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Stock market up modestly amid G-20 meet

US stocks rose modestly higher on Friday, with S&P 500 Index up 2.52 points, or 0.19 percent, to trade at 1,342.98 at 12:00 p.m. EST. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 42.16 points, or 0.34 percent, to trade at 12,360.30. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 0.23 percent to trade at 2,837.98.

M&A is in, cash is dead asset: Lazard banker

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Cash is a “dead asset,” which earns nothing, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is in, said Gary Parr, vice chairman of investment bank Lazard and one of the leading authorities in the world on M&A.
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World Market Overview 18/02/2011

U.S. stocks finished at fresh multi-year high on Thursday as improved corporate earnings and manufacturing data overshadowed a bigger than expected rise in the number of people applying for unemployment benefits.
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World Market update

U.S. stocks finished at fresh multi-year high on Thursday as improved corporate earnings and manufacturing data overshadowed a bigger than expected rise in the number of people applying for unemployment benefits.
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World Market Wrap 18/2/2011

U.S. stocks finished at fresh multi-year high on Thursday as improved corporate earnings and manufacturing data overshadowed a bigger than expected rise in the number of people applying for unemployment benefits.
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JPMorgan unit sees China stocks constrained

China's main share index is not likely to rise much in the first half of 2011 because of worries over monetary tightening, but many sectors are now at attractive valuations, a fund manager at JPMorgan's JF China Fund said on Thursday.

Gold will outperform silver soon: Report

Even as precious metal investors seem to be taken in by the superior performance of silver over gold, some analysts have raised the voice of caution, saying gold will soon outperform silver.
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US stocks decline after CPI, jobs data

US stocks declined in early trade on Thursday after official data showed that weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rose last week while Consumer Price Index (CPI) climbed more than forecast in January.
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Emerging market equities will bounce back: Analyst

Emerging market equities, which have surprisingly underperformed so far this year, will bounce back and the total return from emerging equities will eclipse those from developed market equities in 2011, according to an analyst.
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Australia's ASX H1 net up 2.8 percent, eyes SGX deal

ASX Group Ltd (ASX.AX) eked out a small first-half profit growth, but focus was squarely on the completion of Singapore Exchange's (SGXL.SI) $7.9 billion bid for the Australian bourse operator, a move to help the bourses fight growing competition.
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World Market Overview Feb 17.

U.S. Stocks climbed on Wednesday, supported by some solid earnings reports and a number or M&A deal-making, as the Dow and S&P 500 reached 31-month highs.
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Rwanda prices fall further in January

Consumer prices in Rwanda fell for the seventh straight month in January, largely on the cost of vegetables and fish, the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) said on Wednesday.

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