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A stock trader studies a computer for market developments at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Friday, Aug. 29, 1997 when the market's key Hang Seng Index continued a fall, dropping 633.85 points, or 4.3 percent, before closing the morning session at 14,242.25. The decline, also reflected in other regional markets, was linked to continued concern over the stability of some Asian currencies. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)hg3
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Dollar steady, stocks waver before Fed meet
* Dollar steady, Asia stocks waver ahead of Fed meeting * Asia currencies firm as Dubai bailout helps risk appetite * Oil stabilises after nine-day slide By Susan Fenton HONG KONG, Dec 15 (Reuters) -... (photo: AP Photo / Vincent Yu)
ex-British European Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B (G-AWZK) preserved at Manchester Airport, England. Delivered new in 1971, she flew for BEA and British Airways, retiring in 1985.
Air   Britain   Business   Job   Photos		  The Oklahoman 
Business Briefs: Air carrier faces strike
Air carrier Faces strike LONDON - British Airways cabin crew members will strike over Christmas, their union said Monday, throwing the plans of thousands of holiday travelers into uncertainty at one... (photo: European Community / Adrian)
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Samsung Electronics taps its president to be CEO
(AP) - Samsung Electronics says its president and digital media chief Geesung Choi will take over as CEO from Yoon-woo Lee, as part of a management shuffle at the South Korean technology giant. Lee,... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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Passengers wait in Terminal four with a British airways plane tail fin behind, at Heathrow Airport, London, Friday Aug. 12, 2005. Thousands of passengers face long delays after BA cancelled all Heathrow flights until Friday evening, in a move prompted by an escalating industrial dispute with catering staff.  The Independent 
The battle for British Airways
Senior British Airways managers last night warned they were in a "fight to the death" with unions over plans for an unprecedented 12-day strike by cabin crew which threatens to wreck the Christmas... (photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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Dubai is given $10bn bailout by Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI cheered markets yesterday by extending a $10 billion bailout to Dubai, enabling its fellow emirate to avoid an embarrassing slide into default by troubled... (photo: GFDL / Producer)

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The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Anand Sharma and the Italian Minister for Economic Development, Mr. Claudio Scajola exchanging the signed documents of the Minutes of Indo-Italian Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation, in New Delhi on December 14, 2009. The Hindu
India, Italy to increase trade
NEW DELHI: India and Italy on Monday entered into an agreement to promote bilateral trade and investments.... (photo: PIB of India)

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Conservative candidate for the French presidential elections Nicolas Sarkozy gestures as he speaks during a press conference on international policy in Paris, Wednesday Feb. 28, 2007. Sarkozy said, France´s nuclear arsenal is an ´´absol Daily Star Lebanon
France unveils $52 billion public spending spree
By Agence France Presse (AFP) Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - Powered by PARIS: President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday that France would take out a loan to finance a... (photo: AP /Michel Euler)

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George Papandreou, Leader of PanHellenic Socialist Movement Party (PASOK) , waves to supporters during a pre-election rally in Athens on Thursday Oct. 1, 2009. Al Jazeera
Greece moves to tackle debt crisis
Greece's prime minister has announced a series of spending cuts to prevent the country "sinking" under $422bn of debt. George Papandreou on Monday pledged that his... (photo: AP / Aggelos Tzortzinis)

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Greek Socialist Party leader George Papandreou, speaks to supporters outside his partys headquarters in central Athens, on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. The Star
Greek PM pledges spending cuts, tax on bankers
ATHENS (Reuters) - Prime Minister George Papandreou, treading a tightrope between public opinion and impatient investors, announced spending cuts and a 90 percent tax on... (photo: AP / Angelos Tzortzinis)

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Protestors run off with a balloon representing the volume of one metric ton of carbon dioxide during a demonstration outside parliament, rear, in Copenhagen Monday Dec. 14, 2009. The Times of India
Africa emerges champion of developing world's cause
COPENHAGEN: Under Kyoto Protocol, only industrialized countries are required to undertake emission reduction targets for the second phase starting 2012. For the past... (photo: AP / Peter Dejong)

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The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Anand Sharma and the Italian Minister for Economic Development, Mr. Claudio Scajola exchanging the signed documents of the Minutes of Indo-Italian Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation, in New Delhi on December 14, 2009. ‘Indo-Italian pacts to boost FDI’ The Statesman
A sign of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), right, is seen on its office in London, Tuesday, April 22, 2008. Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC announced the biggest rights issue in British corporate history on Tuesday, asking shareholders to stump up 12 billion pounds (US$23.9 billion; euro15.1 billion) to bolster its finances after reporting further hits from its exposure to the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)hg3 RBS wins EU OK for UK bailout Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A man dressed as death on horseback holding a scythe, rides past a balloon indicating the volume of one tonne of carbon dioxide, outside parliament in Copenhagen Monday Dec. 14, 2009. Talks Stall as Poorer Nations Threaten to Walk Out The New York Times
EU national flags are reflected in a window in back of the EU flag The Case for Letting Estonia Into the Euro Zone The New York Times
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UAE currency - Dirhams - money - economy Global stocks boosted as Abu Dhabi bails out Dubai Yahoo Daily News
Men walk past a financial display board in central London, Monday Oct. 6, 2008. Asian and European stock markets plunged Monday as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe failed to alleviate fears that the global financial crisis would depress world economic growth. By midafternoon Europe time, Britain's benchmark stock index, the FTSE 100, lost 245.70 to 4,734.55 _ a 4.93 percent fall. The declines were led by the banking industry, with the mining and oil industries also suffering FTSE 100 ends higher Yahoo Daily News
-A broker sits in front of the indicating panel of the German stock index DAX at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Oct. 24, European stocks rally, London up 1.0% Yahoo Daily News
A pedestrian passes outside the Athens' stock exchange on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. Greece: Credit rating slash spooks stocks Money Week
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Trader reacts to early market moves on the London Stock Exchange and the FTSE100 index at CMC Markets in London, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008 . Britain's benchmark stock index, the FTSE 100, fell 4.62 percent in the first 15 minutes of trading on Monday morning, following a slide in Asian markets as the financial crisis worsened over the weekend. The FTSE fell 230.2 to 4,750.05. The worst declines were in the banking industry _ HBOS PLC's share price dropped 12.7 percent to 175 pence (US$3.08), while the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC fell 10.8 percent to 166 pence (US$2 FTSE 100 climbs on Dubai bailout news Yahoo Daily News
A sign of Barclays Bank, left, is seen beside a City of London dragon statue, at a branch in the City of London, Monday, June 16, 2008. Barclays PLC said it is considering selling shares to both new and existing shareholders, sending its shares 6 percent higher on Monday as investors welcomed the potential attempt to strengthen the bank's capital. The stock was also supported by Barclay's report that its pretax profit in May was "well ahead" of the same period a year ago due to strong profit growth in its global consumer and commercial banking divis Banks made `mistakes' Hong Kong Standard
European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet addresses the media, after a meeting of the European Central Bank at the Belgian National Bank in Brussels, Thursday Dec.4, 2008. The European Central Bank has cut its benchmark interest rate to 2.5 percent, following similar moves by central banks across the conti European Central Bank chief warns against 'self-serving' bonus culture The Observer
French President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks at his joint news conference with Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso after their talks in the presidential residence in Georgia, Tbilisi on Monday late, Sept. 8, 2008. France Follows Britain on Bonuses The New York Times
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