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LONDON, May 14- A pause in the dollar's recent run helped steady oil and gold prices on Tuesday, while large demand for Spanish bonds helped the euro shake off weaker-than-forecast German sentiment data.
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LONDON, May 13- A rush to lock in financing deals for zinc while they are still profitable has been the main driver behind a recent fall in inventories and will keep premiums high for industrial users, industry sources said.
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*China oil demand falls in April to eight-month low. LONDON, May 13- Crude prices fell to $103 a barrel on Monday weighed by a stronger dollar and a drop to an eight-month low in oil demand in the world's second-largest consumer China. "The economic data in China is not yet providing upward support.
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NEW YORK-- Nielsen, a provider of information and insight into what global consumers watch and buy, is announcing a secondary offering of 35 million shares. Nielsen won't be selling any shares in the offering and won't receive any proceeds from it. Nielsen Holdings NV has headquarters in New York and the Netherlands.
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The victim's 22- year-old friend and a former convict aged 27 were detained for the attack, which gay rights activists say is a brutal example of rising violence against homosexuals in the year since President Vladimir Putin latched on to family values to shore up support in Russia's largely conservative society.
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Oil and gas services provider Frank's International N.V. filed plans Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a potential public offering. Frank's said in the filing that it serves customers in roughly 60 countries, and its customer base includes major oil companies such as BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil.
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LONDON, May 10- German Bunds fell to their lowest in over a month on Friday, in line with a selloff in U.S. and Japanese bonds triggered by the dollar's sharp rise against the yen. Demand for safe-haven bonds has been undermined this week by forecast-beating data in the United States and in Germany.
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*Italy, Spanish bonds steady, fresh debt sales eyed. LONDON, May 10- German Bunds hit a one-month low on Friday, tracking U.S.
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Orthofix International N.V.' s shares sank Thursday after the medical device company reported a disappointing first quarter. THE BIG PICTURE: Orthofix has undergone a number of big shakeups recently.
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WASHINGTON, May 8- The United States will focus on ways Europe can boost demand and on Japan's aggressive monetary policy during upcoming meetings of the Group of Seven finance ministers and central bankers, a U.S.
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BERLIN, May 7- German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble signalled a softer stance on European banking union on Tuesday, saying that rather than waiting for a treaty change, governments should coordinate policies on closing banks.
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BRUSSELS, May 7- The top speed of vans in the European Union should be electronically limited to 120 km per hour, according to a proposal backed by the European Parliament's environment committee. Under Tuesday's proposal, vehicle makers would have to fit all new vans sold in the European Union with devices to restrict their speed from Jan. 1 next year.
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LONDON, May 7- G4S, the world's largest security services firm, warned on Tuesday that its profits in 2013 would be lower than expected after a shake-up of the prison system in the Netherlands and problem clients in Africa hit first-quarter results.
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*Non-euro-zone FTSE next in line to follow suit. LONDON, May 7- Germany's top stock index hit a record high on Tuesday, the first major European market to top peaks hit before the financial crisis hammered share values.
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AMSTERDAM, May 7- For European banking union to succeed, all EU member countries need to be in agreement, Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said on Tuesday. "You need to have all the players at the table," Lagarde, managing director of the IMF, told students at the University of Amsterdam when asked about Germany's concerns.
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AMSTERDAM, May 7- For European banking union to succeed, all EU member countries need to be in agreement, Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said on Tuesday. "You need to have all the players at the table," Lagarde, managing director of the IMF, told students at the University of Amsterdam when asked about Germany's concerns.
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AMSTERDAM, May 7- Dutch inflation slowed to a provisional 2.6 percent year-on-year in April, from 2.9 percent in March, Statistics Netherlands said on Tuesday. KEY FIGURES DUTCH CONSUMER PRICE INDEX APRIL 13 MARCH 13 APRIL 12 Change on month +0.1 +1.1 +0.4 Change on year +2.6 +2.9 +2.4 Index 114.97 114.87 112.06.
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LONDON, May 7- The world's largest security firm G4S said on Tuesday that its margins in 2013 would be lower than expected after a difficult first quarter in Europe, sending its shares down as much as 12 percent.
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AMSTERDAM, May 7- Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV:. installation contract in the Philippines. *Says contract value of approximately USD 60 million.
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LONDON, May 7- Security firm G4S said on Tuesday that its margins in 2013 would be lower than expected after a difficult first quarter in Europe. The firm said that group margin was down 0.6 percent in the three months to end-March due to challenging conditions in continental Europe and pricing pressure in its cash solutions business in the UK and Ireland.