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...UK local elections: More than 8,000 seats will be contested at 230 councils across England....
...Thursday’s local elections will be Rishi Sunak’s first big electoral test since becoming prime minister with voters deciding more than 8,000 local authority seats in 230 councils across England....
...property bubble. http://reut.rs/18k55GC India sets guidelines to meet EU drug import rules The Indian government said on Thursday it had set guidelines for pharmaceutical makers to comply with a European Union...
...(Bloomberg) OVERNIGHT MARKETS: MIXED Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -138.74 (-1.22%) at 11,230 Topix down -15.11 (-1.56%) at 953.39 Hang Seng up +38.16 (+0.16%) at 23,215 US markets S&P 500 up +2.42 (+...
...safeguards for unskilled workers abroad Indonesia, the Philippines and other developing countries are demanding more rights and higher wages world-wide for their legions of unskilled laborers—a trend that...
...http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/efbd376c-5085-11e1-ab40-00144feabdc0.html China bars airlines from EU tax plan The Chinese government has barred the country’s airlines from complying with a European Union charge...
...Russian bourse The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Russian Direct Investment Fund have taken stakes in Moscow’s main exchange, in a bid to make Moscow more attractive for both local...
...P CNX Nifty Index down -0.22% at 5,039 Currencies €/$ 1.34 (1.34) $/¥ 77.74 (77.76) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.51 at 110.32 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.14 at 101.13 100 Oz Gold (Comex) down -11.30...
...Syria sees allies as lifeline against sanctions As Syria struggles to absorb Arab, European Union and Turkish sanctions, the policies of the few regional governments that have not turned against Damascus...
...Emerging Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index up +2.44% at 992.19 Americas DJIA up +3.98% at 11,240 S&P 500 up +4.74% at 1,173 Bovespa up +5.10% at 51,151 Asia Nikkei 225 up +1.05% at 9,039 Topix up +0.82%...
...Emerging Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index down -3.21% at 1,039 Europe FTSE down -2.41% at 5,263 RTF down -3.81% at 1,785 Wig Index down -2.45% at 41,779 FTSE 300 Eurotop down -2.03% at 972.58 Americas...
...In late 2008, the government announced river damming and dredging projects intended to create 230,000 jobs by 2012. With 8 per cent of the work done, the schemes have only created 5,000 jobs....
...Having joined the European Union in 2004 and adopted the euro in 2008, it is attempting to attract higher-income visitors and property investors....
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