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      Exclusive: EU cites Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE for trade violations

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      EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht stands for a portrait while visiting Reuters in New York

      By Daniel Bases NEW YORK (Reuters) - Europe's top trade official for the first time late on Friday officially cited Chinese mobile telecommunications equipment makers Huawei and ZTE Corp for violating anti-dumping and anti-subsidy guidelines. European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said he was prepared to launch …

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      Finance Minister Widmer-Schlumpf gestures during a news conference on the business tax reform III in Bern

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      U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke attends the G20 finance ministers meeting during the Spring Meeting of the IMF and World Bank in Washington

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      China April housing inflation quickens to two year high

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      A salesperson talks to a customer behind models of a residential compound at a real estate exhibition in Wuxi

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      Japan to provide $2 bln to Africa resources projects

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      TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will provide $2 billion worth of financial support over five years to back Japanese firms' resources development projects in Africa, media reported on Saturday. Japan's Trade Minister Toshimitsu Motegi made the announcement at the Africa-Japan Ministerial Meeting for Resources Development held in …

    • A sign stands in front of the JPMorgan Chase & Co bank headquarters building in New York
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      A sign stands in front of the JPMorgan Chase & Co bank headquarters building in New York

      By David Henry NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pension and endowment managers on Friday called on U.S. regulators to review the rules for shareholder voting after a firm collecting ballots for JPMorgan Chase & Co cut off the bank's opponents from polling information. The Council of Institutional Investors, which represents managers …

    • The Dexia tower is seen at La Defense, near Paris, after announcement that Belgium and France will pay 5.5 billion euros
      Judge revives Dexia's mortgage lawsuit vs. JPMorgan

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      The Dexia tower is seen at La Defense, near Paris, after announcement that Belgium and France will pay 5.5 billion euros

      By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A federal judge has revived a closely watched lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co of misleading Belgian-French bank Dexia SA into buying more than $1.6 billion of troubled mortgage debt. Citing a recent federal appeals court decision involving American International Group Inc and Bank of …

    • A woman rides her bicycle along an alley next to a residential compound in central Beijing
      China April home prices rise 4.9 percent: Reuters calculation

      BEIJING (Reuters) - Average new home prices in China's 70 major cities rose 4.9 percent in April from a year earlier, according to Reuters calculations based on official data published on Saturday, marking … More »China April home prices rise 4.9 percent: Reuters calculation

      A woman rides her bicycle along an alley next to a residential compound in central Beijing

      BEIJING (Reuters) - Average new home prices in China's 70 major cities rose 4.9 percent in April from a year earlier, according to Reuters calculations based on official data published on Saturday, marking the fourth straight month of year-on-year increase. In month-on-month terms, prices rose 1 percent in April, easing …

    • LATAM Airlines to resume Argentina flights later Saturday

      SANTIAGO (Reuters) - LATAM Airlines Group SA said on Saturday it will resume flights to, from and within Argentina by 1530 GMT after state company Intercargo unilaterally decided on Friday to stop providing … More »LATAM Airlines to resume Argentina flights later Saturday

      SANTIAGO (Reuters) - LATAM Airlines Group SA said on Saturday it will resume flights to, from and within Argentina by 1530 GMT after state company Intercargo unilaterally decided on Friday to stop providing services to the carrier. Argentine state company Intercargo manages services for the loading and unloading of luggage …

    • NYSE cancels irregular trades in Anadarko stock: Bloomberg

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      (Reuters) - The New York Stock Exchange canceled trades in Anadarko Petroleum Corp after a blip in trading cut the market value of the company by 99 percent, according to a report in Bloomberg. Trading in the shares of the $45.15 billion company plunged to trade at 1 cent per share shortly before markets closed on Friday. …

    • Alpine in talks with FCC on financing: CEO

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      VIENNA (Reuters) - Alpine, the Austrian unit of Spanish construction group FCC , will hold talks with its owners on how to meet its financing needs and has many options open, Chief Executive Arnold Schiefer said. He was responding to a newspaper report that FCC was worried about Alpine's finances and that Austria's second-biggest …

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      TSX rises as gold miners lone sore spot TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose on Friday as robust economic data helped drive gains in energy stocks and financial shares, offsetting weakness in gold producers. The materials sector, a major component of the S&P/TSX composite which includes gold miners, was the …

     

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