Former French First Lady Valerie Trierweiler says President Francois Hollande sought to win her back after his infidelity prompted her to overdose on sleeping pills. In a 320-page tell-all book entitled “Merci Pour Ce Moment” or “Thanks for the Moment” to be released tomorrow, 49-year-old Trierw…
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Ex-French First Lady Details Life With Hollande in Tell-All Book
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EU commission to propose new Russia sanctions this afternoon
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz will probably extend the longest interest-rate pause since the 1950s today, as external threats to the world’s 11th largest economy outweigh signs of quicker output and inflation. The benchmark rate on overnight loans between commercial banks will remain at …
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Canada Rate Pause Will Probably Reach Four Years
In July 2014 compared with June 2014, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade1 fell by 0.4% in both the euro area2 (EA18) and the EU282, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In June3 retail trade increased by 0.3% in both zones. In July 2014 c…
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Volume of retail trade down by 0.4% in euro area
Putin spokesman says Putin and Poroshenko did not agree on ceasefire because Russia is not a party to ukraine conflict – ria news agency
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Spokesman: Putin and Poroshenko did not agree on ceasefire
U.K. services growth unexpectedly accelerated in August, countering a slowdown in manufacturing and reinforcing the recovery’s dependence on domestic demand. Markit Economics’ Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to a 10-month high of 60.5 from 59.1 in July. Economists had forecast a decline to 58.5,…
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U.K. Services Growth Surges in Sign of Unbalanced Recovery
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has reached agreement with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Wednesday on a “permanent ceasefire” in eastern Ukraine’s Donbass region, Poroshenko’s press office said in a statement. “Mutual understanding was achieved concerning the steps which will enable the establi…
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Ukraine: Putin, Poroshenko agree on ‘permanent ceasefire’ in Donbass region
Eurozone output expanded for the fourteenth successive month in August, according to the latest PMI surveys from Markit. At 52.5 in August, the final Markit Eurozone PMI® Composite Output Index eased from July’s three-month high of 53.8 to signal the weakest rate of increase during the year-so-…
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Eurozone recovery slows as output falls in France and Italy
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Poroshenko: agreement with Putin on permanent ceasefire in E.Ukraine Donbass region
Emerging-market distressed debt had its worst month in more than a year in August amid banking turmoil in South Africa and Turkey, a coal-industry rout and the conflict in Ukraine. The bonds tumbled 5 percent, the biggest decline since a 6.54 percent loss in June 2013, according to Bank of Ameri…
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Emerging-Market Distressed Bonds Have Worst Month in Year
German service providers reported a further rise in business activity in August, although the pace of expansion slowed since the previous month. Employment also rose at a weaker rate, while new business continued to increase. Meanwhile, business sentiment fell to the lowest level in nearly o …
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German Business activity continues to rise, albeit at slower pace
August saw a slight drop in t he level of business activity in Italy’s service sector, ending a run of expansion stretching back to April. Behind this renewed weakness was a m arginal fall in incoming new business, with employment levels reduced accordingly. Another negative development h …
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Italian Business activity falls slightly in August
The Spanish service sector posted a sharper rise in activity during August as new business increased strongly again. This contributed to higher backlogs of work and job creation, although in both cases at slower rates than in July. Meanwhile, the rate of i nput cost inflation eased and compani…
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Spain: Fastest rise in activity since December 2006
Great stretches of Europe’s last wildernesses risk being damaged and polluted as the international mining industry gears up to develop northern Finland, Sweden, and Norway in search of uranium, iron ore, nickel, phosphorus, and valuable rare earth minerals, according to environmentalists. The pri…
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Mining threatens to eat up northern Europe’s last wilderness
The monthly retail sales report for Europe is on track to weaken for July, which will raise the pressure on the European Central Bank to unveil a new phase of monetary stimulus with the bank’s monthly announcement tomorrow. Meanwhile, two US economic reports scheduled today – weekly chain store…
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3 Numbers: EU retail set to slip – US chain stores, factory orders
So says PM Renzi in an article for Sole 24Ore; govt will cut public spending by EUR 20 bln in 2015; does not need additional budget measures this year;
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Italy not planning any one-off measures to cut debt
U.S. bank regulators plan to adopt on Wednesday rules forcing big banks to hold more assets that they could sell easily in a credit crunch, a requirement that is closely linked to the experience of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Regulators also will unveil a separate proposal governing how much …
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U.S. bank regulators set to adopt liquidity, swaps margin rules
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For all the concern about the prospect of tougher international sanctions and signs of slowing growth, more money flowed last month into Russia and China exchange-traded funds than any other emerging markets. U.S.-based ETFs focused on Russia attracted $265 million last month, or 14 percent of th…
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Russia-China Prove Cheap to Investors as Money Flows Rise
AUD/USD has gained 10 pips on Stevens comments as the pair climbed to 0.9285 from around 0.9275 earlier. The pivotal resistance of 0.9300 is still out of reach Aussie liked Stevens comments The Aussie failed to get above 0.9300 on better than expected Australian GDP data and spectacular growth…
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AUD/USD liked Stevens comments, but in no hurry to grow
