02/04/2012 10:59 AM
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Obama presses Congress to pass aid to homeowners
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WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama
on Saturday pressed U.S. lawmakers to pass his proposal to
provide up to $10 billion in aid to struggling homeowners,
saying a failure to address the housing crisis would put the
rest of the economy at risk.
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02/04/2012 06:22 AM
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Fed-up Indian bank "to name and shame" defaulters
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MUMBAI, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The State Bank of India
, the country's biggest lender, will name and shame
"wilful" defaulters and put their pictures in newspapers to get
them to pay up, the Economic Times said on Saturday.
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02/04/2012 04:43 AM
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UPDATE 1-Sunshine Oilsands postpones Hong Kong $700 mln IPO-WSJ
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HONG KONG, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Sunshine Oilsands Ltd, a
Canadian oil explorer backed by Chinese state-owned enterprises,
has delayed the launch of a planned up to $700 million initial
public offering in Hong Kong that was expected to be the biggest
new listing in Asia this year, The Wall Street Journal said on
Saturday.
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02/04/2012 02:33 AM
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Sunshine Oilsands postpones Hong Kong $700 mln IPO-WSJ
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HONG KONG, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Sunshine Oilsands Ltd, a
Canadian oil explorer backed by Chinese state-owned enterprises,
has delayed the launch of a planned up to $700 million initial
public offering in Hong Kong that was expected to be the biggest
new listing in Asia this year, a report said on Saturday.
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02/04/2012 02:13 AM
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UPDATE 2-Colombia cenbank restarts dollar buying program
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* Investors seeking higher yields outside developed
economies
(Adds detail on government measures)
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02/04/2012 01:21 AM
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Obama nominates Baer to head DOJ's top antitrust post
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* Baer's nomination to antitrust division widely expected
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02/04/2012 01:08 AM
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Argentine Mendoza province eyes global debt issue in 2012
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BUENOS AIRES, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Argentina's western
province of Mendoza plans to issue about $250 million in new
debt on global markets in 2012 for the first time in 15 years,
Mendoza's economy minister said on Friday.
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02/04/2012 12:23 AM
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NYSE Euronext CEO: "mega-mergers" unlikely for now
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* Says exchanges likely to return more capital to holders
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02/04/2012 12:18 AM
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UPDATE 1-Obama nominates JP Morgan executive to FDIC board
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(Adds background about the FDIC nominees and Republican
opposition to Richard Cordray)
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02/04/2012 12:13 AM
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Banking's SWIFT working with US, EU on Iran measures
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WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The organization that
provides the world's banks with a system for moving money said
on Friday it is working with officials in the United States and
European Union to address concerns about the services it
provides to blacklisted Iranian banks.
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