Archive for November, 2008

US stocks fall on profit-taking, Europe off highs (AP)

A passer-by watches the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rose 351.15 to 8589.79 in the morning session. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - U.S. stocks fell sharply Friday as investors booked profits from the previous day's hefty rally, pulling European stocks off their highs for the day. Asian stocks rose.

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FTSE 100 climbs up (AFP)

London shares advanced on Friday led by oil and commodities despite concerns over a looming recession.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - London shares advanced on Friday led by oil and commodities despite concerns over a looming recession.

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Renault to cut inventories amid sales plunge (AP)

AP - French automaker Renault said Friday it will cut production at five sites after sales in October plunged more than 14 percent from a year earlier amid fallout from the financial crisis.

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Europe in recession, U.S. in pain as world leaders meet (Reuters)

A man uses a laptop next to a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, November 4, 2008. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)Reuters - Europe officially fell into recession on Friday and the U.S. economy suffered further blows as world leaders headed to Washington to address the worst financial crisis in 80 years.

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Investor group questions Barclays’ Gulf cash deal (AP)

AP - There is growing skepticism about whether Britain's Barclays bank made the right decision in raising money from Middle Eastern investors rather than the British government to survive the financial crisis.

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