Saturday, 3 November 2012

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Power, fuel ease U.S. storm woes, but many still waiting

8:54am GMT
NEW YORK - While power returned to much of Manhattan and fuel supplies were headed for the disaster zone, residents of some of the hardest-hit areas faced a long wait for electricity and help after superstorm Sandy's devastating strike on the U.S. Northeast.

Deeper euro zone factory downturn hardens stimulus view

02 Nov 2012
LONDON - Euro zone manufacturing shrank for the 15th month running in October as output and new orders fell, a survey showed on Friday, fuelling expectations of further easing from the European Central Bank.


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Exclusive - Rothschild in talks to counter Bakrie break-up plan

02 Nov 2012
JAKARTA/LONDON - Financier Nat Rothschild is in talks with Indonesian investors, including a contender for the country's presidency, on a plan to counter a $1.4 billion proposal by the influential Bakrie family to dismantle coal mining group Bumi Plc, sources said.
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Bank of England gets long to-do list for overhaul

02 Nov 2012
LONDON - The Bank of England needs to overhaul its internal structures to address a patchy forecasting record and open up to a broader range of views on the economy, three independent reviews of the central bank's operations recommended on Friday.
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Syria army quit base on strategic Aleppo road

1:30am GMT
BEIRUT - The Syrian army abandoned its last base near the northern town of Saraqeb after a fierce assault by rebels, further isolating the strategically important second city Aleppo from the capital.
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Swiss bankers fear more bloodletting after UBS job cuts

02 Nov 2012
ZURICH - Switzerland's 110,000 bank employees fear more bloodletting after UBS said it would cut staff by 15 percent, a move likely to take a heavy toll on an economy heavily reliant on finance and banking.



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