AP - Ukraine's parliament has passed the legislation needed for a critical $16.5 billion International Monetary Fund rescue loan.
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AP - Share prices on the London Stock Exchange closed higher on Friday.
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AFP - Wall Street shares bounced higher Friday, prompting solid gains in Europe at the end of a month of wild volatility and huge losses amid fears a deep recession lies ahead.
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AP - World markets rose Friday amid stock buying from pension funds balancing their portfolios at the month's end and a general sense that share prices may have hit a bottom. Asian shares had earlier closed mostly lower.
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AP - The International Monetary Fund on Friday denied reports it had entered talks with Bulgaria on providing financial support for the country's emerging economy.
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AP - Deutsche Boerse AG said Friday it is changing the rules that dictate how a stock is included in its DAX Index after Volkswagen shares soared nearly fivefold in value and skewed trading in Germany.
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AP - A bank belonging to one of Russia's biggest tycoons said Friday it is seeking $400 million in government loans to stave off foreign creditors. The move underlines the squeeze put on Moscow's overleveraged moguls by the financial crisis and the strings the Kremlin can put on bailing them out.
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AP - The U.S. dollar was mostly higher against other major currencies in European trading Friday. Gold fell.
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AP - Ukraine's central bank said Friday it had won a promise from several top commercial banks to help stabilize the national currency, which has lost over a quarter of its value in a severe financial crisis.
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AP - France asked the European Union on Friday to push the United States and other countries to commit to bold reforms of the financial system when they meet at a crisis summit next month.
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