AP - Ukraine's battered currency rose Thursday for the first time in days, partly on hopes the country could secure a hefty International Monetary Fund loan to overcome a severe financial crisis.
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AP - The International Monetary Fund needs more money to bail out struggling countries, the leaders of Britain and Germany said Thursday.
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AP - European markets closed only modestly higher Thursday as Wall Street gave up most of its early gains as fears grew about the depth and length of the recession in the U.S. Asian shares were strongly up earlier.
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AFP - London shares rallied on Wednesday, coming off earlier lows to finish up 49.11 points as investors were bouyed by a raft of central bank rate cuts.
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AP - Preliminary fraud charges have been filed against three men who allegedly belonged to a gang that secretly withdrew money from French President Nicolas Sarkozy's personal bank account, an official said Thursday.
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AP - The Czech Republic on Thursday slashed its economic growth forecast for 2009 to 3.7 percent from the previous estimate of 4.8 percent to account for the impact of the global financial crisis.
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AP - The U.S. dollar has slid as investors grow more willing to take risks and buy stocks, easing demand for the currency as a safe haven.
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AP - Bank of England policy maker David Blanchflower said the bank must cut its interest rate soon, and by a significant measure, to ward off the threat of deflation as the British economy enters a recession.
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AP - It took Ella Jenkins and two teenage pals less than 15 minutes to give a thumbs up to London's biggest mall, which opened Thursday despite the gloomy economic climate that threatens to dampen vital Christmas sales.
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AP - British American Tobacco PLC, Europe's largest cigarette maker, said Thursday net profit rose 9.5 percent in the third quarter on better sales of global brands, particularly in emerging markets, and a gain from changes in currency values.
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