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• Investors embark on treacherous month (Reuters)
• BHP says timed Potash bid as rivals were weakened (Reuters)
• EU prods China for faster yuan rise: G20 draft (Reuters)
• Dubai World opens talks with small creditors: report (Reuters)
• Roche says no decision on job cuts this week (Reuters)
• California lawmakers to vote on budget plans (Reuters)
• Wen urges Japan to raise wages of China workers (AFP)
• Zara takes the plunge into crowded online market (AFP)
• 2 new programs planned to help homeowners (AP)
• Baghdad slams 'illegal' RWE gas deal with Iraqi Kurds (AFP)

Investors embark on treacherous month (Reuters) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 08:30 AM PDT Reuters - Beaten-up investors go into September, historically a weak month for stocks, facing key reports on jobs, manufacturing and services. If those disappoint, the S&P 500 could breach technical support levels, pushing stocks yet lower.

BHP says timed Potash bid as rivals were weakened (Reuters) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 12:38 AM PDT Reuters - Global miner BHP Billiton on Sunday played down any chance of raising its $39 billion bid for fertilizer maker Potash Corp, saying it had timed its move to catch out weakened rival bidders.

EU prods China for faster yuan rise: G20 draft (Reuters) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 01:13 PM PDT Reuters - This story does not carry a dateline to protect the identity and location of a source. (Reuters) - The European Union thinks China has made only limited progress in allowing its yuan currency to move more rapidly, and swifter action would help safeguard a fragile economic recovery, according to a draft G20 document obtained by Reuters on Saturday.

Dubai World opens talks with small creditors: report (Reuters) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 12:37 AM PDT Reuters - Troubled conglomerate Dubai World has begun talks with small creditors, not included in the coordination committee of banks on its restructuring plan, to avoid any lawsuits, a UAE newspaper said on Sunday.

Roche says no decision on job cuts this week (Reuters) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 07:31 AM PDT Reuters - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG said on Sunday it would not make any decision on job cuts this week, after Swiss newspaper Sonntag reported it could be about to cut thousands of positions.

California lawmakers to vote on budget plans (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:19 PM PDT Reuters - California lawmakers will vote on rival plans for closing a $19 billion deficit and balancing the state's budget on Tuesday, the last day of their legislative session, aides said on Friday.

Wen urges Japan to raise wages of China workers (AFP) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 12:57 AM PDT AFP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday urged Japanese companies operating in China to raise workers' wages, after a series of strikes led to costly factory shutdowns, Japan's foreign ministry said.

Zara takes the plunge into crowded online market (AFP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 08:19 PM PDT AFP - Europe's largest clothing retailer, Spain's Inditex, is taking its flagship Zara brand online, but it can expect stiff competition from other giants of high-street fashion already well-established in cyberspace.

2 new programs planned to help homeowners (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 06:28 AM PDT AP - The Obama administration's top housing official says several new programs are in the works to help try to revive the housing market.

Baghdad slams 'illegal' RWE gas deal with Iraqi Kurds (AFP) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 08:10 AM PDT AFP - Iraq on Sunday slammed as "illegal" an agreement between its autonomous Kurdistan region and the German energy firm RWE that is expected to help supply the planned Nabucco gas pipeline to Europe.

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