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• Toyota orders 11-day output halt as sa

  01 06,2009Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) is to halt production at its Japanese plants for 11 days in February and March as a sharp slide in U.S. sales has left dealers' lots full of unsold cars.

• Gazprom Dispute Entangles Europe - New

  01 06,2009Aljazeera.netGazprom Dispute Entangles EuropeNew York Times - 38 minutes agoBy DAVID JOLLY and ANDREW E. KRAMER PARIS - Russia¡¯s gas price dispute with Ukraine began to entangle more of Europe on Tuesday, as the Bulgarian and Turkish authorities said that Russia had completely suspended their gas supplies and a Czech company ...Video: Ukraine to make up for stolen European gas RussiaTodayRussia Reduces Gas Deliveries Via Ukraine; Balkan Supply Halted BloombergReuters - The Associated Press - Inter Press Service - Portfolioall 1,436 news articles

• Bid to Revoke Madoff¡¯s Bail Cites His

  01 06,2009BBC NewsBid to Revoke Madoff¡¯s Bail Cites His GiftsNew York Times - 49 minutes agoBernard L. Madoff, right, leaving Federal District Court in Manhattan on Monday. Mr. Madoff remains free on $10 million bail. By ALEX BERENSON Contending that Bernard L. Madoff sent at least a million dollars worth of jewelry as gifts to family members ...Video: Congress Sounds Off Against SEC in Madoff Affair AssociatedPressSEC Broadens Its Probe Of Failures in Madoff Case Washington PostBloomberg - Houston Chronicle - BBC News - CNNMoney.comall 2,424 news articles

• Chinese government to Web companies: N

  01 06,2009ABC NewsChinese government to Web companies: No porn allowedCNET News - 59 minutes agoIn what amounts to a thinly-veiled legal threat, the Chinese government has intensified its campaign against sexually-explicit Internet material by instructing companies including Google to curb the availability of pornography.Report: China targets Web sites with 'porn' content CNN InternationalChina raps Google for allowing 'vulgar' content San Francisco Chronicleguardian.co.uk - ZDNet - Financial Times - International Herald Tribuneall 606 news articles

• Retail sales seen falling despite deep

  01 06,2009Reuters - Deep discounts failed to coax consumers to shop in December, but are sure to sap margins and will likely lead to a number of profit warnings when retailers report sales for the all-important holiday month this week.

• General Growth settles lawsuit, sees h

  01 06,2009General Growth settles lawsuit, sees higher Q4 FFOReuters - 1 hour agoJan 6 (Reuters) - US mall giant General Growth Properties Inc GGP.N expects to report higher fourth-quarter earnings to reflect the reversal of certain expenses tied to a lawsuit which it settled for $48 million.General Growth settles Caruso Affiliated lawsuit for $48 mln - Update RTT NewsGeneral Growth Properties Switches Its Bankruptcy Counsel Wall Street JournalJournal Inquirer - BloggingStocks - GuruFocus.com - The American Lawyerall 43 news articles

• Euro Falls to Three-Week Low on Specul

  01 06,2009AFPEuro Falls to Three-Week Low on Speculation ECB Will Cut RatesBloomberg - 1 hour agoBy Stanley White Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The euro fell to a three-week low against the dollar and declined versus the yen before data that will probably show slowing regional inflation, giving the European Central Bank more room to lower interest rates.Euro extends losses, hits 3-week low vs dollar, pound ReutersDollar hits 3-week high vs euro, rate gap eyed guardian.co.ukWall Street Journal - ACM - Forbes - Economic Timesall 186 news articles

• Asian markets extend gains, Nikkei up

  01 06,2009The Associated PressAsian markets extend gains, Nikkei up 0.4 percentThe Associated Press - 1 hour agoHONG KONG (AP) - Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday, shrugging off lackluster trade in the US and Europe amid growing optimism the world economy will recover later this year.GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks up for 7th day on recovery hopes guardian.co.ukHong Kong shares close weaker on profit-taking in China telcos ... ForbesReuters - Bloomberg - MarketWatch - Forbesall 1,138 news articles

• Further cuts in Russian gas supplies

  01 06,2009All Russian gas supplies via Ukraine to Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and Macedonia were halted on Tuesday as a result of the Moscow-Kiev price row, Bulgaria's economy ministry said.