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Group of Seven nations finance ministers agreed to tackle the issue of how to deal with failing banks and gave gave a green light to Japan's efforts to galvanize its economy.
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*North Sea output to fall by 1 percent in November. BP purchased its fourth cargo this week on Thursday and rival traders expect the oil to be loaded onto a Very Large Crude Carrier bound for South Korea, removing a chunk of supply from northwest Europe.
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LONDON, Oct 11- Its $45 billion merger plan shot down, BAE Systems must now hunt growth elsewhere if the British arms maker is to find the cash needed to sustain big dividends and avert the possibility of a break-up. CEO Ian King is under pressure to spur the search for new business with a lucrative deal in Saudi Arabia now seen as crucial to bolster the balance sheet.
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DUBLIN, Oct 11- The first private clinic offering abortions will open in Northern Ireland next week, the Marie Stopes charity said on Thursday, making access to abortion much easier for women in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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NEW YORK-- The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. said Thursday that its Platts division is buying Swiss analytics firm Kingsman SA for an undisclosed price. Founded in 1990 and based in Lausanne, Switzerland, Kingsman employs analysts, researchers and report writers in several markets, including London, Montreal, New Delhi and Sao Paulo.
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*FTSE jumps 0.9 pct, snaps three-session losing streak. "FTSE back at the important 5,800 level after bouncing off support. If we can hold this level then we might just be about to hear people discussing a year-end rally, "said Lex van Dam, a partner at hedge fund Hampstead Capital, which manages around $500 million of assets.
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LONDON, Oct 11- Russian Urals crude extended its rally to over 10 days on Thursday as the market struggled with poor cargo availability amid healthy refining margins. In the Platts window, BP bid for a 22-26 cargo in the Baltic at dated Brent minus $1.25 a barrel, some 5 cents stronger than earlier in the week.
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*Southerners: unity a failure, we can handle al Qaeda ourselves. Secessionists in the south, Houthi Islamist tribal rebels in the north and al Qaeda militants all benefited from the popular upheaval in the Arabian Peninsula country that ousted veteran strongman president Ali Abdullah Saleh in February.
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LONDON-- The San Francisco 49 ers will return to Wembley Stadium to play an NFL regular-season game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2013.. The Jaguars, who have a deal to play one home game in London for four consecutive seasons beginning in 2013, will face the 49 ers on Oct. 27, 2013.
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Oct 11- Fitch Ratings has affirmed London Power Networks plc's Long-term Issuer Default Rating at' BBB+ and South Eastern Power Networks plc and Eastern Power Networks plc's Long-term IDRs at' BBB'. A complete list of rating actions is at the end of this release.
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Moody's has Spain on review for a possible downgrade. Italy's government expects to raise at least 1 billion euros from the financial transaction Rome aims to introduce starting from the beginning of next year, daily Il Corriere della Sera said on Thursday.
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SINGAPORE, Oct 11- The directors of troubled Bumi Plc, one of the world's largest thermal coal exporters, gathered for a board meeting on Thursday amid an uncertain future for the company created by British-born financier Nat Rothschild and Indonesia's Bakrie family.
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LONDON, Oct 11- Another round of quantitative easing may not be "compatible" with the Bank of England's inflation target, and does not provide a definite answer to boost Britain's economy, Martin Weale, a top BoE policymaker, said in comments published on Thursday.
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LONDON, Oct 11- Another round of quantitative easing may not be "compatible" with the Bank of England's inflation target, and does not provide a definite answer to boost Britain's economy, Martin Weale, a top BoE policymaker, said in comments published on Thursday.
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The boss of JPMorgan Chase has admitted his regret for the bank's rescue of its ailing rival Bear Stearns through a contentious deal brokered by Washington at the height of the global financial crisis. The Telegraph FUND MANAGERS' MUST SPEAK OUT'.
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Financial Times Headlines POLITICAL BACKLASH OVER BA DEAL COLLAPSE- GOLDMAN'S' MUPPET HUNT' DRAWS A BLANK- PUBLIC TO TAKE 51 PCT IN DIRECT LINE IPO- IMF SOUNDS ALARM OVER JAPANESE BANKS- BRANDS FEAR PITFALLS OF AMAZON CATWALK- DOWNING ST CAUGHT IN BAE/EADS CROSSFIRE- CAMERON VOWS TO UNLOCK BRITAIN'S POTENTIAL- APPLE RETREAT SPURS SWITCH OUT OF TECHS- Overview POLITICAL BACKLASH OVER BA DEAL COLLAPSE.
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SINGAPORE, Oct 11- The directors of troubled Bumi Plc, one of the world's largest thermal coal exporters, hold a board meeting on Thursday as the future of the company created by British financier Nat Rothschild and Indonesia's Bakrie family hangs in the balance. The Bakries and Tan each hold half of a 47.6 percent stake in Bumi Plc, while Rothschild owns 12 percent.
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BERLIN/ LONDON, Oct 11- Europe's two biggest aerospace firms will go back to the drawing board to find new strategies after Germany stymied the world's biggest arms and aviation company merger.
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Oct 10- Fitch Ratings has affirmed RBS Securities Inc.' s' A-' Long-term Issuer Default Rating and' F1' short-term IDR. RBSSI is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc. Today's rating action on RBSSI was taken in conjunction with Fitch's global trading and universal bank periodic review, which included the RBS Group.
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LONDON, Oct 10- Royal Bank of Scotland will fix a price on Thursday for the stock market listing of insurer Direct Line at around the middle of the range originally set, market sources and a source close to the transaction told Reuters.
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Oct 10- Fitch Ratings has affirmed The Royal Bank of Scotland Group's and The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc's Long-term Issuer Default Ratings at' A', Short-term IDRs at' F1', Support Ratings at' 1' and Support Rating Floors at' A'. The banks' Viability Ratings have also been affirmed at' bbb'.