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Deficit cut would trim growth: BlackRock's Fink

A $4 trillion reduction of the U.S. budget deficit, if enacted by Congress, would trim economic growth by one percentage point a year for the next decade, BlackRock Chief Executive Laurence Fink said.

Real Madrid appeal to Uefa against Mourinho ban

Spanish giants Real Madrid have appealed with Uefa against the imposition of a five-match European ban on their manager Jose Mourinho after the comments he made post the Champions League semifinal first leg against Barcelona.

Shanda Games says online game hacked

Chinese online game developer Shanda Games Ltd said one of its online games was hacked earlier this month, and it had to close about 5,000 accounts that had taken advantage of a design flaw.

AMD's new chips could force Intel to cut prices

Advanced Micro Devices Inc could win a larger pie of the desktop PC market helped by its newly-launched Llano and Bulldozer chips, unless Intel Corp lowered its own prices, Macquarie Research said.

Skype sued in for patent infringement

Internet video phone company Skype Inc was sued in U.S. federal court Thursday for infringing the patents of a Luxembourg company, which has filed similar lawsuits against Skype in Europe.

Dow falls below 12000 on economic worries

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell below 12000 points on Friday, threatening to bring the stock market to a sixth consecutive week of losses. It would be the longest such slump since 2002.

Swiss in talks with U.S. over untaxed funds

Swiss and U.S. authorities have held informal exploratory talks that touched on regularizing untaxed money held by wealthy Americans in secret Alpine accounts, a spokesman for a finance ministry office said.

Wall Street resumes downtrend after brief respite

Stocks fell on Friday, a day after ending a six-day losing streak as weaker trade data from China, the scrapping of a large IPO and ongoing disputes about a second Greece bailout weighed on sentiment.

South Africa's Manuel opts out of IMF contest

South Africa's Trevor Manuel ruled himself out of the race for the IMF's top job on Friday, making French finance minister Christine Lagarde an even firmer favorite although the threat of a judicial inquiry remains.

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