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Wall St extends Fed rally; S&P up 1 pct

U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, adding to the previous session's surge and lifting the Standard & Poor's 500 index by 1 percent, as investors bet the Federal Reserve's aggressive rate cut would help prevent an economic slowdown.

China tries charm to convince world its goods safe

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China went on a charm offensive on Wednesday to convince a skeptical world its products are safe, as a new poll in the United States found 78 percent of Americans were worried about the safety of Chinese goods.

One in three Americans expects recession

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One in three Americans expects a U.S. recession in the next year, and less than a quarter think home prices will rise, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
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N.Rock tumbles on talk of cut-price or no sale

Shares in embattled British bank Northern Rock tumbled 20 percent to an all-time low on Wednesday as speculation of a cut-price takeover bid combined with stake sales from two investors stoked concerns over its future.
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Stocks bolstered by Fed cut, dollar struggles

Global equities rallied on Wednesday after an aggressive U.S. rate cut allayed fears that a credit crunch which has plagued markets could drag the U.S. economy into recession, but the dollar suffered a blow. The dollar struck a 15-year low against a basket of currencies after the Fed rate cut eroded the yield appeal of the U.S. currency. The weakness of the dollar pushed gold prices to 16-month highs.
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Food firms want binding rules for safe imports

Top U.S. food companies, worried recent import scares may turn away customers, launched a plan on Tuesday to add teeth to existing safety guidelines and increase funding for bare-bones federal regulators.
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Recalled Mattel toys topped U.S. legal lead limits

Toymaker Mattel Inc's recent recalls involved toys that had nearly 200 times the amount of lead in paint as allowed by U.S. law, the company said in a letter released to a congressional subcommittee on Tuesday.
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Northern Rock woes reminder of bank runs threat

Banks have always lent out more than their clients have on deposit but just once in a while savers lose trust and demand all their money back, exposing one of the optical illusions at the heart of finance.
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Oil climbs near record above $82 after Fed rate cut

Oil rose above $82 a barrel on Wednesday, closing in on a record hit the previous day after the U.S. Federal Reserve's interest rate cut raised expectations of still robust energy demand in the world's top consumer.
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Apple iPhone Storms Europe

Apple Inc. will start selling its popular iPhone smart-phone in the U.K with the Spanish-owned service provider O2, bringing the firm's highly-coveted device to Europe for the first time.
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Two-Year treasuries up, ten-year notes drop on Fed rate cut

Two-year treasury notes rose as and ten-year securities fell on Tuesday following the U.S. Federal Reserve's announcement that it would cut it's benchmark interest rates to prevent the U.S. economy from slowing too much even as some signs of inflation remain.
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July Capital Inflows Slip to New Low

International investors bought $19.2 billion in long-term U.S. securities in July, the lowest inflow in seven months, the Treasury Department said on today.
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U.S Producer Prices Slip in Aug.

Prices paid to U.S producers fell sharply in August according to data released on Tuesday, painting a gloomy picture for U.S growth.
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Halo no longer just a game for Microsoft

Microsoft Corp wants video gamers to finish the fight when the last chapter of its Halo trilogy comes out next week, but a carefully crafted merchandising strategy will make sure Master Chief lives on for years to come.
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Growing pains dim India's outsourcing edge

Indian outsourcing companies are shifting some of their operations to China, the Philippines, Vietnam and Kenya in a bid to stay competitive as higher wages, expensive property prices and a rising rupee eat into profits.
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Home builder confidence drops more in Sept: NAHB

Home builder sentiment fell for a seventh straight month in September as tougher mortgage requirements hindered sales from bloated inventories, the National Association of Home Builders said on Tuesday.
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Key House lawmaker sees Peru pact approval

A free trade agreement with Peru is headed for approval in Congress, but trade deals with Panama and Colombia face problems, a senior Democrat in the House of Representatives said on Tuesday.
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Commerzbank fears higher subprime losses -sources

Commerzbank is bracing itself for a higher-than-predicted loss from investments related to risky U.S. mortgages that is set to knock a hole in profits, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Accredited Home posts big loss; survival in doubt

Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co, a struggling subprime mortgage lender, on Tuesday posted a $260.2 million quarterly loss and said it remained unsure it would survive the fallout from a slumping U.S. housing market.

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