plan. Lehman said in an internal memo late Wednesday it would give employees a midyear stock bonus to reward them for sticking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delta traffic up 0.2%, capacity rises 0.7% in June</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; Delta Air Lines Inc.  on Thursday reported its June traffic rose 0.2% to 11.69 billion revenue passenger miles from June 2007. A revenue passenger mile equals one paying passenger flown one mile. The Atlanta-based airline&#8217;s capacity increased 0.7% to 13.68 billion available seat miles. Load factor, or the percentage of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delta traffic up 0.2%, capacity rises 0.7% in June</title>
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; Delta Air Lines Inc.  on Thursday reported its June traffic rose 0.2% to 11.69 billion revenue passenger miles from June 2007. A revenue passenger mile equals one paying passenger flown one mile. The Atlanta-based airline&#8217;s capacity increased 0.7% to 13.68 billion available seat miles. Load factor, or the percentage of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moody&#8217;s may cut Starbucks &#8216;Baa1&#8242; senior unsecured rating</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; Moody&#8217;s Investors Service on Thursday placed Starbucks Corp.&#8217;s  Baa1 senior unsecured rating on review for a possible downgrade. At the same time, the ratings agency affirmed its Prime-2 short-term rating for commercial paper. The review was prompted by the company&#8217;s announcement it will close about 600 under-performing stores and reduce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gazprom CEO says European gas prices will rise: report</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) &#8212; The chief executive of Russia&#8217;s state-controlled gas giant Gazprom , Alexei Miller, said Thursday that gas prices for European consumers could rise to more than $500 per 1,000 cubic meters by the end of 2008, AFP reported. Miller made the comments on the sidelines of a visit by Russian President Dmitry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. natural-gas supply up 85 bln cubic feet: Energy Dept.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; Natural-gas inventories rose by 85 billion cubic feet for the week ended June 27, the Energy Department said Thursday. Global Insight expected the data to show an increase of 80 billion. Total stocks now stand at 2.118 trillion cubic feet, down 381 billion cubic feet from the year-ago level and 57 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>S&#38;P cuts Marks &#38; Spencer&#8217;s outlook to negative</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) &#8212; Standard &#38; Poor&#8217;s Ratings Services on Thursday revised its outlook on U.K.-based Marks &#38; Spencer PLC  to negative from stable. At the same time, S&#38;P lowered its short-term corporate credit rating to A-3 from A-2. The outlook revision comes in the wake of Marks &#38; Spencer&#8217;s weakening performance, especially at [...]]]></description>
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