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Dollar recoups losses to trade higher versus euro after U.S. data
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar rose against the euro on Friday, recovering from an early swoon after better-than-expected U.S. durable goods data for April eased investor concerns about the U.S. economy. Durable goods orders, which range from toasters...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Iran, Nikkei, G20 Summit, Metal and Mineral
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Stimulus fears haunt share markets, dollar recovers
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets slipped on Friday on worries that the U.S. Federal Reserve may curtail its stimulus measures, while the dollar recovered against the euro to trade almost flat after better-than-expected U.S. durable goods data...Tags: Apple iPhone, Oslo (Norway), Cirrus Logic Incorporated, Symptoms, Moscow (Russia)
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Cruden, Clarke help Chiefs claim crucial Crusaders win
Reuters(Reuters) - A huge defensive effort helped the Waikato Chiefs overcome the Canterbury Crusaders 28-19 in a ferocious all-New Zealand Super Rugby clash in Hamilton on Friday that had all the hallmarks of an international test. Flyhalf Aaron Cruden and...Tags: Canterbury
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Australian dairy farmers cut out middlemen
SYDNEY, Australia - Tim Bale's dairy farm barely broke even in six years as mergers of processors and competition between supermarkets Coles and Woolworths pushed down milk prices. So 14 months ago, he decided to cut out the middleman. "The milk...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Australia, Business, Japan, Sydney (Australia)
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Rugby-New Zealand's Williams calls time on test career
ReutersWELLINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - New Zealand's second highest-capped lock Ali Williams announced his retirement from international rugby on Friday. The 32-year-old had played 77 tests for the world champion All Blacks in his 10-year international career....Tags: Robin Williams, FIFA World Cup
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New Zealand opt for Bracewell over Vettori for second test
ReutersLEEDS, England (Reuters) - New Zealand will go with a four-seamer attack and will not risk spinner Daniel Vettori for the second and final test against England starting at Headingley on Friday, captain Brendon McCullum said. Doug Bracewell, who missed...Tags: Sports, Cricket
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England in good hands with Root and Compton, says Cook
ReutersLEEDS, England (Reuters) - England have emerged from a "changing of the guard" with their batting line-up and captain Alastair Cook has backed the likes of Joe Root and Nick Compton to make their names in the test arena. Cook said he had every faith that... -
Norway crime novelist talks his way to live interview record
ReutersOSLO, May 23 (Reuters) - Defying the stereotype of the tight-lipped Scandinavian, popular Norwegian crime writer Hans Olav Lahlum set the world record for the longest interview on Thursday after spending more than 30 non-stop hours chatting in an online...Tags: Arts and Culture, Oslo (Norway), Computer Crime, Henrik Ibsen, Literature
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Vitamin C may not treat gout: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Daily vitamin C supplements don't lower uric acid as much as drugs used to treat high levels of the acid that's responsible for gout, says a new study from New Zealand. "It's not that the vitamin C didn't reduce the uric...Tags: Allopurinol (drug), Mineral Supplements, Arthritis, Chemical Industry, Medical Research
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Cricket-New Zealand opt for Bracewell, Vettori out of second test
ReutersLEEDS, England, May 23 (Reuters) - New Zealand will go with a four-seamer attack and will not risk spinner Daniel Vettori for the second and final test against England starting at Headingley on Friday, captain Brendon McCullum said. Doug Bracewell, who... -
China milk powder firms court foreign cachet for domestic gains
ReutersBy Adam Jourdan SHANGHAI, May 23 (Reuters) - The rolling green hills and gurgling blonde toddlers in the ads for Yashili International Holdings Ltd underscore how keen China's biggest milk powder producers are to appear global to emerge from the shadow...Tags: China, Coca-Cola Co., Marketing, Companies and Corporations, Ai Weiwei
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Scotland says better off without Britain, but with the pound
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Ending Britain's 306-year rule would allow Scotland to reverse generations of economic mismanagement and free its lawmakers to boost economic growth, say Scottish nationalists campaigning to split from the UK. Independence would not...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Career and Workplace, National Government, Labor Legislation, United Kingdom
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