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13 Famous Bridges Around the World

Most often bridges make us wonder how technology made possible their construction. They are a means of getting from one point to another but although we walk or drive on them (almost) daily, we don't always stop to admire them.

Greek unions promise strikes

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Greek civil servants threatened on Monday to stage more strikes in protest at government austerity measures, heightening fears debt-laden members of the euro zone may struggle to deliver on promises to tackle stretched budgets.
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Pressure grows for Iran sanctions over atomic plans

International pressure for new sanctions against Iran grew on Monday after Tehran announced more moves to expand nuclear fuel production and enrichment plants, heightening Western fears it wants to make atom bombs.
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Daily Forecast - 8/2/2010

The Aussie dollar remained relatively range bound on Friday bouncing between 0.8650 and 0.8700 for the majority of the Asian session.
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G7 reassures on Greece, talks tough on banks

Reassurances about debt-strapped Greece and agreement that banks should pay for future rescue funds capped an international meeting in Canada's Arctic, as European policymakers sought to convince jittery markets that they have things under control.
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Geithner says zeal for bank reform intact

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner insisted on Saturday that major economies were not easing up on their commitment to stiffen the rules for banks just because the global economy was recovering.
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G7 focuses on Europe debt

Finance chiefs from the world's rich powers focused on the euro zone's debt crisis at an Arctic summit and a top official said Europe was determined to solve its problems without the International Monetary Fund.
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G7 mulls threat from euro debt woes

Finance chiefs from the world's rich powers opened an icy summit on Friday mulling how to prevent worry about deepening southern European debt from derailing an already fragile global recovery.
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Allen Stanford's liquidators, receiver in talks

A dispute over control of $370 million in assets traced to accused Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford is holding up disbursement of the funds, but the liquidators and the receiver in the case are in talks to settle the matter, liquidators for Stanford's Antigua bank said on Friday.
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Stanford liquidators say $370 million in assets found

Funds and property valued at about $370 million traced to accused Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford have been located, but disputes over control of the assets are holding up disbursement, liquidators for Stanford's offshore bank said on Friday.
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Test of artificial pancreas offers diabetes hope

Researchers from Britain's Cambridge University tested the device on 17 children with type 1 diabetes during a series of nights in hospital and found it kept their blood sugar levels within the important normal range for 60 percent of the time.
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NAB talks to partners on RBS branches: sources

U.S. private equity firm Blackstone and British buyout firm Resolution Group have talked to National Australia Bank about teaming up for its possible bid for more than 300 Royal Bank of Scotland branches, people familiar with the matter said.
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OECD sees improved outlook

The outlook for recovery in most of the world's major economies improved in December but the indicator for China dipped slightly, according to an OECD survey released on Friday.
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Kraft gets over 75 percent of Cadbury, to delist shares

Kraft Foods on Friday said it had 75.41 percent acceptances from Cadbury Plc shareholders by 1900 GMT on February 4 in its takeover of the British confectioner and will now move to delist Cadbury no earlier than March 8.
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Daily Forecast - 5/2/2010

The Australian Dollar opens sharply lower today against the greenback at 0.8650 dragged down by a lower Euro and weaker global stocks and commodity prices overnight.
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Toyota's $2 bln recall hit to keep it in the red

Toyota Motor Corp expects costs and lost sales from its massive safety recall to total $2 billion by the end of March, keeping it in the red for the year despite its strongest profit in six quarters.

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