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US interest rates likely to rise as inflation builds, poll finds

... inflation pressures have fueled expectations the Federal Reserve will push up interest rates in the next few months. A Reuters poll taken on Thursday, after the first-quarter gross domestic product report showed a doubling of a key inflation measure ...

China committed to strong measures to contain growth, Premier Wen says

... clampdown to stamp out excess development and, just on Wednesday, issued new land-use rules to rein in industrial growth. Reuters

UK Chancellor backs Bank of England ahead of interest rate decision

... by a quarter percentage point to 4.25% when it meets next week, which would be the third such rate rise since November. Reuters

US jobs confidence adds to recovery optimism

... jobs-hard-to-get index within the group's survey fell to 27.6 in April from 29.9 in the month before, its lowest since November 2002. Reuters

TXU to sell Australian energy operations, pipeline unit for $3.41 billion

... Energy and Aquila, that have bailed out of Australia and other overseas locations in a bid to restore their balance sheets. Reuters

US March job growth at four-year high, stuns market

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 APR 2004
... 5.7% from the two-year low of 5.6% in January and February. But economists largely dismissed the rise as insignificant. Reuters/

Morning market wrap: US stocks head lower on disappointing jobs data

... increase the official cash rate following yesterday's board meeting. The outcome will be known at 09.30 AEST today. - with Reuters

Morning Market Report: US GDP surges at 7.2%; Dollar hits $US0.7100 overnight

... July-September period - its fastest clip in more than 19 years - as consumers went on a buying spree. Economists polled by Reuters had expected a more modest six per cent pace. Stocks later dipped as investors sold stocks at recent highs, questioning ...

Midday Market Wrap: Market slips into negative

... technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index increased 17.32 points to 1882.91. In London, a rally by global news and information firm Reuters led a modest gain in the UK top share index as confidence that earnings will continue to improve picked up after ...

ANZ poised to buy Lloyds NZ unit

... Deutsche Bank is advising Lloyds and ANZ is using its in-house advisers as well as Macquarie Bank and UBS, sources said. AAP/Reuters