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US, Latin American fans lead World Cup ticket demand

FansfromNorthandSouthAmericahavedrivenforeigndemandforWorldCuptickets,accordingtothelatestfiguresfromworldfootballgoverningbodyFIFA.Duringthefirst-come,first-se

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Merkel defends German trade surplus

Germanyistryingtostimulatedomesticdemandtooffsetstrongexports,butwantsakeenappetiteforGermanproductstocontinue,ChancellorAngelaMerkelsaidinavideopodcastonSaturd

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India factory activity expands at fastest pace in 5 years in December

India’sfactoryactivityexpandedatthefastestpaceinfiveyearsinDecember,aprivatesectorsurveyshowedonTuesday,buoyedbyariseinoutputandneworders,whichallowedfirmstorai

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Japan's economy continues growth spurt but pace slows

Japancontinueditsseventhstraightquarterofeconomicgrowth,officialfiguresshowedonWednesday,althoughtherateofincreaseintheworld'sthird-biggesteconomyisslowing.Japa

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LG Display 3Q profit surges on year-end demand for TVs, mobile devices

SouthKorea’sLGDisplayCoLtdbookedan80percentsurgeinquarterlyprofitsjustaheadofexpectations,helpedbystrongdemandforitsscreensusedinhigh-endTVsetsaswellasmobiledev

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India: Government attempts to revive economy

ByAPDWriterRishikaChauhanNEWDELHI,September24(APD)--ThegovernmentisattemptingtorevivetheslowingdowneconomybyboostinginvestmentandencouragingmanufacturinginIndia

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IEA says strong oil demand growth helps market's rebalancing

Global oil demand will grow more quickly than expected this year, helping to ease a glut despite rising crude production from North America and weak OPEC compliance with output cuts, the International Energy Agency said on Friday.

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IEA says strong oil demand growth helps market's rebalancing

Globaloildemandwillgrowmorequicklythanexpectedthisyear,helpingtoeaseaglutdespiterisingcrudeproductionfromNorthAmericaandweakOPECcompliancewithoutputcuts,theInte

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Petya hackers issue fresh ransom demand

Theperpetratorsofarecentcyber-attackthatdisruptedbusinessesacrosstheworldappeartohaveaccessedtheransompaymentstheyraised.Justover£7,900-worthofvirtualcurrencyha

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Al Jazeera : Saudi coalition's demands part of 'troubling trend'

Qatar-basedtelevisionnetworkAlJazeerahascondemnedtheSaudicoalition'sdemandofitsshutdown,callingit"nothingshortofasiegeagainstthejournalisticprofession".GilesTre

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Demand for Qatar to close down al-Jazeera 'unacceptable': U.N.

AdemandbySaudiArabiaandthreeotherArabnationsforQatartoclosedownitsal-JazeeraTVchannelisan"unacceptableattack"ontherighttofreedomsofexpressionandopinion,theUnite

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Credit conditions for most business lending unchanged in fourth quarter : Fed

Loan officers at U.S. banks reported largely unchanged lending standards and slightly looser terms for business loans in the last three months of 2016, the Federal Reserve reported on Monday in a quarterly survey.

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Uber sees flying commuters in 10 years

Flying commuters like George Jetson could be whizzing to work through the sky less than 10 years from now, according to ride-services provider Uber, which believes the future of transportation is literally looking up.

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Asean now biggest market for Singapore

South-east Asia has overtaken the United States to become the largest market for Singapore's goods and services, according to Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) data yesterday.

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Oil giants doomed as China pushes for electric vehicles, says BNP Paribas

A seismic shift from petrol and diesel vehicles to electric ones, especially in China, could mean the world would enter an era of oil surplus in as early as a decade, says French bank BNP Paribas.

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S. Korea's industrial output falls in Jan. on concerns for economic slump

Industrial production in South Korea fell in the first month of this year, after rebounding in the previous month, boosting concerns about economic slump amid bleak domestic demand and sluggish exports, a government report showed Wednesday.

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Why oil producers will be over a barrel for a long time yet

Oil prices may have rallied on a new International Energy Agency forecast for demand to erode the excess supply next year and hopes exporters will soon agree to tighten the spigots, but producers shouldn’t get too excited.