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Au Market Watch:

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  Watch takeover merchants circle as majors seek gold
  The Australian
  We could speculate for days about which other of the Australian gold companies active in West Africa will be on someone's takeover watch list. ...
  
  
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  Australian benchmark rises, but some miners slip
  MarketWatch
  TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Australia's benchmark index was higher early Thursday, as a late rally on Wall Street carried over into Asia-Pacific trading. ...
  
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  The Canadian Press
  
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  Australian dollar pares losses against U.S. rival
  MarketWatch
  LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The Australian dollar shook off selling pressure tied to an inconclusive weekend election, ...
  
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  Futures rally ahead of jobs, manufacturing data
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  NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- US stock futures resumed a strong advance Wednesday after a report from ADP showed ...
  
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  Singapore property curbs may bite banks' growth
  MarketWatch
  HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- The biting restrictions that Singapore introduced earlier this week to cool the city's property ...
  
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US Market Watch:

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  Petrobras shares rise as share offering launched
  MarketWatch
  MarketWatch's Rex Crum reports. The country's currency (US:USDBRL) finished modestly higher after details of the share sale were released. ...
  
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  Barchart.com offers real-time data at a bargain
  Chicago Sun-Times
  Examples include Yahoo's (YHOO) finance section, and the MarketWatch product of Rupert Murdoch's News (NWSA). They are cheaper but not always tailored to ...
  
  
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  Globe and Mail
  
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  U.S. house prices climb in second quarter: FHFA
  MarketWatch
  WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- US house prices rose in the second quarter of 2010 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency's seasonally adjusted ...
  
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  Latin American stocks fall as growth fears linger
  MarketWatch
  Investors on Friday will get fresh figures outlining the state of the already fragile US labor market. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch expect that just ...
  
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  Tokyo shares could find support on valuations
  MarketWatch
  HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- A day after Japanese stocks tumbled to 16-month lows, analysts said cheap valuations and the ...
  
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  Client retention at insurance businesses has stabilized, CEO Benmosche says
  MarketWatch
  SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- American International Group said Monday that it has repaid almost $4 billion to the US ...
  
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Eu Market Watch:

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  Europe Takes a Big Step to Avert Economic Crises
  New York Times
  WITH the creation of a clutch of new financial watchdog agencies, the European Union this week took its biggest step yet to prevent a ...
  
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  EU cuts deal to set up banking watchdogs
  EurActiv
  The trio of new financial watchdogs will be complemented by a group attached to the European Central Bank that will keep watch for other economic risks, ...
  
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  FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in Ireland
  Reuters
  Dublin is awaiting a European Commission decision, expected later in September, on what to do with Anglo and Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said this will ...
  
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  Mauritius unveils stimulus to offset euro crisis
  MarketWatch
  SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The government of Mauritius on Friday unveiled a nearly $400 million stimulus package aimed at ...
  
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  Asians help enforce discipline in Europe
  MarketWatch
  TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Be careful, Europe: Asia is watching you. That's the inexorable message from a series of meetings with ...
  
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  GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks mark time ahead of key US jobs data
  Reuters
  [WATCH/EU] [.N] Yet, some warned the gloom may be overdone. "Market players have been building up positions for some time to brace for a weak US recovery. ...
  
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  Britain's insurance industry poised for series of mergers and acquisitions
  The Guardian
  RBS has been ordered by the European commission to sell its insurance arm, which includes Direct Line and Churchill. "If you're a CEO now is probably not a ...
  
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  FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in the Czech Republic
  Reuters
  Czech public debt is half the European Union average at 35.4 percent of GDP. But it has grown from 29 percent in 2007 and is rising fast, due largely to ...
  
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  FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in Hungary
  Reuters
  Orban has also said Hungary would only negotiate with the EU about 2011 budget plans and the country was strong enough to finance itself from the markets. ...
  
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