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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks off on economy woes; euro edges up
* World stocks’ MSCI index falls for fifth day * Euro seesaws near break-even; gold down * European shares hit four-week closing low * Oil falls as data spurs demand fears (Updates prices, adds comments) …

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Carbon price set to be ‘poisoned chalice’ for politics
Climate-change policy will become a poisoned chalice for a decade if the government’s plans to put a price on carbon fail, the Climate Change Minister, Greg Combet, has warned.

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Time for IMF to look east
In the annals of career suicide, Strauss-Kahn may warrant his own chapter. Still, the IMF should open a new chapter of its own when it comes to his successor.

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Britain’s 50pc plan for giant carbon cut
By Malcolm Farr Britain’s Conservative-led Government approves savage carbon reduction, making our target look puny.

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Short-selling ban row to be continued in Parliament
Negotiations between British Petroleum and Rosneft, Russia’s leading oil company, to develop three massive offshore exploration blocks in the Arctic have failed, according to media reports yesterday (17 May).

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India, in real time: 17th May 2010
India is a country on the go; at any given moment in time, there is much happening in the fields of politics and governance, of finance, of development; there is constant churning in society, considerable activity in sports and in the arts… It’s almost too much to keep track of. And hence, this effort: a real-time, constantly updated look at the events that matter. Refresh this page for live …

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I’m from the USA and the American economy is not in the best of shape, we have lots of wasted stimulus dollars and job market is weak right now in the states.

In Britain, the economy is probably in AWESOME shape, people are dancing to the beat of Gordon Brown, the GB Pound is way way way high, the Brits are having a blast playing football, playing jacks at the pubs, and living and laughing in those British red phone booths and listening to Blur….

Britain is paradise, shouldn’t I move out there?
I wanna say one of the most delightful flights I ever had was flying to London Heathrow on British airways…the nicest coach treatment ever, and the food was good

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I know they are brother countries, share the same monarchy, allies and stuff like that

But this is just my question, pls just ignore other relationship

So who would win? (No help from US, Germany or France, nothing, no ally)

They just gotta fight the war on their own by using all their available resources, and economy. They can produce more tanks, weapons, aircraft, submarines, aircraft carrier as much as they want. There is no restriction in this war, except NUKES. Who do you think would win?
Economy
UK = $2.183 trillion
Australia+Canada = $2.148 trillion

Population
UK = 62 million
Australia+Canada = 56.8 million

Military Budget
UK = $69.27 million
Australia+Canada = $40.6 million

Available Aircraft
UK = 1114
Australia+Canada = 674

Another question is, Can Australia and Canada make their own weapons, tanks, aircraft, bombers, and submarines without buying from other countries? I am sure UK has BAE systems that is the world’s largest defense and military contractor.

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Cuba readies festivities for 50 years of socialism
Cuba readied a huge military parade Saturday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its victory over the CIA-backed Bay of Pigs invasion for a Communist Party congress setting new political and economic goals.

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Libyan government forces bombard Misrata
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi fired at least 100 Grad rockets into Misrata on Saturday, a rebel spokesman said, in a third day of heavy bombardment of the rebel-held city.

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Denley: Time for Friends of Lansdowne to reassess
One down, one to go at Lansdowne Park.This week’s resolution of substantive development issues that could have gone to an Ontario Municipal Board hearing leaves only the court challenge by the Friends of Lansdowne as a serious impediment to the rejuvenation of the park.

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Pal’s wild antics are big worry
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Alleged Bronx bank robber arrested for trying to cash fake check
WILTON — Spelling is important — even for a bank robber. A twice-convicted bank robber was arrested in Wilton Tuesday after a suspicious HSBC bank teller called police because the business name on the $870 check was spelled wrong.

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Time warp
Bedford — Crystal Lowden takes a photo of Kayla Pritchett, 9, and Mia Lowden, 8, from left, inside a papier-mâché Volkswagen Microbus at the North Lawrence Commu …

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FTSE today: market report – as it happened April 1, 2011
FTSE breaks through the 6,000 barrier, lifted by financials and oil stocks.

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1.6 Million New Jobs to be created in 2011: Ma Foi Randstad Survey
The organized sector in India is set to create about 1.6 million new jobs in the year 2011, reveals the latest results of Ma Foi Randstad Employment Trends Survey (MEtS), the largest study on the Indian employment trends and opportunities.

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Stephen King: More Keynesian than Keynes was – and more wrong than right this time
What have Britian’s liberal press, Paul Krugman and George Osborne got in common? Well, the first two – the liberal journalists and a Nobel Prize-winning economist– see eye-to-eye on quite a lot of things.

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I have almost always been on time for my bills, but I have only been paying my own bills for not even three years. I have a car loan, but I’ve only had it since October, but I have never been late on that. I don’t even know where to start when trying to get a credit card. I just want to get one to build credit. I want the highest possible limit even though I won’t be putting much on it.
Help?

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Obviously bonds are a relatively safe form of investment (particularly government bonds from one of the world’s major economies), but aside from this, what about the possibility of the value of bonds increasing?

With fears of recession looming, and deflation now a real possibility for the UK economy over the next couple of years, one could say that it is almost an inevitability that the BoE will further decrease interest rates. As bond prices are inversely proportional to interest rates, now would seem a logical time to invest in bonds, as it appears a safe bet the BoE will lower interest rates, which in turn will increase the value of bonds. Quite obviously, this rise in the value of bonds is of no benefit if the bonds are held till maturity. However, it would certainly appear to be advantageous to those willing to trade bonds. Is this train of thought correct?
Hi Robert M

Please correct me if I’m wrong, but if the bonds are held till maturity, the coupon (for fixed rate bonds) and principle payments are still the same, irrespective of whether or not the bond value (for trading) fluctuates. Therefore, if the bonds are held till maturity, the bond holder does not realise any benefit if the value of the bonds increase.

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My daughter just turned 18 and is interested in getting a credit card. Which company is the best for someone who has no credit card history. With the recent credit crunch, it appears that more and more credit card companies and banks are getting tougher with applications.

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