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Copper underpinned by China, Fed meet in focus

Copper climbed on Thursday underpinned by expectations of returning demand from top consumer China, but caution over measures that may be unveiled by the U.S. monetary authorities in yoming this week kept gains in check.

UBS cuts China growth outlook amid global slowdown

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UBS cut its 2011 and 2012 growth forecasts for China on Thursday to reflect weaker growth prospects in developed economies, saying the central bank may relax policy if the world's second-largest economy falters.

China gas-to-chemical firms shackled by supply, costs

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Chemical firms using natural gas as feedstock in southwestern Chinese provinces were facing mounting risks to scale down and even close operations due to gas shortages and rising gas prices, an industry newspaper reported on Thursday.
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Mercuria, China's Datang form carbon JV

A Mercuria Energy Group subsidiary has formed a joint venture with Hong-Kong listed China Datang Corp. Renewable Power Co. , focusing on renewable energy and carbon credits, energy trading house Mercuria said on its website.
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A share trader checks share prices as she sits behind her trading terminals at the trading floor of the German stock exchange in Frankfurt

Stern Advice: Where to Put Your Money Now

You've got to put your money somewhere, right? Under the mattress doesn't really work as a retirement program. It's lumpy, vulnerable to theft and your kids might find it.
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Japanese Retail Interest In Gold Rising

For Eriko Ebina, standing outside a downtown Tokyo medical equipment store that has a side business buying gold, the recent surge in prices for the precious metal was just too tempting.
Libyan rebel fighters burn a picture of Muammar Gaddafi at a checkpoint in Tripoli's Qarqarsh district

Price on Gaddafi's Head as Fighting Goes on

Libya's new masters offered a million-dollar bounty for the fugitive Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday, after he urged his men to carry on a battle that kept the capital in a state of fear.
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Price on Gaddafi's head as fighting continues

Libya's new masters offered a million-dollar bounty for the fugitive Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday, after he urged his men to carry on a battle that kept the capital in a state of fear.
Hubble Space Telescope photograph of the dwarf planet Pluto

Pluto's Controversy Remains: To be a Planet or a Dwarf, That's the Question

Five years ago today, Pluto ceased to be a planet, when the International Astronomical Union demoted it to a newly created category of dwarf planet.The decision to redefine the long-known ninth planet of the solar system remains controversial today, with some disagreements among scientists as well as confusion among the public.

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