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BoE minutes show 'range of views' on economic slack, inflation outlook
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's economic recovery is gaining momentum but Bank of England policymakers held different views about the amount of slack in the economy and the medium-term inflation outlook,...
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Budget deficit narrowest since crisis, government just hits target
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's budget deficit in the 12 months to March sank to its lowest since the financial crisis, and the government narrowly met its latest deficit reduction goal, official data sh...
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Germany's private sector expands faster in April - PMI
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's private sector expanded faster in April, recovering from a slight slowdown in growth in March, as both manufacturing and services industry activity rose more than expected...
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Cancellations on Everest amid talks to save climbing season
Kathmandu (AFP) - Another major mountaineering company has abandoned its Everest expedition after a deadly avalanche killed 16 Nepalese guides, as the government strove Wednesday to save the climbing season, a vital earner for the country.
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Momentum in French business activity recovery wanes in April - PMI
PARIS (Reuters) - The French private sector expanded at a much slower rate in April, surveys showed on Wednesday, underlining the fragility of the recovery in the euro zone's second-biggest economy.
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Thai PM given more time in critical legal case
Bangkok (AFP) - Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday gave crisis-mired Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra more time to submit her defence against allegations of abuse of power which could see her removed from office.
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Female student says she was booted from prom for wearing pants
Shafer Rupard is a student at Cherryville High School in North Carolina. On Saturday the high school held its prom at the Cherryville Golf & Country Club, and Ms Rupard went with friends.
1 hour, 48 minutes ago
60% of China underground water polluted: report
Beijing (AFP) - Sixty percent of underground water in China which is officially monitored is too polluted to drink directly, state media have reported, underlining the country's grave environmental problems.
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UK man fined over live goldfish dare
A UK man has been convicted under the Animal Welfare Act after he swallowed a live goldfish in a Neknomination challenge.
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Obama visit lifts lid on simmering Asia tensions
Tokyo (AFP) - US President Barack Obama's Asian tour starts in Japan on Wednesday, lifting the lid on a bubbling cauldron of regional animosities and exposing historical rifts.
April 23, 2014, 7:18 pm
Washington calls S.Sudan violence an 'abomination'
Juba (AFP) - The White House expressed horror at what it called the "abomination" of spiralling violence in South Sudan's civil war, where rebels have been accused of massacring hundreds of civilians.
April 23, 2014, 7:11 pm
Chairman of Lanzhou Veolia apologises after water pollution in China
BEIJING (Reuters) - The chairman of the Chinese unit of French utility Veolia Environment
April 23, 2014, 7:10 pmhas apologised to the public after a cancer-inducing chemical was found in tap water supplied b... -
Sweden's Alecta rejects VW offer for Scania shares
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish pension firm Alecta said on Wednesday it had chosen not to accept Volkswagen's
April 23, 2014, 7:04 pm200 per share offer for the outstanding stock in Scania , ... 
Paying for giant Nile dam itself, Ethiopia thwarts Egypt but takes risks
By Aaron Maasho
April 23, 2014, 7:02 pm
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's bold decision to pay for a huge dam itself has overturned generations of Egyptian control over the Nile's waters, and may help transfo...
Sports Direct posts fourth-quarter sales rise
LONDON (Reuters) - British retailer Sports Direct
April 23, 2014, 6:48 pmhit out at shareholders on Wednesday for failing to back a lucrative bonus share scheme proposed for its founder Mike Ashley, as it post... 
Mourners flock to funeral of Myanmar pro-democracy hero
Yangon (AFP) - Hundreds of mourners gathered Wednesday to mark the funeral of Win Tin, a former journalist and giant of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement, in an outpouring of grief for one of the country's best loved champions of freedom.
April 23, 2014, 6:48 pm-
Primark growth offsets weak sugar market at AB Foods
LONDON (Reuters) - Associated British Foods
April 23, 2014, 6:45 pmmet forecasts with a 1 percent rise in first-half profit with a strong performance from its Primark clothing chain and progress in its grocery... -
Spirent revenue rises 16 percent thanks to China 4G roll-out
(Reuters) - British telecoms testing company Spirent Communications Plc reported a 16 percent rise in quarterly revenue as orders rose on the back of a multi-billion-dollar roll-out of 4G networks in ...
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Fenner profit slumps on weak demand for conveyor belts
(Reuters) - Fenner Plc
April 23, 2014, 6:32 pmsaid its first-half pretax profit slumped 32 percent, hurt by weak demand for its industrial conveyor belts and a delay in sales of advanced polymeric materials. ...
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