tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57848562011-07-14T21:30:10.993Z <p><p align="center">Reciprocity is absolutely just, because the just is defined as that which is reciprocal to another.<br> <i><br> Pythagoras</i></p>Igorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01649647835397426568noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784856.post-1078053940223359332004-02-29T11:25:00.000Z2004-02-29T11:27:45.966Z

WEEK AHEAD-Improved economic outlook seen boosting Tokyo stocks: "The data earlier this month showed Japan's economy grew at its fastest pace in 13 years in the October-December quarter thanks to strong demand for Japanese electronics, cars and steel in China and the United States. Last week's solid industrial output data added to evidence that the world's second-biggest economy is pulling out of

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G7 should focus on fundamentals -US official: "The euro (EUR=) stood at around $1.2570 on Monday, off an all-time high of around $1.29 earlier this month. Analysts link the dollar weakness to the high deficit in the U.S. current account -- the net flow of current transactions between countries -- and see little chance of the trend reversing until that deficit starts shrinking. Aldonas said the

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Australian dollar tops list of top performing currencies in 2003: "The Australian dollar began 2003 at about 56 U.S. cents. Late Wednesday afternoon, it was trading at just below 75 U.S. cents. AMP Capital Investors chief economist and investment strategy head Shane Oliver said the Australian dollar in 2003 enjoyed its strongest year since the mid-1930s. 'Further Australian dollar appreciation is

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Fund Leaders: Future Depends on Trust: "With the fund industry reeling from a three-year bear market in stocks and U.S. authorities widening their probe into improper fund trading, the fund industry is being forced to adapt its organizational structure and keep costs in check. 'We must be brave and must not be afraid to improve our organizations by bringing in new people and making changes,' John

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NATIONAL POST: "One of the most solid examples of gold's rising tide came late last week when Peter Munk, chairman of Barrick Gold Corp., said the company is eliminating its hedge book. Mr. Munk, for those less familiar with the gold business, spent decades as hedging's poster boy. Hedging is a risk management tool that uses contracts to lock in future prices. Miners hedge future production to

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The World Today - Lessons from the stockmarket crash of '87: "ROBERT SHILLER: I think they have come down. Obviously, they've come down relative to a smooth version of earnings. So I don't think it's as high. I think in 2000 it was at record highs. Extraordinary highs. And I think nobody was really very sure of that market. It's come down to a lower level, but it's still not low, it's still on

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Most Shanghai copper futures (0#SCF:) rose their three-percent limit on Thursday while the LME jumped to six-year highs, as investors were bullish over the near-term trends of metals markets, traders said. Strength in metal contracts on the Shanghai Futures Exchange prompted Chinese punters to pull their money out of persistently weak domestic stock and debt markets, pushing most Shanghai copper

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LME metals swept to new highs as funds pile back in: "Aluminium (MAL3) was at $1,524/27, just off a new 29-month high at $1,528.50, and up from $1,510.50 at the last kerb close. 'Aluminium has been dragged up mainly by copper, but it's running into forward selling, which is capping gains,' the trader said. Nickel (MNI3) surged to $11,745/80, up sharply from $11,370 previously and just off an

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1. Real GDP growth (y/y % change) YEAR 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 PCT 12.6 10.5 9.6 8.8 7.8 7.1 8.0 7.3 8.0 QUARTER Q3/01 Q4/01 Q1/02 Q2/02 Q3/02 Q4/02 Q1/03 Q2/03 Q3/03 PCT 7.0 6.6 7.6 8.0 8.1 8.1 9.9 6.7 9.1 2. Consumer price index (y/y % change) YEAR 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 PCT 24.1

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6. Trade balance (in billions of U.S. dollars) MON (03) March April May June July Aug Sept EXPORTS 32.09 35.62 33.84 34.48 38.11 37.42 41.94 IMPORTS 32.55 34.60 31.60 32.34 36.51 34.62 41.65 BALANCE -0.46 1.02 2.24 2.14 1.60 2.80 0.29 7. Actual FDI inflows (in billions of U.S. dollars) YEAR 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

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Treasuries edge ahead, core inflation at 37-yr low: "Overall consumer prices firmed 0.3 percent in September compared to forecasts of a 0.2 percent gain, but the core measure excluding food and energy was up 0.1 percent exactly as expected. That took the annual pace of core inflation to touching its lowest level since early 1966, at 1.2 percent, a substantial slowdown from 2.2 percent in the same

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Long Bets [ 9: By 2020, bioterror or bioerror will lead to one million casualties in a single event. ]: "Rees's Argument: Biotechnology is plainly advancing rapidly, and by 2020 there will be thousands-even millions-of people with the capability to cause a catastrophic biological disaster. My concern is not only organized terrorist groups, but individual wierdos with the mindset of the people who

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