NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global stocks slid and the U.S. dollar rose on Friday as investors cut their exposure to risky assets amid signs of an anaemic U.S. economic recovery. More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley has handed off its Crescent real estate subsidiary to Barclays Capital , the companies said on Friday. More »
LONDON (AFP) - Europe's main stock markets steadied on Friday one day after equities slumped on jitters regarding the economic outlook, traders said. More »
Goldman has faced public anger for setting aside nearly $17 billion (10.2 billion pounds) - (Reuters) - Some of Goldman Sachs Group Inc's largest shareholders have asked the company to cut the size of its bonus pool and pass along more of its profits to investors, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation. More »
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government said for the first time since 2006 that the economy was back in deflation, warning of the risk that price falls may pressure a fragile economy barely out of its worst recession in decades. More »
WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - Senior U.S. Federal Reserve officials said on Thursday inflation is not an immediate threat as a weak economic recovery and a grim outlook for jobs keep price pressures in check. More »
PARIS (Reuters) - PARIS (Reuters) -ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet said on Thursday the central bank would proceed with a gradual withdrawal of unconventional policies and a top EU official said it was not time to put exit strategies in place. More »
PARIS (Reuters) - A senior Federal Reserve official said on Thursday he was hopeful of strong U.S. economic growth to close out the year, but said he was "losing faith" in employment starting to rise before 2010. More »
PARIS (Reuters) - The world's key central banks will not need to start raising policy interest rates until late 2010 due to low inflation and economic slack, and can then proceed gradually, the OECD said in a report published on Thursday. More »
LONDON (AFP) - Europe's main stock markets retreated on Thursday following losses in Tokyo and overnight on Wall Street, as investors digested mixed economic data and outlooks for the global economy. More »

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