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Greeks delay bailout talks as Merkel demands action
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:11:31 GMT
 Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Greece on Monday to make up its mind fast on accepting the painful terms for a new EU/IMF bailout, but the country's political leaders responded by delaying their decision for yet another day.
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Gingrich vows to take fight to "timid" Romney
(Reuters)
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:48:09 GMT
 Reuters - Republican Newt Gingrich vowed on Sunday to press ahead with his struggling presidential bid after a big loss in Nevada, saying he will focus on drawing a contrast with "timid" rival Mitt Romney.
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Syria bombards Homs; West scrambles for new strategy
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:16:42 GMT
 Reuters - Syrian forces bombarded Homs on Monday, killing 50 people in a sustained assault on several districts of the city which has become a centre of armed opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian National Council opposition group said.
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Obama gains over Romney amid better economy: poll
(Reuters)
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:43:22 GMT
Reuters - bolstered by a stronger economic outlook and recent job growth - would win in a match-up against the two leading Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, a poll on Monday showed.
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Insight: Two firms flourish in frenzied MF Global aftermath
(Reuters)
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:14:14 GMT
Reuters - The mad rush to move client money out of MF Global Inc. after its collapse left two firms with the bulk of customer accounts, while other brokerages emerged with only minor gains from the chaos of carving up a multibillion-dollar business.
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Analysis: Euro zone strugglers lack innovative knack
(Reuters)
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:03:10 GMT
 Reuters - To get an idea of the economic mountain euro zone strugglers Greece and Portugal have to climb, consider this: per million inhabitants, they each filed fewer than eight applications with the European Patent Office in 2010.
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Euro, global shares slip as clock ticks on Greece
(Reuters)
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:31:07 GMT
 Reuters - Fears that Greece might not accept the terms of a proposed new bailout deal brought a rally in global shares and the euro to a halt on Monday, undermining the positive effect of better global economic data.
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Are new unemployment figures a boost for Obama?
(The Christian Science Monitor)
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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:26:00 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - Friday’s good news on the economy – an unemployment rate that dropped to 8.3 percent in January as the economy added 243,000 jobs – might have caused the White House staff to do cartwheels. If you’re going to get blamed when things are rough, why not celebrate when they go well?
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