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  1. Business

    Russian leader to meet British PM at G8-Kremlin

    Reuters - Monday, May 12

    MOSCOW, May 11 - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev plans to meet British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit in Japan in July, the Kremlin's press service said on Sunday. More »

  2. Business

    Sovereign funds welcome in Germany, finmin says

    Reuters - Saturday, May 10

    BERLIN, May 9 - Sovereign wealth funds are welcome in Germany, Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck said on Friday ahead of a visit to the Arabian Gulf region later this month when he is expected to meet such investors. More »

  3. Business

    Banks, miners drag Britain's FTSE down 1 pct

    Reuters - Saturday, May 10

    LONDON, May 9 - Britain's top share index shed 1.05 percent on Friday for its first weekly fall in a month, as a hefty loss in U.S. insurance giant AIG sent financials reeling and miners tracked weaker metal prices. More »

  4. Business

    BoE leaves UK rates at 5 percent, cut seen next month

    Reuters - Friday, May 9

    LONDON - The Bank of England kept British interest rates at 5.0 percent on Thursday but analysts say a slowing economy will force it to cut borrowing costs next month, even though inflation is heading higher. More »

  5. Business

    FACTBOX-Italy's Tremonti slams globalisation-book excerpts

    Reuters - Thursday, May 8

    "1989, with the fall of the Berlin Wall, marked the crisis of both communism and liberalism. Both were substituted by a new ideology: 'marketism', (the philosophy embracing unbridled market forces) - May 7 - Italy's new Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti published a book shortly before the April election in which he attacked globalisation and made proposals to avert a grim future for Europe. More »

  6. Business

    France launches international wing of nuclear agency

    Reuters - Thursday, May 8

    PARIS, May 7 - The French cabinet passed a decree on Wednesday allowing the country's Atomic Energy Commission to promote French nuclear expertise and safety standards globally. More »

  7. Business

    Spanish stocks - Factors to watch on Wednesday

    Reuters - Wednesday, May 7

    MADRID, May 7 - The following Spanish stocks may be affected by newspaper reports and other factors on Wednesday. More »

  8. Business

    FTSE flat; banks, pharmas offset gains in commods

    Reuters - Wednesday, May 7

    Thomson Reuters fell 3.4 percent after a trader said Morgan Stanley had placed 2.6 million shares in the company at between 15.15 and 15.25 pounds per share. Morgan Stanley declined to comment. (Additional reporting by Rebekah Curtis and Michael Taylor; Editing by David Hulmes) - LONDON, May 6 - Britain's top share index ended flat on Tuesday as gloom in banks and pharmaceuticals offset gains in miners and oil shares which rode on the coat-tail of higher commodity prices. More »

  9. Business

    Dollar fall may trigger German property sell-off

    Reuters - Wednesday, May 7

    In 2007, when the German property investment transaction volume hit yet another record -- 75 billion euros ($116 billion) - BERLIN, May 6 - The U.S. dollar's slide against the euro could make it attractive for U.S. investors who bought real estate in Germany three or four years ago to start offloading some of those properties. More »

  10. Business

    German prosecutors investigate Gazprom executive

    Reuters - Wednesday, May 7

    DUESSELDORF, Germany, May 6 - State prosecutors in Germany have opened an investigation into a senior German executive of Russian energy giant Gazprom on suspicion of perjury, authorities said on Tuesday. More »