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HSBC - An branch of HSBC, located at To Kwa Wan, Hong Kong /aaeh
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HSBC profits rise despite $3.2 bln subprime hit
Logo of HSBC in the Kwun Tong district in Hong Kong on May 08. Global bank HSBC has said that first-quarter profits climbed, despite writing off an additional 3.2 billion dollars (2.07 billion euros)... (photo: Creative Commons)
Glasgow Rangers' manager Walter Smith, Soccer
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MURRAY SAVOURS SEASON
Rangers chairman Sir David Murray believes Walter Smith's team are giving the club exceptional value for money - and has backed it up with hard evidence. Murray has highlighted the comparison between... (photo: AP)
PETRON - GASOLINE STATION - FUEL - PETROLEUM - OIL - KEROSENE - DIESEL  The Business Review 
Executive survey first prediction of let-up in still-soaring oil prices

More than half of oil and gas executives polled in a recent survey think oil prices will drop below $100 a barrel by the end of the year. KPMG LLP's Global Energy Institute's annual survey,... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
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Strong Yen
A strong yen and a slow U.S. auto market are to blame for Japanese automaker Toyota's profit drop in the first quarter, and Malaysia's Maybank will buy a stake in a Pakistani lender. Claudia Blume has... (photo: Public domain photo)
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Wheat -Grain -Agriculture - India -hires(sk1) The Times Of India
India could import 5 lakh tons of wheat in MY 2008-09: US
    NEW DELHI: India may import five lakh tons of wheat in the marketing year 2008-09 if domestic prices rise significantly against sharp fall in the... (photo: WN / sayalik)
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Strong Dollar Lifts Asian Markets, Japan Ends Higher

Asian markets turned mostly higher in the afternoon session Monday, as a stronger U.S. dollar cheered investors and lifted exporters. Both Australia and Japan closed up... (photo: AP Photo / Pat Roque)
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Natalie Portman quits Wuthering Heights

(Agencies) Updated: 2008-05-12 15:38     Natalie Portman   Director John Maybury's upcoming adaptation of Wuthering Heights is facing a casting crisis... (photo: AP )
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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks during the Cabinet meeting in Moscow on Monday, May 12, 2008 The Australian
Russian PM unveils new cabinet
INCOMING Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has announced his cabinet line-up today, re-appointing most key ministers and taking powerful figures from his previous... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze)
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KLdy1 - currency - usd - dollar - us dollar - u.s dollar - united states dollar. (dy1) Turkish Press
Dollar higher ahead of key economic data
A money changer displays stacks of 100 US dollar bills. The dollar traded mainly higher Wednesday, supported by hopes that the worst of the credit crunch is over and that... (photo: WN)
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Women balance sacks full of tea-buds on their heads on the way to their fields at Koomtai Tea The Times Of India
Tea prices at auctions rise
    KOLKATA: Tea prices at auctions across the country have risen on increased demand and reduced supply of the commodity. Average auction prices rose to about... (photo: AP / Bikas Das)
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Strawberries-fruits (sl1) 50,000 tonnes of fruit 'will be left to rot' due to tightening of immigration laws Belfast Telegraph
Chicken Tikka ready to be served or used in a Chicken Tikka Masala - india - hires - am1 Chasni curries favour over tikka BBC News
A large sign is toppled over due to damage caused by Cyclone Nargis near Rangoon, Burma May 5, 2008. Scots group join Burma aid effort BBC News
Gordon Brown, Britain´s Treasury chief and the predicted successor to Prime Minister Tony Blair, laughs as he listens to a question from the audience following his speech on the environment during a conference in central London, Monday March 12, 20 PM to fight against Scottish independence The Australian
Britain´s Minister for Europe Douglas Alexander speaks to press in Kosovo´s capital Pristina Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005, infront of a poster saying "Great Britain - We are with you! - People of Kosova" put up after the terrorist attac People: Douglas Alexander, Hazel Court, Will Self The Times
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PETRON - GASOLINE STATION - FUEL - PETROLEUM - OIL - KEROSENE - DIESEL Stocks headed for moderately higher open as oil falls The News Tribune
A screen at the Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney shows a graph illustrating the drop in share prices Markets to play it safe ahead of budget The Australian
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke smiles Monday, May 5, 2008 after receiving the Columbia Business School award in Distinguished Leadership in Government during the 32nd annual dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York, Monday, May 5, 2 Fed wins space for more cuts Asia Times
Wal-Mart Wal-Mart same-store sales top Wall Street expectations AOL
Economic Indicator
Visitors to Tokyo Stock Exchange watch stock prices during the afternoon trade in Tokyo Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008. Japan's benchmark stock index plunged more than 4 percent in Tuesday morning trading in the second day of a frenetic sell-off over fears of a possible global slowdown. The benchmark Nikkei index lost 587.63 points, or 4.41 percent, to 12,738.31 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange at the end of the morning session. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) hg3 Nikkei hits 4-month closing high, oil shares rise The Times Of India
A man walks by an electronic board displaying a chart of the yen-dollar currency rate in Tokyo, Monday, July 23, 2007 as the U.S. dollar was trading at 120.88 yen at 3:09 p.m. (0609 GMT), down from 121.24 yen late Friday in New York. (nn1) Nikkei drops in wake of Fed rate cut International Herald Tribune
Passersby walk past an electric board displaying world stock prices in Tokyo Tuesday, July 23, 2002. Tokyo stocks declined early Tuesday, following Wall Street's plunge on Monday. The benchmark 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 125.90 points, or 1.24 percent, to 10, 063.11 after the first half-hour of trading. The Nikkei Stock Average is seen at top of the board. (AP Photo/Tsugufumi Matsumoto)hg3 Tokyo stocks rise; Nikkei up 0.2 percent The Boston Globe
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