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--Clyde Russell is a Reuters market analyst. LAUNCESTON, Australia, Feb 25- The easing in the growth rate of HSBC's flash Purchasing Managers' Index for China is a signal to commodity markets not to get too far ahead of themselves. The flash PMI, the earliest indicator of China's economic health, retreated to 50.4 in February from a two-year high of 52.3 in January.
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TOKYO, Feb 25- The Nikkei average soared 2 percent to a 53- month high on Monday as the yen sank after sources said Japan is likely to nominate Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda, an advocate of aggressive monetary easing, as its next central bank governor.
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FRANKFURT, Feb 24- Airbus parent EADS and German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp recorded major attacks by Chinese hackers in 2012, German magazine Der Spiegel reported, citing unidentified people within the two companies.
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*Source says Fennovoima to continue talks with Toshiba only. The move, unconfirmed by Fennovoima, would leave Japan's Toshiba in negotiations to supply a large reactor for the site in Pyhajoki, in northern Finland.
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Feb 22- Steel imports into the United States are expected to grow for the fourth year running in 2013 to the detriment of U.S. steel producers, a U.S. steel trade association said this week.
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*Ifo rises to highest in 10 months, biggest monthly rise since July 2010. BERLIN, Feb 22- German business morale surged at its fastest pace in over two years in February, pushing higher for a fourth consecutive month and pointing to a solid recovery in Europe's largest economy after a dismal end to 2012..
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*Exports fall 2.0 percent in Q4 amid weakness in euro partners. BERLIN, Feb 22- A plunge in exports drove a contraction in German gross domestic product in the fourth quarter, offsetting support from domestic demand, and highlighting the vulnerability of Europe's largest economy to weakness in its euro zone trading partners.
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By Diego Ore and Silvia Antonioli. CARACAS/ NEW YORK, Feb 22- Venezuela's once-buoyant metals industry is on the verge of collapse as it struggles with worsening labor disputes, outdated technology, and maintenance problems following years of under-investment.
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ACERRA/BRESCIA, Italy, Feb 21- Italy is nearing election day but you would have a hard time noticing it in Acerra, a scruffy industrial town just outside Naples, best known for housing one of the largest rubbish incinerators in Europe.
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SAO PAULO, Feb 21- Gerdau SA cut its five-year investment plan by 17 percent, as the world's No. 2 maker of steel for builders faces global economic uncertainty and slumping profits.
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SAO PAULO, Feb 21- Gerdau SA cut its five-year investment plan by 17 percent, as the world's No. 2 maker of steel for builders faces global economic uncertainty and slumping profits. "Considering the uncertainties clouding the global economic scenario, Gerdau is now turning more selective on the evaluation of future capital expenditure plans," it said.
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PARIS, Feb 20- The CEO of a U.S. tyre maker has delivered a crushing summary of how some outsiders view France's work ethic in a letter saying he would have to be stupid to take over a factory whose staff only put in three hours work a day.
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*Higher production in China spurred by rise in prices. NEW YORK/ LONDON, Feb 20- Stronger steel output in top producer China and in Asia as a whole, offset falls in Europe, the United States and most other producing regions in January, data from an industry body showed on Wednesday.
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PARIS, Feb 20- The CEO of a U.S. tyre maker has delivered a crushing summary of how some outsiders view France's work ethic in a letter saying he would have to be stupid to take over a factory whose staff only put in three hours work a day.
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CNBC's Emily Chan takes on the daily challenge of the 'Stock in 60' segment and looks at BlueScope Steel, which soared as much as 17 percent after reporting improved results for the first half of 2013.
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Feb 14- Alpha Natural Resources Inc, the top U.S. producer of coal used for making steel, reported a narrower-than-expected quarterly operating loss on Thursday thanks to aggressive cost-cutting, sending its shares up more than 10 percent.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 14- A former furniture warehouse in a struggling Rust Belt city has emerged as a national model for innovation after President Barack Obama highlighted it in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday. Obama now aims to convince Congress to spend $1 billion to replicate the model nationwide.
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*ThyssenKrupp halts shortened working hours. DUESSELDORF, Germany, Feb 13- Germany's steel sector should not get its hopes up following some positive data at the start of the year, with demand remaining weak and competition in global markets intensifying, a trade group said on Wednesday.
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Being a big wheel in the earth mover business, Vipin Sondhi has a very clear idea why the Indian economy is stuck in the mud and what the government must do to change the mindset of business executives, like himself.
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BALLABGARH, India, Feb 13- Being a big wheel in the earth mover business, Vipin Sondhi has a very clear idea why the Indian economy is stuck in the mud and what the government must do to change the mindset of business executives, like himself, who are too wary to invest.