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Canada says private forecasters up growth estimate

Private forecasters have raised their 2010 estimates for Canada's economic growth, saying the near-term outlook has improved further since a March survey, the Canadian Finance Department said on Monday.

Wall Street jumps on China yuan move

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Stocks rose on Monday but were off their session highs as China's vow to allow a flexible yuan invigorated optimism in the global recovery and raised the sales outlook for U.S. multinational companies.

G20 will want details on yuan - Canada's Flaherty

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Leaders of some of the Group of 20 nations meeting in Canada this weekend will want to hear more about how China plans to make its currency more flexible, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Monday.
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Ahmedabad to replace London in bullion trade?

Will Ahmedabad replace London as the location for clearing houses for the world bullion trade. If noted expert on bullion market Bhargava N Vaidya's words are of any value, Mumbai and Ahmedabad are better suited for the location for bullion trade clearing houses rather than Loddon.
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Market stress eases further, euro Libor climbs

Financial market stress eased further on Monday as investors cheered Beijing's vow to make its currency more flexible, but interbank euro funding costs rose again with excess money market liquidity set to drop.
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Semiconductor industry to pave way for base metals

Having recovered from the recession blues during 2008, the semiconductor market in India posted a healthy growth in 2009 and with Indian economy seen growing at the growth rate of over 9% for 2010-11 the semiconductor segment as well as the allied metal sectors are believed to get a boost on the growth.
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Aussie gains on yuan rise, euro supported

The euro and Australian dollar hit their highest against the U.S. dollar in about a month on Monday after China allowed the yuan to rise to a post-revaluation high, boosting demand for riskier currencies.
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China unshackles yuan ahead of G20, as promised

China's yuan surged on Monday by the most of any day since its landmark revaluation in 2005, sending a clear signal ahead of this weekend's G20 summit that Beijing is keeping to its word and allowing greater currency flexibility.
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China unshackles yuan ahead of G20

China's yuan surged on Monday by the most of any day since its landmark revaluation in 2005, sending a clear signal ahead of this weekend's G20 summit that Beijing is keeping to its word and allowing greater currency flexibility.
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Yuan soars to post-revaluation high, PBOC steps aside

China's yuan CNY=CFXS soared on Monday to its highest against the dollar since the landmark 2005 revaluation, with the central bank stepping aside and tolerating broad gains on the first trading day since scrapping the currency's two-year peg to the dollar.
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Can discounts win back gold buyers?

With gold prices soaring to unimaginable levels, jewellery shops in India are offering attractive discounts to customers in a bid to lure them back to the shops.
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Gold hits record near $1,265 as dollar slips

Gold prices rose to a record high at $1,264.90 an ounce in Europe on Monday as a slip in the dollar added impetus to the metal's existing rally on the back of rising concerns over financial and sovereign risk.
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Euro off 1-mth high, Aussie firm on yuan rise

The euro and Australian dollar hit their highest levels in about a month on Monday after China allowed the yuan to rise to a post-revaluation high, but confidence in the single currency's recovery remained fragile.
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Saudi move may fuel gold rally

Till now the bullion world used to believe that only China is secretive about its gold reserves and other nations are giving out the data properly tom the world. But, now it has emerged that even Saudi Arabia has been hoarding gold for the past year and its reserves have gone up substantially.
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China yuan move boosts European shares

European shares rose for a ninth session on Monday, hitting a five-and-a-half week high, after China allowed more flexibility in the yuan exchange rate that boosted confidence in the global economy.
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Euro just off 1-month high

The euro and Australian dollar hit their highest levels in about a month on Monday after China allowed the yuan to rise to a post-revaluation high, though analysts said option barriers were hampering further gains.
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Oil rises towards $79 on Chinese demand outlook

Crude oil gained more than one percent on Monday after China pledged to make its currency more flexible, raising expectations of higher demand from the world's second largest energy consumer.
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Liberty Media to split off Capital and Starz units

Liberty Media Corp, the media conglomerate controlled by mogul John Malone, said on Sunday it plans to spin-off two of its units -- investment arm Liberty Capital and pay TV and Hollywood studio unit Liberty Starz .
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Euro just off 1-mth high, Aussie firm on yuan rise

The euro and Australian dollar hit their highest levels in about a month on Monday after China allowed the yuan to rise to a post-revaluation high, though analysts said option barriers were hampering further gains.
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Oil jumps towards $79 after China vows flexible yuan

Crude prices rose 2.2 percent on Monday to the highest since early May after China vowed to allow a flexible yuan exchange rate, raising expectations of higher petroleum imports by the world's second-largest oil user.
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China IRS fall, yuan move seen delaying rate hikes

Chinese interest rate swaps fell on Monday after Beijing said it would allow more flexibility in its yuan currency, sparking hopes there will be less urgency to tighten monetary policy by raising interest rates.
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Landry's CEO gets key shareholder vote for buyout: report

Landry's Restaurants Inc Chief Executive Tilman Fertitta's $1.4 billion bid for the seafood restaurant operator received the support of a crucial shareholder on Sunday, the Wall Street Journal said, citing a person familiar with the matter.
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UK to dodge Greek fate with tough budget: Osborne

The biggest threat to Britain's economy is its huge budget deficit, and an emergency budget on Tuesday will save the country from the fate of debt-stricken Greece, British finance minister George Osborne said on Sunday.
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Big mining firms eye Afghan pie

When we talk about Afghanistan, the first picture we get is Taliban and Osama bin Laden. But Afghanistan has a different face too. It is one of the richest nations as far as minerals are concerned.
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Gold mine may leave people homeless in Cambodia

The high prices of gold is threatening several families in a different way. According to reports, the Cambodian government has threatened to burn homes of almost 100 families who are living at the site of a gold deposit recently discovered by an Australian mining company.
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Stock futures signal gains on China yuan move

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Monday, rising alongside global stocks after China's vow to allow a flexible yuan exchange rate boosted investors' appetite for risky assets.

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