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• Greece speeds up $67bn privatisation program
• Debt crisis fears hammer banks
• China manufacturing falls to 10-month low: HSBC
• China Is Now Top Gold Bug
• Big four's rating clipped
• Rate rise to hurt like hell, says BoQ boss
• Australian dollar susceptible to 'vicious' decline, warns HSBC
• Treasury to tap pensions to help fund government
• Gold One strikes it rich with accepted takeover
• Myer steps up outsourcing to China
• Tully sugar mill's battle against global push
• Doubts cast on China's preferred method to fight inflation
• Forbes Predicts U.S. Gold Standard Within 5 Years
• U.S. ‘Underwater’ Homeowners Increase to 28 Percent, Zillow Says
• Portugal opens inquiry into international rating agencies, official says
• China's rising wages propel prices
• Tough budget won't stop rate rises: Reserve Bank of Australia
• SQM warns housing prices may drop over 5% as stock levels rise 3.9% in April
• Retail slump fuels fears the Australian economy shrank in the first quarter
• Alarms ring on rising mortgage arrears
• Reserve leaves rates on hold
• Hedge funds increase bets dollar will decline
• Mine boom raises fears of inflation
• Silver hits record near $50, first time since 1980
• CPI rise leading inflation back to pre-GFC days
• Central banks pump £3 trillion into world economy
• IMF bombshell: Age of America nears end
• US economy just a notch above Greece
• CEOs step up Canberra attacks, as they brace for tough budget
• The 'other' housing market, where house prices have regressed 60pc
• China tells banks to stress-test property loans
• Call to get house in order before global trade shock
• Gold price climbs to record $US1500
• U.S. credit rating outlook lowered by S&P
• Texas University Takes Cue From Kyle Bass to Hold $1 Billion in Gold Bars
• Max Keiser - Hang the bankers
• Greece Plans $110 Billion in Austerity Measures, Asset Sales to Cut Debt
• Lacker Says Fed Must Remove Stimulus Before Inflation Picks Up
• Nobody is Smarter Than The Markets
• US deficit up 15.7% in first half of fiscal 2011
• Big banks are government-backed: Fed's Hoenig
• M&M to shift acquired Boeing plant to Bangalore
• Giant tax hole sets up savage budget
• Debt Jumped $54.1 Billion in 8 Days Preceding Obama-Boehner Deal to Cut $38.5 Billion for Rest of Ye
• Gold settles at record; silver ends at $40.61 an ounce
• Gold, Oil Soar to Fresh Highs As Inflation Fears Mount
• Ryan: Debt on Track to Hit 800 Percent of GDP
• Gold price strikes new record high
• Monthly inflation surges most in 14 months
• Nat Rothschild in talks with former BP chief Tony Hayward over energy investment fund
• Revealed: More Secret Loans
• Soaring dollar puts jobs at risk
• We've Become a Nation of Takers, Not Makers
• Foreign Banks Tapped Fed's Lifeline Most as Bernanke Kept Borrowers Secret
• Danes accuse MAp over tax loophole
• Wal-Mart CEO Bill Simon expects serious inflation
• The Fed Releases Thousands Of Secret Bailout Docs In The Least Transparent Way Possible
• Food Inflation Kept Hidden in Tinier Bags
• China's new gold rush: its nervous citizens are helping fuel the bullion boom
• US motorists rage against Macquarie toll
• RBA warns on mortgage push
• Gold near record, silver tops $37 on safe-haven bid
• Food, power add weight to CPI
• IMF deputy chief John Lipsky fears a fiscal debt crisis in the West
• China's Ghost Cities
• Rare G7 joint intervention in currency markets to force down the surging yen
• Indians and Chinese circle for Premier Coal sale
• First-time buyers offered £70,000 deposits by local councils
• Tokyo Shares End Day Down 11%
• Minerals tax 'unfair to small miners'
• Utah Legislature goes for gold, silver as currency options
• EU paralysis drives fresh bond rout
• Top UK businessmen among 9 arrested in bank probe
• Consumers' purses remain shut tight
• Inflation Endangering China ‘Dream’ Spurs Wen Pledge on Prices
• Gold hits record high in flight to safety from Libyan unrest
• Defaults on credit cards hit more than £1 billion
• Job cuts blamed on cheap glass imports from China
• Sleepless night for day traders after a hi-tech glitch hits ASX
• Bosses gloomy about growth prospects
• Creditors get money back as Indian buys Griffin
• Industry slams carbon Gillard's call
• Oil Touches $100 a Barrel on Libya Unrest
• UK: House prices to fall '20% in two years'
• 700,000 unsold new-build houses in Spain
• BBC takes last slice of Planet
• China's hunger for gold fuels bull run
• White House Economists Won’t Testify on Stimulus
• QR National major job cuts
• UK Inflation Surges to 4%, Highest Since Nov. 2008
• Korean group submits non-binding bid for Whitehaven Coal
• Administrators race to sell Griffin Coal's $1.2bn power stations
• Store owners blue as shoppers skip retail therapy
• Dry bulk faces catastrophic bankruptcies
• Home-Price Drop Leaves 27% of U.S. Owners Underwater on Loans, Zillow Says
• Wheat Jumps to Highest Since 2008 as Chinese Crop Faces Drought
• China escalates battle with inflation
• New Jersey's Pension Crisis Is Getting Worse
• UK banks at risk from property loans
• India's NMDC buys into two iron ore mines
• China property bubble to pop this year, says analyst
• IMF, warning of war, says ready to help Egypt
• 'China syndrome' means country faces dangerous property bubble
• Spain's jobless rate surges to 20.33%
• Japan's Credit Rating Cut to AA- by S&P on Debt Load
• Wall Street Partying in Davos as Bankers Overcome Crisis Angst
• E-mails Suggest Bear Stearns Cheated Clients Out of Billions
• Kimberly-Clark sheds 170 jobs in South Australia
• Chevron, Kyushu reach liquefied natural gas deal
• Chocolate price fears as cocoa jumps
• Bank of England's Posen Sees Housing `Downside Risk' Over Lack of Credit
• Shanghai plans to raise minimum wage by 10 pct in '11
• World needs $100 trillion more credit, says World Economic Forum
• What is Plan B if China dumps its U.S. debt?
• Inflation fears as reconstruction pushes demand for tradespeople
• Hedge funds bet China is a bubble close to bursting
• Fed Officials Saw Housing Bubble in 2005, Didn't Alter Policy
• US banks 'foreclosured on record 1m homes in 2010'
• Qld floods to wipe 1 per cent off GDP
• Home price drops exceed Great Depression: Zillow
• You're insane if you don't own gold, investors told
• CBA's Chinese partner caught in fraud probe
• Europe unveils sweeping plans to govern reckless banks
• Brazil pledges to stop US 'melting the dollar'
• Stimulus 'forcing RBA to lift rates'
• Pain deepens for Australia's factories
• European debt markets 'face second credit crisis'
• US must raise debt ceiling, says Obama's top economic adviser
• China Manufacturing Growth Slows as Interest Rates Rise to Curb Inflation
• Liquidity of assets 'must be regulated', says funds adviser
• Big retailer in dire straits on the back of poor sales
• Japan's Dai-ichi to bid for Tower Australia
• Either America Or China Will Crash In 2011
• The UK inflation genie is out of the bottle
• China raises interest rates on Christmas Day
• Nigeria borrows $900 million from Chinese bank
• Bloomberg Sues ECB to Force Disclosure of Greece Swaps
• Bunge to buy Tully Sugar for $127m
• $2tn debt crisis threatens to bring down 100 US cities
• Aussie Leads `Extreme' Currencies Deutsche Says Avoid
• Banks face an extra £80bn of bad debts
• Santos seals $70bn Gladstone gas deal with Korea
• India beats China to WA coal mines in $850m deal
• Banking regulator warns of too much competition
• CBA glitch wipes account balances
• Low interest rates failing to rescue British households from £1.45 trillion debts, says BOE
• A Secretive Banking Elite Rules Trading in Derivatives
• NAB and Westpac's Secret Bailout Revealed
• Ron Paul, Author of `End the Fed,' to Lead Panel Overseeing Central Bank
• Container ships slow speed as demand slumps for Asian exports
• Global bond rout deepens on US fiscal worries
• Max Keiser: Naked short sell JP Morgan’s stock to zero
• Gold, silver and copper hit record highs on fears of weakening dollar
• China's credit bubble on borrowed time as inflation bites
• KPMG auditor suspended over Allco bungle
• JP Morgan revealed as mystery trader that bought £1bn-worth of copper on LME
• Bernanke Doesn't Rule Out QE Exceeding $600 Billion
• Want JP Morgan to crash? Buy silver
• Fed Names Recipients of $3.3 Trillion in Crisis Aid
• BofA Mortgage Morass Deepens After Employee Says Trustee Didn't Get Notes
• Economy tipped to slide back
• U.S. Aircraft Carrier Group Enters Korea Seas as War Talk Rattles Market
• Foreclosed Homes May Flood Spanish Market as Banks Offload Unwanted Assets
• China, Russia quit dollar
• Australian shares struggle as Korean tensions mount
• More state assets set for fast train
• Euro Gains After Ireland Agrees With European Union on Bank Rescue Package
• Bernanke Takes Aim at China
• More rate rises on the cards, says OECD
• Chinese grapple with soaring cost of food, the biggest driver of inflation
• World Gold Council Releases Third Quarter Gold Market Outlook
• Euro Dominos Will Fall Until Currency Is Split: Matthew Lynn
• Banks could raise money using depositors' funds as collateral
• Bidders charge ahead in state electricity sale
• Max Keiser: "Buy A Silver Coin, Destroy JP Morgan"
• Fed `New World Order' May Boost Treasury Volatility, Caron Says
• JP Morgan and HSBC being sued for silver market manipulation
• Thai company buys into MSF sugar mills
• IMF warns of inflation outbreak
• JPMorgan, HSBC Accused of Manipulating Silver Futures
• State super scheme blows out by $7b
• ASX Singapore merger in political crossfire
• Asian bid for $14bn merger with ASX
• We may have landed booby prize in the currency wars
• Dollar dazzles but parity could cost tourist industry
• US Cities Face Half a Trillion Dollars of Pension Deficits
• Japan signals move on free trade talks
• Super-rich investors buy gold by ton
• Fears of Chinese land grab as Beijing's billions buy up resources
• Distressed Homes Sell at 26% Discount in U.S. as Supply Swells
• Czech president tells UN to stay out of economics
• Goldman plays dual role with Quinn Group
• Burry, Predictor of Mortgage Collapse, Bets on Farmland, Gold
• Lack of controls exposes farmers to water market rorts
• Alcohol drinking in Britain sees sharpest fall since 1948
• Drowning in Debt: US students helpless to pay off education
• `Zombie' Hotels Arise in Ireland as Recession Empties Rooms
• Greens & Labor to tax Australian industry into oblivion
• 'Say no' to Chinese investment: adviser
• British Nightclubs Shut as Economy Forces Revelers to Stay Home
• Housing Fades as a Means to Build Wealth, Analysts Say
• SAB Miller plots $12bn takeover of Carlton and United Breweries
• Plight of the 1.1million stuck in homes they can't sell
• Western profits wilt on China's surging wages
• Gold hits six-week high as geenback weakens
• Australia to appeal WTO ruling on import ban on New Zealand apples
• Australia 'too reliant on offshore funds'
• Jamaica sells 3 sugar plants to China's Complant
• Watch out, the great £50bn property unload is about to begin
• Gold Coin Sellers Angered by New Tax Law
• US private equity snaps up private hospitals
• QR float 'too big a risk', says QIC executive
• Seriously Underpriced Silver
• Mystery around BIS gold swaps impugns them as market rigging
• Centennial Coal accepts takeover offer
• Wilmar outbids Bright Food for CSR's sugar unit Sucrogen
• Mining figures 'based on student's paper'
• German Households Are More Indebted Than Greeks
• MacBank's code red
• Trader blows whistle on gold & silver price manipulation
• Goldman Again Tries To Dispel Notion That It Bets Against Its Clients
• China Gold Demand May Double Within Decade, WGC Says
• It's admitted to the CFTC: London gold market is a Ponzi scheme
• Stevens warns against property craze
• A London trader walks the CFTC through a silver manipulation in advance
• China puts its foot on the gas in $60bn deal
• Report: U.S. has lost 2.4M jobs to China