Monday, January 2, 2012

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Analysis: Asia's double-edged currency sword (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 06:14 AM PST

Reuters - The roller-coaster ride for Asian currencies, which saw only the yen and yuan post significant gains for the year against the U.S. dollar, is set to continue in 2012.

Crisis talk, austerity calls mark euro anniversary (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 06:46 AM PST

Reuters - Policymakers marked the 10th anniversary on Sunday of the introduction of euro notes and coins by urging governments in the currency bloc to save and consolidate to overcome their debt crisis.

Factory output subdued going into 2012 (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 04:22 AM PST

Reuters - Global manufacturing activity was subdued going into 2012, with the euro zone's industrial sector suffering its fifth straight month of declines in December and Asian factories mostly stuck in a rut.

Anglo says not obliged to sell shares to Codelco (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 08:53 AM PST

Reuters - Global miner Anglo American said on Monday it was not obliged to sell any of its shares in its southern Chilean properties to state copper giant Codelco, as a battle over a disputed option contract deepened.

U.S. investors sue Lloyds chiefs over HBOS deal (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 07:59 AM PST

Reuters - American shareholders are suing Britain's Lloyds Banking Group and the bank's former executives, saying they were misled over its rescue of fellow lender HBOS in the depths of the financial crisis in 2008.

SEC chided again by judge in Citigroup fraud case (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 02:53 PM PST

Reuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission got a fresh dressing-down from the judge who rejected its $285 million settlement with Citigroup Inc, as he said the regulator kept him out of the loop on its efforts to salvage the case.

Insight: West in political crisis has echoes of 1930s (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 05:04 AM PST

Reuters - Dysfunctional politics threatens to deliver a protracted period of slow global growth, possibly lasting well beyond 2012, which will only deepen the political and economic problems for the West.

Spain: 2011 deficit could be higher than 8 pct (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 05:49 AM PST

AP - Spain's government will approve further deficit-reduction measures this week, on top of the bombshell euro15 billion package of tax hikes and spending cuts they announced only days ago, ministers said Monday.

Iran's navy tests cruise missile as part of drill (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 07:48 AM PST

In this image made available by the Iranian Students News Agency, an Iranian navy vessel launches a missile during a drill at the sea of Oman, on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. Iran's navy said Sunday it test-fired an advanced surface-to-air missile during a drill in international waters near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for one-sixth of the world's oil supply. Iran's state TV said the missile, named Mehrab, or Altar, is designed to evade radar and was developed by Iranian scientists. (AP Photo/ISNA,Amir Kholousi) EDS NOTE: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE.AP - Iran test-fired a surface-to-surface cruise missile on Monday during a drill that the country's navy chief said proved Tehran was in complete control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for one-sixth of the world's oil supply.


CO driver killed by branch steered car to safety (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 11:05 AM PST

AP - A Colorado man who was killed when a 3-foot tree branch flew through his windshield and impaled him in the chest was able to steer the car to safety before losing consciousness.

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