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India Trinamool Supremo Mamata Banerjee addressing to the Supporters at Panihati in Eastern India on Saturday 04 May 2013
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Mamata Banerjee regime's two years a directionless sojourn: Congress
Sat 18 May 2013
Kolkata, May 18: Bringing out an assessment report of West Bengal's Trinamool Congress government, two days before it completes two years in office, the Congress today alleged that the regime was... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke puts his speech away into his jacket pocket after offering the keynote speech at the Operation HOPE Global Financial Dignity Summit Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, in Atlanta. Bernanke said Thursday that banks' overly tight lending standards may be holding back the U.S. economy by preventing creditworthy borrowers from buying homes.
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Bernanke forecasts gains from computer technology
Sat 18 May 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says pessimists forecasting that the economy will not reap sizable benefits from the computer revolution are likely to be proven wrong. Bernanke... (photo: AP / David Goldman)
In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper l'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a private audience at the Vatican, Saturday, May 18, 2013.  Lexington Herald-Leader  Sat 18 May 2013
Merkel and Francis talk about a 'strong' Europe
VATICAN CITYGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel, mindful of the weight of Christian voters in September elections, has... (photo: AP / L'Osservatore Romano, ho)
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Australian dollar -  Dollars - Aussie Currency  Xinhua  Sat 18 May 2013
News Analysis: Australian dollar drops below parity with U.S. dollar mainly due to U.S. positive gains
By Samuel Poon CANBERRA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The Australian dollar fell below parity with the U.S. dollar and stayed down during the whole week, which is widely attributed to positive indicators in the... (photo: Creative Commons / Cimexus)
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President Barack Obama tries to wave away a fly buzzing around his head as he announces in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington Dayton Daily News Sat 18 May 2013
Obama agenda seems to be weathering controversies
Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)
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Nobody gets me Bitcoins. Lexington Herald-Leader Sat 18 May 2013
Online currency Bitcoin moving more mainstream
Not that long ago, the virtual currency Bitcoin was one of the Internet's great rebel causes, a digital form of money embraced by libertarians and anti-establishment... (photo: Creative Commons / zcopley)
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Specialist of Bank of America Donald W. Himpele works his post on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange just before the closing bell Friday, Oct. 16, 2009 Detroit news Fri 17 May 2013
Stocks rise on hopeful signs for the U.S. economy
Associated Press Comments New York — Encouraging news about the U.S. economy is extending the stock market's rally. U.S. stock indexes rose for the fourth week in a... (photo: AP / David Karp)
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average, top left, dips below 10,000 as shown on a screen at the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010, in New York. The New York Times Fri 17 May 2013
How the Dow Jones Industrial Average Fared Friday
Encouraging news about the U.S. economy pushed stock prices higher on Wall Street Friday. A gauge of future economic activity rose more than analysts had expected, as did... (photo: AP / Mark Lennihan)
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Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde, right, speaks with Chief Executive Officer of the European Financial Stability Facility Klaus Regling during a meeting of eurogroup finance ministers in Brussels on Monday, March 4, 2013. Wall Street Journal Fri 17 May 2013
En Garde!
By DAVID WESSEL IT IS NO EASY JOB, being the grand negotiator at almost every financial crisis in the world in these troubled times. But as head of the International... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo)
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A board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 11,000 after the opening bell, Monday, April 12, 2010 The New York Times Fri 17 May 2013
Stocks Higher in Morning Trading
Wall Street was higher on Friday as investors shrugged off suggestions the Federal Reserve may begin to reverse some of its asset purchase programs by the end of the... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
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Middle class people in India watching the cultural activity The New York Times Fri 17 May 2013
Why Indian Elites Like to Call Themselves ‘Middle Class’
India’s Middle Class What Does the Future Hold? If you are an Indian reading this, you are very likely among the top 10 percent in the country, since you have... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
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The Union Minister for Commerce & Industry and Textiles, Shri Anand Sharma speaking at the India Investment Roundtable, in Tokyo on May 17, 2013. Newstrack India Fri 17 May 2013
Anand Sharma invites Japanese Inc to invest in India
Tweet Tokyo, May 17 (ANI): Commerce, Industry and Textiles Minister Anand Sharma, addressing the "India Investment Roundtable" jointly organized by the Department of... (photo: PIB of India)
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French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici speaks to journalists during a press conference in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. France is creating a new government-backed investment bank that will aim to spur economic growth by lending to small and medium-sized enterprises. The Guardian Fri 17 May 2013
French finance minister sees growth returning in H2, 2013
PARIS (Reuters) - Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said on Friday he believed the French economy could begin to grow again in the second half of 2013, after data this... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena)
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