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August 17, 2010

• Bank of Queensland Sells the Biggest Mortgage Bond in Australia This Year
• Japan's 10-Year Government Bonds Advance, Pushing Yield to 0.925 Percent
• Bonds Decline For a Third Day Before India Auctions $2.6 Billion of Debt
• China Currency Reforms May Mark Start of `Financial Big Bang,' Nomura Says
• Nestle India Advances Most in Three Weeks as Nomura Raises Stock to `Buy'
• Indiabulls Financial Gains in Mumbai on Report of Sale in Commodity Bourse
• Buy Puts on Australian Banks on Bubble Concerns, Morgan Stanley Says
• Japan's 10-Year Yield to Decline Below 0.9% This Month: Technical Analysis
• Australian Dollar Falls Against Yen as BOJ Intervention Seen Less Likely
• Australia Police Seize A$46 Million of Crystal Meth Ingredient, Charge Two
• China Stocks Fall For First Time in Four Days; Developers, Airlines Drop
• BHP Said to Weigh Hostile Bid for Potash After Offer Rejected
• Australia Second Quarter Wages Growth Slows, Adding to Case for Rate Pause
• Fletcher Building Says It Will Hold Down Debt and Avoid Big Acquisitions
• Mitsui Says Brazil Bullet-Train Auction Should Be Delayed, Seeks Partners
• China May Introduce Import Stimulus in September, Business Daily Reports
• U.S. Sees No `Recent' China Pressure on Global Oil Companies in South Sea
• Finance Ministry Sells 7-Year Government Bonds at 2.81% Yield, Traders Say
• GMR Infra, ICICI, Bharti, Dr. Reddy's, Suzlon Energy: India Stocks Preview
• Philippines Government Seeks Law to Balance Spending With Revenue
• Yuan Strengthens for Second Day on Signs PBOC Allowing Wider Fluctuations
• Chronic Kidney Disease Hospitalizations Rise in Australia, Government Says
• China's Toll Operators, Automakers Jump in Shanghai on Car-Alliance Report
• GM, SAIC Motor Agree to Jointly Develop New Transmission, Engine in China
• Angang, Chaoda Modern, China Overseas Land, PICC: Hong Kong Equity Preview
• BOJ's First Female Manager Says Japanese Women Being Held Back
• Suzuki Says 42 U.S. Dealers Stopped Selling Its Models on Falling Sales
• Unicef Says 3.5 Million Pakistan Children at Risk of Water-Borne Diseases
• PetroChina's Changqing Oilfield Output Rises 15% During First Seven Months
• Born in the U.S.A. Is What Makes Someone American: Eric Foner
• Treasuries Fail to Rebound From Loss as Company Earnings Beat Expectations
• Indian Lawmakers Seek to Triple Pay to Match Officials, Bucking Wage Trend
• Australia's Competitions Regulator Chairman Won't Rule on NAB-Axa Deal
• Asia-Pacific Bond Risk Declines, Prices of Credit-Default Swaps Indicate
• Bernard Madoff Feeder Fund, Fairfield Sentry, Sues 17 Former Shareholders
• Sinopec, Cnooc in Talks to Buy Stake in OGX Oil Field, 21st Herald Reports
• Ain Pharmaciez Stock Plunges on Plan to Sell Shares to Public, Seven & I
• APG to Increase Asian Property Investments to Benefit From Regional Growth
• Copper Opens Little Changed at $7,375.25 a Ton as Dollar Stems Decline
• Regulators Ask Chinese Banks to Study Mortgage Loan Defaults, 21st Reports
• Iraq's Sistani Is Trying to Help Break Political Deadlock, U.S. Envoy Says
• Shanxi Fen Wine Posts 45% Rise in First-Half Profit to 334 Million Yuan
• Newark's Mayor Booker Says Sale of Prudential Center Is `Not Feasible'
• China Researcher Says No `Sharp' Decline in Trade in 2010, Daily Reports
• Karzai Says Private Security Companies Must Leave Afghanistan by December
• Gillard Contest With Abbott Pits Economic Prowess Against Trust
• Beijing May Bar Advance Payment Direct to Developers, Evening News Reports
• Almost Half of China's Antibiotics Fed to Livestock Annually, Daily Says
• China Central Bank Has No Plans for 500-Yuan Note, People's Daily Reports
• Japan's Bonds May Fall as Gains in Global Stocks, Commodities Damp Demand
• Knife-Wielding Man Detained After Break-in at Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv
• PBOC Adviser Says No Property Policy Change Soon, Financial News Reports
• Tottenham Marks Champions League Soccer Debut With 3-2 Loss at Young Boys
• Wheat Futures Climb After Falling to Lowest Level in 2-Weeks on Stockpiles
• David Jones Same Store Sales Rise, Says Signs Show Worst May Be Over
• Mitsubishi Heavy, Canon Terumo, Tosoh, Tokyo Electric: Japan Stock Preview
• Osborne Says Lower Market Interest Rates Are Stimulating British Economy
• Aviva's Investors Challenge CEO's Strategy Amid RSA Breakup Bid
• City of London Offices Offer Value in `Overpriced' U.K. Market, DTZ Says
• Three-Fourths of U.K. Companies Haven't Yet Measured Carbon Footprints
• Vienna Psychotherapist Tackles Nazi-Era Art Claims at Museum
• Beach Boy Wilson Takes Gershwin Surfin’, Sheryl Crow Gets Soul
• Tax Cuts Are Only Way to Economic Growth: David G. Blanchflower
• Three Dead After Fishing Boat Sinks in Southern Ocean Off New Zealand
• Japan, China, India, Malaysia, Philippines: Asia Bonds, Currency Preview
• BHP, Bluescope, Brambles, Gloucester, Woodside: Australian Equity Preview
• Mexico's Meade Named to Replace Werner as Deputy Finance Ministry Official
• Shanghai May Allow Foreign Investment in Yuan Funds, Securities News Says
• India May Cut Japanese Auto Parts Tax in Trade Accord, Tokyo Shimbun Says
• Rank's Reynolds May Tap Credit Suisse For $5 Billion of Debt to Buy Pactiv
• Eli Manning Might Miss Giants' Second Preseason Game After Head Injury
• American Apparel Drops After Getting Subpoena on Auditor Change
• Windstream Agrees to Buy Q-Comm in $782 Million Deal To Expand Fiber Reach
• Argentine Peso Slide to Ease as JPMorgan Pares Forecast on Soy Export Jump
• Tribune Creditors Get More Time to Vote on Plan
• Obama Calls on Republicans to Back Small Business Aid
• Miami Made Inappropriate Use of Fuel-Tax Revenue, Auditor Says
• Scientists Say as Much as 79% of Oil Remains in Gulf of Mexico
• Brazil's Real Advances as Commodities Rebound Signals Rising Export Demand
• Tam Bonds Expensive to Barclays After Record Rally on Lan Takeover Offer
• Fed Buys $2.551 Billion Treasuries in Resumption of Purchases
• BioMarin, Cardica, La-Z-Boy, Techfaith: U.S. Equity Preview
• Blagojevich Found Guilty in Chicago Corruption Trial
• Australia's Gillard Set to Win Election With Reduced Majority, Poll Shows
• Emerging-Market Stocks Advance for a Third Day on Economic Growth Outlook
• Angang Steel, Cheung Kong, PAL, Reef, Shinhan: Asia Ex-Japan Stock Preview
• Baseball Caravan to U.S. Diamonds Helps Mizuno Hit Against Nike
• Kocherlakota Says Concerns on Fed's Move Unwarranted
• Bovespa Stock Index Gains for Fourth Day on Improved Global Growth Outlook
• Kingfisher Grounds Nine Airbus A320 Planes in India to Fix Engine Faults
• Australia Isn't Facing a Double Dip World Recession, Treasurer Swan Says
• Oil Supply Falling to Four-Week Low on Imports in Survey: Energy Markets
• Austexx in Talks to Sell Property Assets, Avoid Administration, AFR Says
• Frank Seeks Meeting With Obama to Push Warren as Chief of Consumer Agency
• Blackstone to Invest $500 Million in General Growth as SEC Opens Probe
• Use Potash `Buy-Write' Strategy to Profit From a Takeover, Capstone Says
• Blockbuster Names Former Movie Gallery Official Dunlap to Lead U.S. Stores
• Yen, Dollar Drop as Stock, Commodity Gains Cut Demand for Haven Currencies
• IBM’s Moffat Says Chiesi ‘Played Him’ for Inside Tips
• BlackRock's Hambro Says Australia Mine Tax Damaging, Financial Review Says
• Stryker Said to Be in Exclusive Talks on Boston Scientific Unit
• Soquimich Rallies in Chile as Potash Says BHP Offer Undervalues Fertilizer
• Crude Climbs From Five-Week Low as Stock Gains Spur Optimism Over Demand
• Canadian Stocks Advance After Potash Corp. Rejects BHP Takeover Offer
• Orange Juice Rises as Louis Dreyfus Sees Smaller Citrus Crop; Cotton Drops
• Soros Dumps Biggest Stockholding Petrobras as $25 Billion Offering Looms
• Wal-Mart Profit Climbs, Earnings Forecast Increased
• Mexico's Meade Said to Replace Werner as Deputy Finance Ministry Official
• Canadian Currency Climbs as Stocks Rally, Potash Receives Takeover Offer
• Massey, Urban Outfitters, Walter Energy: U.S. Equity Movers
• Peru Purchases Dollars as Sol Rises to Two-Year High on Economic Growth
• Pfizer Seeking to Duck Prempro Cancer Liability, Lawyer Argues at Trial
• Billionaire Soros's Hedge Fund Boosts Massey Stake During Second Quarter
• M&T Climbs After Report Talks With Santander Resumed
• U.S. Industrial Production Rises More Than Forecast
• U.S. Stocks Advance on Earnings, BHP's Bid for Potash Corp.
• Lilly Halts Development of Alzheimer's Disease Drug
• Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Shares Fall on Gross Margin, Inventory
• California City With $800,000 Manager Has Ratings Lowered to Junk by Fitch
• PMI Leads Mortgage Insurer Rally on Paulson's `Pure Play' Bet
• Knicks Seek NBA All-Star Anthony in Trade for Gallinari, Curry, ESPN Says
• AOL CEO Aims for 500 News Websites in Local-Ad Bet
• Home Depot Profit Tops Analysts' Estimates as Sales Increase
• Yahoo Search Engine Gains Market Share, Google Drops
• Anadarko Reports First Deep-Water East Africa Oil Find in Mozambique Basin
• Brett Favre Will Rejoin Vikings for His 20th NFL Season, NFL Network Says
• Netflix Lust for `True Blood' Is Unrequited as HBO Blocks Path
• Stocks Rise on Earnings, Potash Bid; Treasuries Fall, Oil Gains
• One in Five U.S. Adolescents Has Hearing Loss, Researchers Find
• General Motors Said Likely to Submit IPO Filing Today
• Ralphs, Albertson's to Face California Antitrust Suit, Appeals Court Rules
• Baghdad Bomb Kills at Least 39 at Iraq Army Recruiting Station
• Gross Says Broad-Scale Mortgage Refinancing Won't Have `Ghost of a Chance'
• Chaoda Will Raise $347 Million Issuing Convertible Bonds, Shares, Options
• Colombian Peso Rises Near a Two-Year High on Greater Dollar Inflow Bets
• South African Government Workers Reject Pay Offer, Start Indefinite Strike
• Corn, Soybeans Gain on Signs U.S. Boosting Sales of Crops to Asian Buyers
• Lumber Rises Most in Two Weeks as Report Shows Jump in U.S. Housing Starts
• New York Can't Collect Property Tax From Foreign UN Missions, Court Rules
• Wheat Falls as Investors Shift Focus From Russia to Ample U.S. Stockpiles
• Visteon Ordered to Reinstate Health Care to Retirees
• China Swallows Obama Stimulus Meant for U.S. Economy: Andy Xie
• BTG Pactual Says Brazil Share Sales to Accelerate After Petrobras Offering
• Federal Judge Questions Barclays $298 Million Accord With U.S., New York
• SEC's Donohue to Step Down as Head of Agency's Investment-Management Unit
• Sugar Climbs in New York on Pakistan, Russia; Coffee Declines; Cocoa Gains
• Repsol May Take Brazil Unit Public Within Next Two Months, Lawyer Says
• Copper Prices Climb to One-Week High as Weakening Dollar Spurs Demand
• Harper Says His Government Won't Call an Election Canadians Don't Want
• Blockbuster $300 Million 9% Notes Drop to Record Low 4.75 Cents on Dollar
• Blagojevich Judge Tells Jury Not to Show Vote Tallies on Deadlocked Counts
• Bobby Thomson, NY Giant Who Hit `Shot Heard `Round the World,' Dies at 86
• U.S. Household Debt Shrank 1.5% in the Second Quarter
• Statoil Considers Sites in Scotland for World's First Floating Wind Farm
• Apache Plans Debt Sale to Help Fund $7 Billion Acquisition of BP Assets
• Southern Copper Sued by Shareholder Over Merger Proposed by Grupo Mexico
• Sanofi Bid to Block Lovenox Generic Taken `Under Advisement' by U.S. Judge
• Kaufman Urges SEC Revamp of Stock Market Rules to Avoid High-Speed Risks
• Potash Must Keep Headquarters in Saskatchewan, Provincial Minister Says
• Wachovia Defeats VCG Hedge Fund Lawsuit; Judge Says Bank Owed More Money
• Ralphs, Albertsons Must Face Antitrust Lawsuit, U.S. Appeals Court Rules
• Mauritian Trade Deficit to Widen This Year on Euro Crisis, Jugnauth Says
• Pimco's Gross Urges `Full Nationalization' of Housing Finance
• Tiger Woods Is 2011 Masters Favorite After Not Winning a Major This Year
• Sumitomo Trust, Chuo Mitsui May Set Merger Ratio This Month, Nikkei Says
• LeBron James Criticizes Cleveland Citizens, Cavaliers' Owner Gilbert in GQ
• Nebraska Corn Yields Climb, Soybean-Pod Counts Increase, Crop Tour Shows
• L'Oreal Heiress Fights Probe of Butler's Tapes in Billion-Euro Gift Fight
• Nidec May Pay $818 Million for Emerson Electric's Motor Unit, Nikkei Says
• Fliers Pay More Peak-Day Surcharges as U.S. Travel Demand Rises
• Poland, Eight EU States Seek Change in Debt Calculation; Germany Skeptical
• Palin Becomes Target for Effort by Women's Fundraising Group Emily's List
• Indiana Corn Yield Rises, Soybean-Pod Counts Down, Crop Tour Samples Show
• Argentines See Prices Rising 25% Over Next 12 Months, Di Tella Survey Says
• Hefty Bag Maker Pactiv to Be Bought by Rank in $6 Billion Deal
• French Stocks Rise, Paced by Peugeot, Axa and Lafarge; GDF Suez Also Gains
• S&P Raises Rating on Sotheby’s Bonds, After ‘Strong’ Quarter
• U.S. Stands By Palmer for Venezuela Ambassador Post as Chavez Objects
• Renault, `Chased Out' of Sedans, Draws Protests to Imports
• Obama to Attend European Union Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, in November
• FTSE 100 Stock Benchmark Advances to One-Week High as Mining Shares Rally
• Mortgage Bonds Slump on `Mega-Refi' Concern: Credit Markets
• Gilt Yields Rebound From a 17-Month Low After British Inflation Report
• Vedanta Won't Sell Shares to Repay Debt in Cairn India Deal, Agarwal Says
• Calderon Plans Steps to Boost Mexico's Trade, Attract Foreign Investment
• Wheat Futures Fall on Chicago Board of Trade, Erasing Earlier Advance
• Swiss Stocks Rise Led by Holcim, Schindler, Credit Suisse; Swisslog Drops
• Craig Bellamy Joins Cardiff on Season-Long Loan, Manchester City Says
• Bayer Said to Pay $60 Million to Settle Suits Over Bleeding-Control Drug
• Facebook Partnership Is Proven by $3,000 Check, Lawyer Says
• German Stocks Gain as U.S. Industrial Output Climbs; K+S, Kuka Shares Rise
• European Stocks Rise on Earnings; Carlsberg, Wienerberger Gain
• China Mining United Fund Seeks 5 Billion Yuan to Invest in Mines, Potash
• Sallie Mae Plans to Issue $760.4 Million of Bonds Backed by Student Loans
• Australian Dollar Advances for Second Day on Stocks, Interest-Rate Outlook
• Merkel's `Distortive' Short-Selling Ban Failed to Achieve Aims, IMF Says
• Italian Stocks Close Higher, Autogrill, Buzzi, Impregilo, Italcementi Gain
• U.S., U.K., France, Germany `Well Positioned' on Aaa Ratings, Moody's Says
• Putin $1.2 Billion Farmer Aid Spurs Agricultural Bank Bond Gain
• Gas Natural Shares Fall After Ruling on Sonatrach Gas Contract Price Case
• PNC, Regions Break $3.1 Billion Logjam as Bidders Line Up to Buy Bad Loans
• Mazda Recalls Two Models to Fix Power-Steering Defect Causing Crash Risk
• Nigerian Inflation Rate Falls to Annual 13% in July After Index Reweighted
• Germany to Sell More Government Debt in 2011 as Growth Slows, Budget Shows
• Brazil's Rousseff Takes 11-Point Lead, May Win in First Round, Poll Shows
• Orange-Juice Futures Rise 1.5% in New York, Erasing Earlier Decline
• South African Bonds Advance, Pushing Yields to Lowest Since December 2008
• Peru Inflation Threatened by Wheat Shortage as Velarde Sees CPI Nearing 3%
• Heston Blumenthal Sets Date, Prices for London Venue
• Hogs Gain on Pre-Holiday Demand in U.S., Rising Equities; Cattle Climb
• Bunds Fall as Irish Auction Suggests Demand Holding Up for Periphery Debt
• Dr. Reddy's Is Reportedly in Talks With Japan's Towa, Sawai, Fuji Pharma
• China Shipping Development First-Half Profit Surges 60% as Bulk Rates Jump
• Bond Underwriters May Face Advising Ban on U.S. Muni Sales Under MSRB Plan
• Aluminum Borrowing Fee at 22-Month High Adds to Signs of Metal Scarcity
• Ontario Superior Court Approves Magna Plan to Eliminate Dual-Class Shares
• Orange Juice Falls on Forecast for Bigger Florida Harvest; Cotton Rises
• Deutsche Bahn Planning Test Run for High-Speed ICE to London, FAZ Reports
• JSE to Continue Bond Market Talks Rather Than Legislate Change, CEO Says
• Petrobras's Increasing Debt Won't Prompt Rating to Drop, CFO Barbassa Says
• Intermediate Capital to Purchase 1.4 Billion-Euro Loan Portfolio From RBS
• Real Madrid Signs Germany Midfielder Mesut Ozil From Werder Bremen
• Southern Sudan Plans $10.2 Billion Projects to Build Animal-Shaped Cities
• Wheat Futures Rally as Russian Export Ban May Boost Demand for U.S. Grain
• South Africa's ANC Considers Panel to Probe Allegations of Members' Graft
• Mexico Peso Rises for Fourth Straight Day as U.S. Earnings Beat Estimates
• Osborne Says U.K. Attaches High Priority to Boosting Credit for Businesses
• Barnard Jacobs Mellet to Pay Special Dividend After Sale to FirstRand Unit
• Saks Rises as Second-Quarter Loss Less Than Analysts Estimated
• Irish Debt Auction Demand Triggers Drop in Sovereign Credit-Default Swaps
• Eletrobras to Convert 4.7 Billion Reais of Debt to Government into Stock
• Canada Factory Sales Unexpectedly Rise 0.1% on Paper, Aerospace Industries
• Kenyan Coffee Prices Fell 6% at Auction Today , Nairobi Exchange Says
• Ukraine Will Set Wheat, Barley Export Quotas to Bolster Domestic Supplies
• Nicolas Anelka Receives 18-Match France Ban for Role in World Cup Bust-Up
• EU Says WTO's Ruling on High-Tech Goods May Cost Bloc $386 Million a Year
• Lockheed Contract on Hold Over Delay on New Interceptor Missile
• South Africa's World Cup Stadiums Have Pitches Too Small for Cricket Games
• Chile's Peso Gains to a Six-Month High on Economic Growth, Interest Rates
• Kenya Bourse CEO Says Rally in Stocks to Continue, Targets More Listings
• Treasuries Decline as U.S. Industrial Production Rises More Than Forecast
• Ping An Engages Intermediaries for Proposed Restructuring, Remains Halted
• Tofas Turk Second-Quarter Net Income 73.2 Million Liras, Misses Estimate
• McLane Wins Contract for Jack in the Box Deliveries (Correct)
• Zhang Ming Says China to Cut U.S. Debt Holdings on Debt Risk, Caijing Says
• Gold, Little Changed, Pares Gain as Equity Rally Curbs Demand for a Haven
• Lebanon Parliament Approves Law for Offshore Oil, Natural Gas Exploration
• Gasoline Rises From 6-Month Low as Report Shows Gain in U.S. Manufacturing
• British Pound Gains on Dollar Are Likely Short-lived: Technical Analysis
• Spanish, Irish Borrowing Costs Fall at Debt Sales as Budget Concern Eases
• Beijing Capital Airport Net Surges 92% as Traffic Increases With Economy
• Televisa, NII Win Approval to Offer Mobile Downloads, Internet in Mexico
• Pactiv Credit-Swaps Jump to Record After Buyout Agreement With Rank Group
• Lebanon Lawmakers Grant Palestinian Refugees the Right to Work, Benefits
• Gary Speed Named Sheffield United Manager, Succeeds Kevin Blackwell
• Romanian Ministry to Pick Eurobond Lead Managers in September, People Say
• Treasuries Remain Lower After Report Shows Industrial Production Increased
• India Threatens WTO Complaint Over Bill That Would Increase U.S. Visa Fee
• Hefty Bag Maker Pactiv to Be Bought by Rank
• Hefty Bag Maker Pactiv to Be Bought by Rank
• Heathrow Strike Called Off After BAA Boosts Pay Offer
• FoxMandal, Gide Loyrette Hired to Advise India on Manganese Ore Share Sale
• K+S's Growth Prospects Limit Appeal to Possible Buyers, Deutsche Bank Says
• San Francisco 49ers Sign Brian Westbrook, Eagles' All-Time Yardage Leader
• Santander Chile Raised to `Buy' From `Hold' at Celfin on Lending Growth
• Dubai Stocks Rise Most in 2 Weeks on Speculation Drop Overdone, Oil Gains
• Six Fundamental Shifts in the Way We Work
• Canada Coveted for 18th Straight Month as Safety Dominates: Canada Credit
• Hefty Bag Maker Pactiv to Be Bought by Rank in Deal Valued at $6 Billion
• Regency Lenders Said to Hire Lazard in Restructuring of Greek Casino Debt
• Entel Chile Share Price Estimate Raised, `Buy' Rating Reiterated at BofA
• U.S. Producer Prices Rise for First Time Since March
• Housing Starts in U.S. Increased Less Than Forecast in July
• Treasuries Remain Lower As July Housing Starts, Producer Prices Increase
• Poland, Eight EU States Seek Change in Debt Calculation; Germany Skeptical
• U.S. Stock Futures Hold Gains as Building Permits Fall to Lowest in a Year
• Discount on UN Carbon Credits Falls as Regulator Considier Supply Review
• Ugandan Opposition Leader Otunnu's Arrest Warrant Suspended, Court Says
• Demand for Canada Financial Assets Declines in June as Fewer Bonds Bought
• Investors Cut Holdings of U.S. Equities on Economy, Merrill Survey Shows
• Corn Climbs as U.S. Crop Condition Deteriorates on Weather; Wheat Rallies
• Nurses, Teachers Reject South African Government Wage Offer, Plan Strike
• Leaky Delhi Stadium Seen as $1 Trillion Boon for GMR, Reliance
• Mindich's Eton Park Leads Hedge Funds Joining John Paulson's Bet on Gold
• Wachovia Defeats VCG Hedge Fund Lawsuit; Judge Says Bank Owed More Money
• Pakistan Aid `Trickling In' as Floods Strain Response
• Gulf of Mexico Low-Pressure Area Moves Onshore, Unlikely to Become Cyclone
• Sugar Might Drop in New York on Speculation Brazil Harvest Has Progressed
• Emerging-Market Stocks Advance for a Third Day as Growth Outlook Improves
• Foxconn Expects 50,000 Workers to Take Part in `Treasure Your Life' Rally
• ICL Soars Most in a Year on Implied Valuation After BHP's Bid for Potash
• Wal-Mart, Tesco May Be Welcomed by India Consumers, Survey Says
• Repos for Sukuk Planned to Expand Shariah Market Trading: Islamic Finance
• Ten-Year Bond Yields Approach Three-Month High Before India's Debt Auction
• South African Business Association Wants Media Tribunal Proposal Blocked
• BP Pays Three Times 2009 Interest for Loans Amid $50 Billion Spill Costs
• Lebanon Lawmakers to Debate Giving Right to Work, Property to Palestinians
• `Risk On-Risk Off' to Remain Key to Currency Markets for Months, HSBC Says
• EFG-Hermes of Egypt Agrees to Buy 65% of Credit Libanais for $542 Million
• Severstal Is Unlikely to Sell Its U.S. Assets `Anytime Soon,' UralSib Says
• Rupee Climbs Most in Two Weeks as Funds Overseas Raise Holdings to Record
• London's Rich Enlist New Breed of Broker in Search for Homes
• Johannesburg Stock Exchange First-Half Profit Rises 13% on Increased Trade
• Bartels Sees U.S. Stocks `Correction' as Volume Mounts: Technical Analysis
• Russia's Micex Stock Index Advances Most in a Week on Higher Oil, Metals
• PetroChina Starts Trial Runs at Qinzhou Oil Refinery in Country's South
• Nextel May Spend $3 Billion on 3G Wireless Service in Brazil, Valor Says
• Tullow Oil Plans Share Offerings in Uganda, Ghana as Development Ramps Up
• Republic of Ireland Soccer Coach Giovanni Trapattoni Leaves Hospital
• Gas May Drop to $4 After Failing to Top Moving Average: Technical Analysis
• EU Clears Fortress Purchase of Residential Capital European Mortgage Unit
• Treasuries Decline as Reports May Show Housing, Industrial Output Improve
• DreamWorks, Blizzard, SABC, Utz, FirstRand, WTO: Intellectual Property
• U.A.E. Is Making Progress in Talks With RIM on BlackBerry, Al Otaiba Says
• Nedbank `Mistake' to Prompt Review by South Africa of Trading in Futures
• Barclays, McKinsey, DLA Piper, Citigroup, Cerberus, Lehman in Court News
• Palm Oil Futures Decline for a Second Day, Tracking Losses in Soybean Oil
• Nine Injured When Train Collides With Vehicle in Western Germany, DPA Says
• Spain Sells 5.5 Billion Euros of Treasury Bills as Borrowing Costs Decline
• Argentina Government Forecasts 8.4% GDP Growth This Year, Nacion Reports
• Saudi Inflation Rate Likely Rose for Sixth Consecutive Month, Survey Shows
• Malaysia's Economic Expansion Probably Slowed Amid Risks to Asian Exports
• Nordics, Baltics Sign Financial Stability Accord to Avert Banking Crises
• Company Bonds Stay on `Goldilocks Path,' Standard Life Fund Manager Says
• South Africa Upholds Decision to Award Mine Right to Imperial, Not Kumba
• Central Bank Opens Interbank Bond Market to Hong Kong Banks Holding Yuan
• Aegon to Repay $643 Million of State Aid, Expects EU Approval for Bailout
• Korea Pension to Invest $300 Million in French Mall (Update2)
• Shipping Container Operator Santos Brasil Considers Funding for Expansion
• Cimpor Second-Quarter Sales Rise 12%, Fastest Since 2007, Paced by Brazil
• Canadian Dollar Advances After Potash Corp. Says BHP Billiton Made Bid
• Turkey Sells 8.22 Billion Liras of Domestic Bonds, Meeting Monthly Goal
• Former Italian President Cossiga's Condition Deteriorates Drastically
• Pakistan's Current Account Gap Narrows to $635 Million, Central Bank Says
• Vedanta Resources Debt Rating Cut to Junk by Fitch on Cairn India Purchase
• Angang Steel Rebounds to First-Half Profit as China Stimulus Boosts Demand
• Rice Crop to Reach Record as India Farmers Boost Sowing to Counter Drought
• Australia Central Bank's Stevens Says Too Much Regulation May Hurt Economy
• Housing Development Advances, Sterlite Declines as Sensex Index Fluctuates
• King May Send Third U.K. Inflation Letter of 2010 as Rate Keeps Above 3%
• Nickel May Fall 23% on Weaker Demand for Stainless Steel, According to UBS
• India's July Exports Grew at Slowest Pace in Six Months as Demand Weakened
• Yuan Gains Most Since June on Speculation China Favors Greater Volatility
• GFI Plans Sale as High-Grade Yields at Lowest in 23 Years: New Issue Alert
• Nearly Half of Investors Expect Fed Return to QE, Citigroup Survey Says
• Carlsberg Raises Annual Profit Forecast on Improved Russian Market, Ruble
• Citigroup Hires Traders Richard Lester, Ross Desmond From Barclays Capital
• Tottenham's Jermaine Jenas May Move on Loan to Juventus: Soccer Roundup
• Foxconn Says It Will Take Down Anti-Suicide Safety Nets at Shanxi Campus
• Iranian Government Sells 5% of Its Shares in Dana Insurance Co. in IPO
• Michael Douglas Cancels Hong Kong Speaking Engagement for Tumor Treatment
• German Investor Sentiment Declines to 16-Month Low
• Cowdery's Power Pushes U.K. Insurers to Change, Raise Dividends
• Ireland's Debt Sale Totals 1.5 Billion Euros as Yield Climbs on 2014 Bonds
• Germany Says `Very Skeptical' of Proposed EU Change to Way Debt Calculated
• Ireland Sells 1.5 Billion Euros of Bonds Maturing in 2014, 2020 at Auction
• `Israel's Existence Is in Danger' If It Attacks Nuclear Plant, Iran Says
• Asian Stocks Outside Japan Advance as Utilities Rise; Nikkei 225 Declines
• China Coal Energy May Meet Target to Double Output by 2015, President Says
• Sri Lanka May Not Tap IMF Funds Immediately on Reserves, Amunugama Says
• Iran Imports 23 Tons of Gold in 4 Months, 22 Tons in the Previous Year
• Marubeni, International Power to Open $2.8 Billion U.A.E. Plant This Year
• Blackburn Rovers Have `Productive' Meeting With WGA on Proposed Takeover
• German Investor Optimism May Drop to 16-Month Low on Weaker Growth Outlook
• Spain Sells 5.5 Billion Euros of Treasury Bills as Borrowing Costs Retreat
• Spanish Borrowing Costs Decline in $7.8 Billion Bill Sale
• F&C Gains Most Since 1989 as Sherborne Investors Buys 26.6 Million Shares
• PICC Property and Casualty First-Half Profit Surges to 2.645 Billion Yuan
• South Korea Won Leads Asian Currency Gains on Rate Outlook, Yield Premium
• Deutsche Boerse's IPO Indicator Shows Activity Increasing in Third Quarter
• Hong Kong Unemployment Rate Drops to 19-Month Low of 4.3%, Below Estimate
• Resolution Posts First-Half Profit After Acquiring Friends Provident Unit
• South Africa Halts Raw Wool, Mohair Exports to China on Rift Valley Fever
• Hong Kong's May-July Unemployment Rate Was 4.3%, Below Estimate of 4.5%
• Tata May Double China Workforce During Next Year to Win Software Business
• Impala Platinum's Workers to Decide on Wage Offer by Aug. 19, Union Says
• China's PBOC Opens Interbank Bond Market to Hong Kong Lenders Holding Yuan
• Rubber Advances on Speculation China May Boost Purchases, Crude Oil Gains
• China Cuts Long-Term Treasuries By Most Ever as Yields Drop
• Mitsui O.S.K.'s Damaged Tanker May Have Been Attacked in Strait of Hormuz
• Osborne to Prepare Ground for Cuts in U.K. With Attack on Labour's Legacy
• Nordic Stocks: Carlsberg, D/S Norden, EnQuest, Tryg Shares Are Active
• Japanese Officials Step Up Response to Economic Slowdown as Yen Advances
• China Stocks Advance for Third Day, Led by Consumer, Industrial Companies
• Stocks Fall to Lowest Level Since November on Slow Economic Growth Concern
• Pegatron Suspends Manager at Kaedar After Apple Manager Indicted in U.S.
• Oil Falls After Industry Report Shows Higher U.S. Oil, Gasoline Supplies
• Novorossiysk Ports Boost Wheat Exports Before Ban Effective, SovEcon Says
• Air Arabia Price Estimates Cut at Citigroup, Morgan Stanley on Earnings
• Japan Seeks Lowest Volume of Wheat in Two Weeks in Tender, Ministry Says
• Nedbank Excused by South African Regulator From Making Bid For Acc-Ross
• Nikolaus Bets on `Unprecedented' Defaults in Expansion to Distressed Debt
• Sucden Buys 70,000 Tons of India Sugar for Sale to Pakistan, Seller Says
• Crude Oil Trades Near Five-Week Low on Signs Economic Growth Is Faltering
• Egypt Has Bought 2.3 Million Tons of Local Wheat Since April, Ahram Says
• U.K. Government Bonds May Outperform as Pace of Sales Slows, Nomura Says
• China Floods Boost Pests, Threaten Rice Crops, Agriculture Ministry Says
• Primary Health Falls to Lowest Since 2003 After Full-Year Earnings Outlook
• Hong Kong Auctions Ho Man Tin Site for $527.7 Million, Beating Estimates
• Sawiris Ready to Sign Agreement to Sell Wind, Orascom Stake, Il Sole Says
• Sigma Pharma Falls Most in One Month After Agreeing to Sell Unit to Aspen
• Flooding in China's Gansu Kills 36 People, Adding to Landslide Death Toll
• German Bonds May Fall on `Unproblematic' Irish Debt Sale, ZEW, WestLB Says
• Yen Pares Decline Versus Euro to Trade Little Changed at 109.46 in London
• Gartmore Posts 65% Profit Slide After Rambourg Suspension Prompts Outflows
• Philippines May Sell Another $1.5 Billion of Overseas Bonds By Year-End
• European Stocks Rise as Carlsberg, Wienerberger Rally, U.S. Futures Climb
• BlueScope Steel's O'Malley Seeks China Acquisitions to Boost Production
• Yen May Rise to Record as U.S. Won't Support Intervention, Sakakibara Says
• Barclays, EnQuest, Gartmore Group, Resolution: U.K., Irish Equity Preview
• Religare May Apply for Banking License in India, Chief Executive Nath Says
• UniCredit Chairman Informed Foundations About Libyan Investment, MF Says
• China Will Narrow Trade Surplus by Driving Up Import Demand, Official Says
• OneSteel Full-Year Profit Gains 12% on Higher Iron Ore Prices and Volumes
• Kenya Commercial Bank Says Profit in Six Months Through June Increases 19%
• Templeton Buys Pakistan Stocks as Floods Drag Down Valuations, Mobius Says
• Russia Authority Certifies Engines of Alenia-Sukhoi's Superjets, MF Says
• Aeroports de Paris, France Telecom, Vial, Rodriguez: French Equity Preview
• Japan's Government Bonds Rise a Fifth Day as Yen Trades Near 15-Year High
• Global Recovery `Well in Place,' Templeton's Mark Mobius Says
• UGL Full-Year Profit Rises on Higher Infrastructure, Resources Earnings
• Copper Rises for Second Day in London After Dollar's Decline: LME Preview
• Hochtief to Seek Toll-Road Projects With Indian Partners, Boersen Reports
• Capcom, FCC, Nippon Electric, Tokyu, Toyota Boshoku, UKC: Japanese Stocks
• Takefuji Drops for 12th Day Amid Concerns Lender May Be Unable to Pay Debt
• Marubeni and Cargill Agree to Develop Carbon Emissions-Offset Projects
• Japan to Develop Bigger, Longer-Lasting Reactors to Replace Old Models
• Balda Ex-Employees File Lawsuit After Insolvencies, Handelsblatt Reports
• East Europe Nations, Sweden Ask EU to Change Debt Definition, WiBlatt Says
• Leighton, Primary Health, Sigma, Sky City, Tox: Australian, N.Z. Equities
• Weight-Loss Surgery May Trim Drug, Medical Cost for Diabetics, Study Finds
• Japan's Slowdown Amid Yen Surge Adds Pressure for Policy Action
• Woodside, Rival Chevron Announce New Gas Discoveries off Western Australia
• Yen Falls Versus Euro on Rebound in Asian Stocks, Intervention Speculation
• Russian Area Stricken by Fire Shrank Considerably Overnight, Ministry Says
• South Africa's Malema Cleared in Tender Probe, ANC Youth Organization Says
• Latvia May Trim About $363 Million From Next Year's Budget, BNS Reports
• Aegon Plans to Repay Remaining $2.6 Billion of State Funding by June 2011
• Merkel Won't Prevent Google From Showing Her Berlin Apartment, Bild Says
• German Government Bonds Open Little Changed; 10-Year Bund Yield at 2.33%
• Resolution First-Half Profit From Continuing Operations Is $112.9 Million
• Gartmore Says First-Half Assets Under Management Increase to $31.2 Billion
• Aegon Expects European Commission Approval for Its $3.9 Billion State Aid
• New Zealand's Slow Growth, Rate Rises Hinder Spending, Sky City CEO Says
• Copper Usage Growth in China to Slow on Property Curbs, Antaike Predicts
• Baghdad Suicide Bomb Attack on Army Recruitment Center Kills 41, AFP Says
• UBS Advises Selling Euro Against Swiss Franc, Predicting Decline to 1.2800
• Taipei Cites Earthquakes, Fire Risk in Push to Demolish Aging Apartments
• Deyaar, ADCB, First Investment, National Industries: Gulf Equity Preview
• Environment Minister to Run for CDU Leadership in Home State, Bild Reports
• PGE Places Top Bid for Polish Competitor Energa, Rzeczpospolita Reports
• DIC Asset Raises 2010 Forecast After First-Half Net Income Increases by 3%
• Clientele Life, First Uranium, JSE May Move: South African Equity Preview
• Cotton Prices Will Be `Strong' in Next Year, Price Futures' Scoville Says
• Nationals Sign Bryce Harper, Baseball's Top Draft Pick, Before Deadline
• Jets Emerge From Giants' Shadow in New $1.6 Billion Meadowlands Stadium
• Nigeria to Sell $1.3 Billion of Bonds for Auto Industry, BusinessDay Says
• Moscow to Close Triumfalnaya Square Favored by Protesters, Kommersant Says
• Drake & Scull of Dubai Carrying Out Due Diligence on Acquisition Targets
• Singapore Mercantile Exchange to Start Gold, Energy Futures Trade Aug. 31
• China to Boost Private Spending in Plan to Boost Consumption, Ulrich Says
• Ten-Year Bond Yields Approach Three-Month High Before India's Debt Auction
• Chinese Bulk Demand to Drive Advance in Baltic Dry Index, Cosco Forecasts
• CeWe Color Confirms 2010 Targets After First-Half Ebitda, Revenue Increase
• Pakistan Swaps Rise to Five-Week High on Concern Flood to Worsen Debt Load
• Singapore's Exports Cooled in July as Government Predicts Slowing Demand
• At Least Half of Apartments in Shanghai, Beijing Are Vacant, Daily Reports
• New Zealand's Tourism Companies Are Becoming More Optimistic About Sales
• Russia May Cancel Property Tax Breaks to Raise $4 Billion, Kommersant Says
• Deripaska May Borrow $6 Billion for Potanin Norilsk Stake, Vedomosti Says
• Suez Environnement Wins Waste-Incineration Rights From Veolia, Echos Says
• TVS Motor to Spend $32 Million to Add Capacity, Products as Demand Rises
• Chavez Says `Impossible' to Accept U.S. Ambassadorial Nominee Larry Palmer
• China Solar Projects Get Bids Below 1 Yuan Per Kilowatt-Hour, Caijing Says
• EU, Bouygues Appeal Court Ruling on France Telecom State Aid, Tribune Says
• Eli Manning Is Bloodied as Giants Beat Jets 31-16 in New Stadium Opener
• Deyaar Development May Abandon Dubai Project It Acquired For $101 Million
• Production, Housing Starts in U.S. Probably Increased in July
• California Gay Marriage Ban Will Continue During Court Appeal
• Lehman, Compania Mexicana, Hawks Prairie, Ute Mesa: Bankruptcy
• Citigroup-SEC $75 Million Subprime Accord Held Up by U.S. Judge's Doubts
• Obama's Deepwater Oil Drilling Bans Sent to New Orleans Judge for Review
• Obama Defends Economic Policies Against Republican Attacks Before Election
• Delaware River Port Authority Weighs Curbs on Nepotism, Interest Conflicts
• Harvard Tops U.S News 2011 College Rankings, Princeton Is No. 2
• NFL, NBA Provide Recruiting Ground for Republicans in November
• Shrugging Off Recession, Many Chelsea Galleries Keep Trading Up
• Bashing Architects With Lawsuit, as MIT Did, Kills Innovation
• Fake Memoir Brings Deadly Shakespeare, Mean Librarian to Life
• Nazi Footage Shows Fancy Banquet in Warsaw, Starving Children
• Pentagon Misuses U.S. Emergency Fund on Afghan Power Project, Skelton Says
• Mets Reliever Rodriguez May Be Done for Season With Injury From Scuffle
• Paulson Fund Bought 1.1 Million Shares of Goldman Sachs in Second Quarter
• Buffett Restores J&J Holdings as Berkshire's Cash Hoard Climbs
• Berkshire May Scale Back Derivative Sales After Dodd-Frank
• Louisiana Forgoes Build Americas for $405 Million Fuel Bond as Yields Drop
• Easier Loan Standards Fail to Boost Demand, Fed Survey Shows