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World stocks little changed as China exports surge (AP)
March 10, 2010
AP - World stock markets were little changed Wednesday even as surging Chinese exports pointed to a pickup in global trade.
UK's Brown warns of new economic woes (AP)
March 10, 2010AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warns that the U.K. may suffer another economic downturn, including a possible dip back into recession.
Obama pushing on health care end game (AP)
March 10, 2010
AP - President Barack Obama has chosen a suburban St. Louis high school to make his closing argument for a health care overhaul, pushing a new anti-fraud plan as he cranks up the pressure on skittish Democratic lawmakers to act fast.
Senate to pass jobless aid, business tax breaks (AP)
March 10, 2010
AP - Legislation blending help for the jobless with popular tax breaks for businesses and individuals is slated to pass the Senate Wednesday over protests from conservatives who say it adds too much to the $12.5 trillion national debt.
Highlights of Senate jobless aid bill (AP)
March 10, 2010AP - Highlights of Senate legislation extending unemployment insurance and expired tax breaks:
China February exports jump 45.7 percent (AP)
March 10, 2010
AP - China's exports rose in February in a new sign of growing global demand that could help persuade officials to let the Chinese currency rise.
FTSE shares inch lower (AFP)
March 10, 2010
AFP - The FTSE 100 stock exchange slipped fractionally on Tuesday after a bout of cautious trading due to uncertainty over Europe's economic outlook and poor earnings reports, analysts said.
Cisco unveils system for super-fast Internet (AFP)
March 10, 2010
AFP - Cisco Systems on Tuesday unveiled super-fast Internet hardware that promises to boost US competitiveness and bolster economic recovery by moving mountains of data at astounding speeds.
Nationalized UK bank Northern Rock back in profit (AP)
March 10, 2010AP - Nationalized mortgage lender Northern Rock said Wednesday that it returned to profit in the second half of 2009 as interest income rose and losses on loans fell.
'IMF' for Europe a distracting sideshow: experts (AFP)
March 10, 2010
AFP - Talk of a European version of the International Monetary Fund to rescue errant EU states is little more than a distracting sideshow, analysts and a key central banker say.
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