Jobless Claims Get Better, but Remain at High Level
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Germans are blaming Merkel's tough stance on austerity for their entry's unpopularity at this year's Eurovision, in which Denmark was the victor.
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LONDON, May 23- The yen vaulted against the dollar and the euro on Thursday as a slide in equities prompted investors to take profits on the safe-haven Japanese currency's recent sharp falls.
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LONDON, May 23- The yen vaulted to two-week highs against the dollar and the euro on Thursday as a slide in equities encouraged profit-taking on the safe-haven currency's recent sharp falls.
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LONDON, May 20- European shares reached new five-year peaks on Monday, supported by strength in the autos and travel sector, where budget airline Ryanair's stock hit a record high on the back of strong earnings. Travel and leisure stocks gained 1.1 percent, led by a 6.9 percent jump in Ryanair after it reported expectation-beating earnings for the past year.
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Germans are blaming Merkel's tough stance on austerity for their entry's unpopularity at this year's Eurovision, in which Denmark was the victor.
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LONDON, May 16- Solar panels were cheaper than wind turbines for the first time last year in certain markets, per unit of capacity, and are rapidly closing a remaining gap in the full cost of power generation.
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LONDON, May 16- On approaching his 60th birthday this year, long-serving Tullow Oil boss Aidan Heavey told staff he felt "like two 30 year-olds". Peter Voser is giving up one of the world's most challenging CEO roles at Royal Dutch/Shell next year, before his 55th birthday, in pursuit of a "lifestyle change".
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LONDON, May 16- On approaching his 60th birthday this year, long-serving Tullow Oil boss Aidan Heavey told staff he felt "like two 30 year-olds". Peter Voser is giving up one of the world's most challenging CEO roles at Royal Dutch/Shell next year, before his 55th birthday, in pursuit of a "lifestyle change".
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PARIS, May 15- A growing divide between rich and poor risks will yawn still wider if cash-strapped governments keep cutting back the welfare state, an industrialised nations' think-tank warned on Wednesday.
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*Melt of Greenland, Antarctica less severe than expected. OSLO, May 14- A melt of ice on Greenland and Antarctica is likely to be less severe than expected this century, limiting sea level rise to a maximum of 69 cm, an international study said on Tuesday.
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BOSTON, May 13- Looking for a low-cost college option? Patrick Finger, a high school senior from Southern California, did just that. He estimates his total expenses in Germany will amount to what he would spend in less than one year in the United States. "
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Faster responses to emergencies for people living in the Arctic, including floods or forest fires, were also urgently need, the report said. Arctic nation foreign ministers will meet in Kiruna, Sweden, on May 15 and are due to agree ways to work together to prevent and deal with oil spills.
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LONDON, May 13- The yen fell further on Monday after Group of Seven finance officials held back from directly criticising Japan's monetary policy, which has pushed the currency to a four-year low against a broadly firmer dollar.
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LONDON, May 13- The yen suffered fresh losses on Monday after Group of Seven finance officials avoided direct criticism of Japan's monetary policy, which has pushed its currency to four-year lows. The euro also fell against a firmer dollar after European Central Bank policymaker Ignazio Visco said the central bank may opt for a negative deposit rate.
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FRANKFURT, May 13- Cutting the European Central Bank's deposit rate below zero would be an effective way to help the euro zone economy, ECB policymaker Ignazio Visco was quoted as saying on Monday, sending the euro lower.
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LONDON, May 8- The euro rose against the dollar on Wednesday after an unexpected rise in German industrial output was seen making a near-term euro zone interest rate cut less likely.
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*New Zealand dollar slides as RBNZ says it has intervened. But the New Zealand dollar fell after the country's central bank said it had intervened to try to restrain the strength of the currency.
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for Wednesday delivery came out at 38.21 euros per megawatt-hour on the Nordic power exchange Nord Pool Spot versus 40.93 euros for Tuesday. Combined power output in Denmark and Sweden was predicted to rise by 1,680 MW to 2,760 MW on Wednesday, Point Carbon said.
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COPENHAGEN, May 7- Retail purchases with the Danish national debit card, Dankort, rose 3.9 percent in April from a year earlier to 26.8 billion crowns, card payment services firm Nets said on Tuesday. The data is an indicator of private consumption and comes ahead of the national statistics agency's retail sales figures.
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COPENHAGEN, May 7- Denmark's seasonally-adjusted industrial production rose 0.7 percent in March from the previous month, official data showed on Tuesday. The February reading was revised to a fall of 4.0 percent from a figure of negative 4.8 percent reported a month ago. Further details in Danish available on the Danish National Statistics Office's website.
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Danish brewer Carlsberg kept its 2013 outlook unchanged after first-quarter operating profits and revenue rose more than forecast, partly aided by strong Asia sales.