Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,303.10	+8.60	0.06%
S&P 500	1,649.60	-0.91	-0.06%
Nasdaq	3,459.14	-0.27	-0.01%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,303.10

+8.60

0.06%

S&P 500

1,649.60

-0.91

-0.06%

Nasdaq

3,459.14

-0.27

-0.01%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,764.29	-12.49	-0.45%
FTSE 100	6,654.34	-42.45	-0.63%
DAX	8,305.32	-46.66	-0.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,764.29

-12.49

-0.45%

FTSE 100

6,654.34

-42.45

-0.63%

DAX

8,305.32

-46.66

-0.56%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	14,612.50	+128.47	0.89%
Hang Seng	22,618.70	-51.01	-0.23%
S&P/ASX 200	4,983.50	-78.95	-1.56%

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Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

14,612.50

+128.47

0.89%

Hang Seng

22,618.70

-51.01

-0.23%

S&P/ASX 200

4,983.50

-78.95

-1.56%

Kuwaiti Ruler Gives Citizens $3,560 Each, Food, KUNA Says

By Fiona MacDonald - 2011-01-17T08:59:49Z

Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is giving every Kuwaiti citizen 1,000 dinars ($3,560) on the occasion of Kuwait’s 50th anniversary of independence, the state news agency KUNA reported.

The emir is also offering free food rations for 13 months starting next month, KUNA said, without elaborating, and citing State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Roudhan al-Roudhan. The grants are also to mark Kuwait’s 20th anniversary of liberation from occupying Iraqi forces, according to KUNA.

Kuwait celebrates national day on Feb. 25 and liberation day on Feb. 26.

The country’s population of 3.6 million included 1.12 million Kuwait citizens as of June 30 last year.

To contact the reporters on this story: Fiona MacDonald in Kuwait at fmacdonald4@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Shaji Mathew at shajimathew@bloomberg.net.

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