AP - A steep rally on Wall Street came too late Thursday to spur most world markets, although Latin American shares benefited from the buying spree in battered U.S. stocks.
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AFP - The European Union, United States and Canada said Thursday they had settled their WTO dispute with China over Beijing's restrictions on foreign financial news providers working in the country.
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AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has insisted before a summit of world leaders to address the global financial crisis that there can be "no more blind spots" in international markets.
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AFP - Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev proposed a new partnership with the European Union on Thursday, breezing past differences over Georgia to urge cooperation on global financial reform.
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AP - Russia's battered stock markets suffered another chaotic day of trading Thursday, as regulators shut the exchanges in response to falling share prices, then reopened them a practice that is wearing thin with investors.
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AFP - The European Union and United States said Thursday they had reached a deal with China over a WTO dispute on Beijing's restrictions on foreign financial news providers working in the country.
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AP - Russia's president and top business leaders looked Thursday to warming relations with the European Union as a ray of hope for Russia's tottering markets and at-risk economy. Yet critics say the EU is rushing too fast back into Moscow's embrace after a war that soured ties.
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AP - The world's developed countries, hard hit by the financial crisis, have probably tipped into a recession that will last at least through the first half of 2009, according to new projections issued Thursday.
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AFP - President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that Russia and the European Union will "speak with one voice" on the financial crisis at a summit this weekend, on the eve of crunch talks with EU leaders.
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AP - European and U.S. stock markets were little changed Thursday as stocks struggled to find direction following hefty losses in the first part of the week. Asian shares closely sharply lower.
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