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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.

China May trade gap smaller than expected

China posted a smaller-than-expected trade surplus in May of $13.1 billion because of soaring imports and weaker global demand growth, giving mixed signals about how the economy fared when some of its best export customers faltered.

Nadal, Roddick through to Queen's quarters

In the Aegon Championshipss at Queen's, world number one Rafael Nadal and four-time winner Andy Roddick both progressed into the quarterfinals after defeating Radek Stepanek and Kevin Anderson, respectively.

OPEC says oil supply gap looming later this year

OPEC, which failed to reach agreement on raising production at a meeting this week, on Friday forecast a tightening world oil market in the rest of 2011, underscoring the need for more supply to meet rising demand.

Stock futures signal lower start for Wall Street

NEW YORK Stock index futures pointed to a lower start for Wall Street, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.1 percent, Dow Jones industrial average futures down 0.2 percent and Nasdaq futures down 0.2 percent by 5 a.m..

Nokia says talking to multiple parties on NSN

Nokia said it was still in talks with multiple parties about its stake in Nokia Siemens Networks, after a report that U.S. private equity firms had backed away from bidding for a majority stake.

Glencore chairman caught up in Sino-Forest saga

Simon Murray, adventurer and outspoken chairman of commodity trader Glencore , is back in the spotlight, this time over his role as a director of Sino-Forest , whose shares have been hit by accusations of fraud.

Toyota sees 35 percent profit slump after earthquake

Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday it expects operating profit this business year to fall 35 percent to 300 billion yen ($3.7 billion) after Japan's biggest earthquake on record severely disrupted car production and slashed sales and a strengthening yen cut into overseas earnings.

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