U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.2 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.1 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.1 percent at 4.30 a.m. ET. Shares in financial institutions will be in the spotlight after the Wall Street Journal reported
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British Government confidential papers of 1979 publicised on Wednesday according to the 30-year rule, said that the outcome of the meeting between Cyprus President Kyprianou and the Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash under the chairmanship of the UN Secretary—General Dr Waldheim on 18—19 May 1979, was a great deal, better than generally expected. A document
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European shares edged lower in thin early trading on Wednesday, with falls in commodities overshadowing gains in banking stocks. By 0914 GMT, the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index was down 0.2 percent at 1,045.25 points, with volumes on the index about 5 percent of the 90-day daily average. The index is up 62 percent since reaching
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Britain's leading share index was flat in early deals on Wednesday, consolidating after reaching levels on Tuesday not seen since before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in mid-September 2008. At 0851 GMT, the FTSE 100 index was up 3.73 points, or 0.1 percent at 5,441.34, with a rally by banks just countering a retreat from
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Asian share markets fell on Wednesday as year-end trade dwindled, with profit-taking pulling down shares and bankruptcy worries about Japan Airlines weighing on the Nikkei, while the dollar rose broadly. Shares of JAL tumbled to a record low on growing investor worries that the carrier will be restructured in a bankruptcy court as part of
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After an intensive training block in Argentina during December, Cypriot tennis player Marcos Baghdatis will participate in the Brisbane International, which begins Sunday 3rd of January, marking the first tournament of the 2010 ATP World Tour season. Marcos Bagdatis ends 2009 on a high note, having won his third ATP World Tour title in Stockholm,
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The world's top mobile phone maker Nokia launched a new patent broadside against Apple, escalating a battle for control of the smartphone market that has already led to a flurry of lawsuits. Nokia filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on Tuesday alleging that Apple infringes Nokia patents in "virtually all of
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Wednesday his priority for 2010, an election year, is to secure economic recovery while cutting Britain's gaping budget deficit in a "sensible and fair" way. In excerpts from his New Year message, released by his office, Brown said his strategy was to "go for growth" in the economy
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Japan's Nikkei average booked a 19 percent gain in 2009, with shares of high-tech exporters leading a rebound rally on a weaker yen and as economic stimulus measures helped turn around the world economy. The benchmark's yearly climb followed a 42 percent plunge — the biggest loss in its 58-year history — last year when
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Asian share markets fell on Wednesday as year-end trade dwindled, with profit-taking pulling down shares and bankruptcy worries about Japan Airlines weighing on the Nikkei, while the dollar rose broadly. Shares of JAL tumbled to a record low on growing investor worries that the carrier will be restructured in a bankruptcy court as part of
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