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SINGAPORE, Jan 25- London copper edged up near two-week highs on Friday after solid economic data from China and the United States boosted faith in a global recovery, but prices were set to close the week little changed, with consumer buying slow ahead of Chinese New Year.
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*China, U.S. manufacturing growth at quickest pace in two years. SINGAPORE, Jan 25- Brent crude held above $113 on Friday, on track to post a second week of gains as robust economic data from the United States and China lifted the outlook for fuel demand in the world's two largest oil consumers.
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Barclays was forced to name former heads Bob Diamond and John Varley, finance director Chris Lucas and other top executives and traders linked to a global rate-fixing probe, despite their calls for anonymity.
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*Bank of England challenges will be different. OTTAWA, Jan 25- Mark Carney, the next head of the Bank of England, has shaken up the stuffy culture at the Bank of Canada with his unconventional approach. The big question is will he be able to do the same at an even more hierarchical institution- the Bank of England.
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Peter Voser, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, tells CNBC about a ten billion dollar shale gas deal signed with Ukraine.
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"We were up earlier on improving investor confidence in Germany and the ECB's announcement that they were going to help some of the financial institutions repay some of the loans earlier, which helped support the Euro and pushed buying into the oil markets," said Gene McGillian, analyst at Tradition Energy in Stamford, Connecticut.
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LONDON, Jan 25- Copper fell on Friday as reports of higher production at the world's third-largest miner of the metal offset a soft dollar and signs of recovery in the United States, Europe and China. Anglo American's Chilean Collahuasi mine posted a better than expected rise in production to 172,900 tonnes, up 2 percent year-on-year.
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*Japan says easing aimed at deflation, not FX manipulation. TOKYO, Jan 25- Japan brushed aside criticism that aggressive easing by the Bank of Japan could trigger competitive currency devaluations, saying the central bank is trying to end nearly 20 years of deflation, not manipulate the yen.
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*Salzburg official accused of secret financial trading. Rathgeber portrayed herself as a civil servant who had worked loyally for over two decades for Salzburg, a province better known for its Alpine scenery and baroque capital.
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LONDON/ TRIPOLI, Jan 25- Libya will not reveal the details of its oil sales this year, National Oil Corporation officials told Reuters this week, stepping back from pledges to deliver greater transparency after the corruption of the pre-revolutionary regime.
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LONDON, Jan 25- Hedge fund short-sellers have hoovered up nearly all available shares in Peugeot in their scramble to bet the French carmaker will be an early victim in an industry struggling to overcome a collapse in European sales.
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*Second ship sought by DVB Bank fled from Sri Lanka. LONDON, Jan 25- Germany's DVB Bank is holding an Iranian-owned dry bulk ship in China over debt payment claims, a senior bank official said on Friday, in a sign of growing pressure faced by Iran's fleet on top of Western sanctions.
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Jan 24- Raymond James Financial Inc Chief Executive Officer Paul Reilly expects more advisers to join the firm once it finishes the integration of its Morgan Keegan brokerage unit next month.
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*China, U.S. manufacturing growth at quickest pace in two years. SINGAPORE, Jan 25- Brent crude held above $113 on Friday, on track to post a second week of gains as positive economic data from the United States and China lifted the fuel demand outlook at the world's two largest oil consumers.
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SINGAPORE, Jan 25- London copper edged higher on Friday after solid economic data from China and the United States boosted faith in a global recovery, but prices were set to close the week little changed, with consumer buying slow ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays.
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SINGAPORE, Jan 25- London copper inched higher on Friday after solid economic data from China and the United States boosted faith in a global recovery, but it was set to close the week little changed, with consumer buying slow ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays.
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HONG KONG, Jan 25- Hong Kong shares look set to start firmer on Friday, tracking positive sentiment from encouraging U.S. data released on Thursday and after solid China factory data. Its investors Singapore sovereign fund GIC, U.S. private equity fund TPG Capital and Viva China Holdings Ltd had given their "irrevocable undertakings" to the company.
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Jan 24- Raymond James Financial Inc Chief Executive Officer Paul Reilly expects more advisers to join the firm once it finishes the integration of its Morgan Keegan brokerage unit next month.
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LONDON, Jan 24- The Bank of England is prepared in principle to become the first G7 central bank to enter into a foreign exchange swap agreement with China, opening the door to another substantial step in moves to liberalise the yuan currency.
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*HSBC analyst shifts allocation out of gold. NEW YORK, Jan 24- Bullion is on track for its biggest one day drop in three weeks falling 1 percent on Thursday after repeatedly failing to break above its 50- day moving average at under $1,700.