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An investor looks at the stock prices monitor at a private securities company Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares have dropped on profit-taking despite a decline in inflation and a government pledge to keep economic growth stable in 2009. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 2.28 percent, or 47.44 points, to close at 2031.68. (AP Photo)
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 Syracuse 
Stock futures inch higher ahead of opening
Wed 10 Mar 2010
(AP) - NEW YORK - Investors are continuing to search for direction Wednesday, after two days of relatively flat trading. Stock futures edged higher. The Dow Jones industrial average is down less than... (photo: AP)
A cargo ship loaded with containers disembarks from the Tianjin Port in China, March 4, 2009. China says the decline in its exports accelerated in February as a slump in global demand worsened, adding to pressure on China to pump up its economy with a massive stimulu
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 The New York Times 
China's Exports Rise 46%
Wed 10 Mar 2010
BEIJING —China announced Wednesday that its exports climbed 46 percent in February from a year earlier. Economists said the data signaled a rebound in consumer demand from the United States and... (photo: AP / Andy Wong)
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses the lawmakers of his party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, July 22, 2008.  The New York Times  Wed 10 Mar 2010
Turkey and I.M.F. End Talks on Stand-By Loan
ISTANBULTurkey said on Wednesday it was no longer holding talks with the International Monetary Fund on a stand-by loan because it did not need emergency funds, but it left the door open for... (photo: AP / )
Economy   Finance   IMF   Photos   Turkey
 Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the final hour of trading, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. Wall Street advanced for the third straight session Wednesday, although the Dow Jones industrial average fell just short of touching its  The New York Times  Wed 10 Mar 2010
Stock Futures Narrowly Mixed Ahead of Opening
Filed at 8:14 a.m. ET NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors are continuing to search for direction Wednesday, after two days of relatively flat trading. Stock futures are narrowly mixed. The Dow Jones industrial... (photo: AP/Richard Drew)
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 Flood affected women and children queue for food outside a relief camp in Kamrangirchar, outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. More than two weeks of monsoon rains across much of northern India, Bangladesh and Nepal have flooded rivers Samachaar Wed 10 Mar 2010
One-ninth of Nepal faces starvation, UN warns
Kathmandu: One-ninth of Nepal's nearly 27 million population face starvation, the UN warned Wednesday. Nearly half of Nepal's 75 districts, mainly in the west and... (photo: AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
Disasters   Nepal   People   Photos   Society
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, listens to Chinese President Hu Jintao, as they attend a state dinner reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Standing behind them are their translators. Asia Times Wed 10 Mar 2010
Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics
By Willy Lam China's ongoing tussles with the United States over issues including Taiwan, Tibet and trade are in a sense nothing new. For more than two decades, Sino-US... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
China   Defence   Photos   Politics   US
A Pakistani stock broker and stock index board is reflected from a mirror in Karachi Stock Exchange in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Pakistan is also a part of slowdown in world economies while tense situation between Pakistan and the U.S. over the rules of fighting war against terrorism on Pak-Afghan border areas will continue to keep market sentiments depressed, analysts sai Asia Times Wed 10 Mar 2010
Pakistan risks IMF's $1.2bn
By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI, Pakistan - Islamabad's tardiness in naming a finance minister to succeed Shaukat Tarin, who resigned on February 23 to pursue his own... (photo: AP / Fareed Khan)
Economy   Finance   IMF   Pakistan   Photos
Gold bullion bars and gold coins are displayed at RPS Jewellers in Southall, London, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. Asia Times Wed 10 Mar 2010
China assesses its gold strategy
By Russell Hsiao Chinese leaders convening in Beijing for the annual plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) - China's ceremonial legislature - this week... (photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth)
China   Economy   Gold   Market   Photos
A customer selects gold bangles in Jammu, India, Friday, March 14, 2008. Gold zoomed past all previous records to set at new peak of Rupees 13,200 or US$ 325 per ten grams on the bullion market today. Deccan Chronicle Wed 10 Mar 2010
Gold falls for sixth day
Gold falls for sixth day... (photo: AP / Channi Anand)
Economy   Gold   Market   Photos   Price
Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos, president of the OPEC conference and minister of petroleum from Angola m&c Wed 10 Mar 2010
OPEC sees risk of overproduction
Vienna - The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) warned in a report released on Wednesday that its members might be pumping too much oil given the... (photo: AP / Ronald Zak)
Economy   Oil   Opec   Photos   Vienna
Gold Jewelries The Guardian Wed 10 Mar 2010
Gold firms as euro zone fiscal concerns linger
* Euro zone fiscal woes linger, fuelling safe-haven demand * Dollar firms versus euro, cappint gains in gold * Platinum climbs to 7-week high, tracking other metals... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Dollar   Euro   Gold   Photos   Platinum
Gordon Brown, with John Armitt, Tessa Jowell, Sebastian Coe, Philadelphia Daily News Wed 10 Mar 2010
UK's Brown paves way for election with budget date
JANE WARDELL and DAVID STRINGER The Associated Press LONDON - Britain's economic recovery remains fragile, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Wednesday, as he... (photo: AP / Stefan Rousseau/PA/pool)
Britain   Election   London   Photos   Politics
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a recent trip to Guatemala The Boston Globe Wed 10 Mar 2010
Brazil's Silva: A Rousseff win would KO machismo
BRASILIA, Brazil-Brazil's president said his hand-picked candidate to succeed him in October's election would help do away with machismo by becoming the first female... (photo: ABr / Valter Campanato)
Brazil   Election   News   Photos   President


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