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N. Korea refuses South access to Kaesong

North Korea has barred businessmen from the South from visiting their staff still in the closed Kaesong industrial park, further inflaming tensions.
April 17, 2013, 8:52 pm
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Hargreaves Lansdown boss sees UK financial advice oligopoly

By Chris Vellacott
LONDON (Reuters) - Tough regulation and rising costs are driving thousands of UK small financial advisers out of an industry which will end up dominated by a handful ...
April 17, 2013, 8:52 pm
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France eyes bigger-than-planned 2017 headline budget deficit

By Ingrid Melander and Nicholas Vinocur
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government acknowledged on Wednesday it would have a higher headline public deficit than planned by the end of its m...
April 17, 2013, 8:50 pm

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Portugal one-year debt yield rises after austerity snag

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's one-year borrowing costs rose on Wednesday in the first debt sale after a court rejection of some government austerity measures threatened to delay the country's full ret...
April 17, 2013, 8:37 pm
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Liberty Global preparing Kabel Deutschland bid - report

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - U.S. cable company Liberty Global is preparing a takeover offer for Kabel Deutschland , Manager Magazin reported, sending shares in Germany's bigg...
April 17, 2013, 8:30 pm

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Irish deposits rose in March despite Cyprus fears

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Deposits held by Ireland's domestically-owned banks rose by 0.6 percent in March, data from the country's finance department showed on Wednesday, indicating no knock-on effects from...
April 17, 2013, 8:26 pm

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Boston pays tribute to marathon dead

Eight-year-old Martin Richard has become the face of the tragedy as Bostonians gathered to remember him and the two women killed in the bombings.
April 17, 2013, 8:18 pm

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French debt to peak in 2014, new budget plan shows

PARIS (Reuters) - French debt will peak one year later than planned in 2014 as the country, hit by a bleak economic environment, pushes back its public deficit targets, the government's revised multi-...
April 17, 2013, 8:12 pm
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South Korea to buy $1.6 billion worth of Boeing helicopters

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Wednesday it would buy attack helicopters worth 1.8 billion won (1.0 billion pounds) from Boeing Co. to improve its ability to respond to threats fro...
April 17, 2013, 8:09 pm
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Gay marriage becomes legal in New Zealand

Parliament has voted to legalise gay marriage in New Zealand, making it the 13th country to allow it and the first in the Asia-Pacific.
April 17, 2013, 8:08 pm

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Lloyd's of London insurer Cathedral up for sale - source

LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyd's of London underwriter Cathedral Capital is being put up for sale by its private equity owner and could fetch more than 250 million pounds, a source familiar with the matter ...
April 17, 2013, 8:04 pm
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Switzerland considering solution to U.S. tax dispute

By Emma Thomasson and Katharina Bart
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss government is considering a possible solution to a long-running dispute with U.S. authorities over Swiss banks accused ...
April 17, 2013, 7:56 pm

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France eyes structural budget balance by 2017 - minister

PARIS (Reuters) - France's government aims to balance its public finances by 2017 in structural terms, Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici told Le Monde newspaper on Wednesday.
"We are no...
April 17, 2013, 7:44 pm

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Russia risks recession but sticks to fiscal rule - PM

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia risks sliding into recession because of falling commodity prices and will consider stimulus measures, but the government will stick to its adopted fiscal rule, Prime Minister...
April 17, 2013, 7:26 pm

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Japan consumer mood in March at highest in almost 6 yrs-govt

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese consumer confidence improved in March to the highest level in almost six years, a Cabinet Office survey showed on Wednesday, indicating that aggressive government and centra...
April 17, 2013, 7:25 pm
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Russia risks recession but sticks to fiscal rule - PM

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia risks sliding into recession because of falling commodity prices and will consider stimulus measures, but the government will stick to its adopted fiscal rule, Prime Minister...
April 17, 2013, 7:24 pm

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Liberty Global preparing offer for Kabel Deutschland - report

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - U.S. cable company Liberty Global is preparing a takeover offer for Germany's Kabel Deutschland , German magazine Manager Magazin reported.
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April 17, 2013, 7:21 pm

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No poultry contact in some Chinese bird flu cases - WHO

By Stephanie Nebehay and Sui-Lee Wee
GENEVA/BEIJING (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that a number of people who have tested positive for a new strain of bird...
April 17, 2013, 7:04 pm

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Glencore clinches Chinese approval with copper deal

By Clara Ferreira-Marques
LONDON (Reuters) - China's antitrust authorities removed the last obstacle to Glencore's $30 billion (19 billion pounds) takeover of miner Xstra...
April 17, 2013, 7:01 pm

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Bertelsmann eyes up to $2.1 billion from RTL stake sale

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German media conglomerate Bertelsmann expects to raise as much as 1.6 billion euros (1.3 billion pounds) from the sale of a stake in broadcaster RTL April 17, 2013, 6:58 pm
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