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General Motors Co to Expand Number of Shares in Initial Public Offering by 31% to 478mm on Strong Investor Demand

Roche Holding AG Announces Plans to Cut 4,800 Jobs in Restructuring Exercise Aimed at Saving USD 2.4B in Annual Costs

Potash Corp to Launch Stock Buyback Worth as Much as USD 2B in Bid to Support its Share Price after BHP Billiton Dropped its USD 39B Hostile Takeover

UK Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Fell in October by 3.7k to 1.47mm, the First Decline Since July

Crude Oil Stands at USD 82.10 per Barrel

Ethanol Stands at USD 2.12 per Gallon

Natural Gas Stands at USD 3.84 per British Thermal Unit (Btu)

Gold Stands at USD 1,331.30 per Troy Ounce

Dow Jones Industrial Average Falls 178.47 Points (-1.59%) to 11,023.50

London FTSE Index Falls 6.30 Points (-0.11%) to 5,675.60

Japan Nikkei Index Rises 14.56 Points (0.15%) to 9,811.66

Hong Kong Hang Seng Index Falls 478.56 Points (-2.02%) to 23,214.50

Brazil Bovespa Index Falls 1,174.74 Points (-1.67%) to 69,192.40

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Japan Intervenes in the Foreign Exchange Market for the first Time Since 2004 Following a Surge in the Yen to the Strongest Against the USD in 15 Years Which Threatened to Inhibit the Country’s Economic Recovery

UK Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Rise 2.3k to 1.47mm in August, its First Gain Since January and Refuting Analysts’ Forecast for a 3k Decline

US Home Owners Cut Prices on 26% of Homes For Sale in August, Up From 25% in July and the Highest Since October 2009 as They Seek to Lure Buyers Into the Market

China’s Banking Regulator Considers a Boost in Capital Ratio For its Biggest Lenders to As Much As 15% By the End of 2012 From the Current 11.5% Ratio, Adding a Buffer Against Economic Fluctuations

Pakistan Considers Importing As Much As 1mm Metric Tons of Sugar After Floods Damaged 15% of the Nation’s Sugar Cane Crop

Crude Oil Stands at USD 75.69 per Barrel

Ethanol Stands at USD 2.06 per Gallon

Natural Gas Stands at USD 3.94 per British Thermal Unit (Btu)

Gold Stands at USD 1,269.50 per Troy Ounce

Dow Jones Industrial Average Falls 17.64 Points (0.17%) to 10,526.49

London FTSE Index Falls 7.30 Points (0.13%) to 5,560.11

Japan Nikkei Index Rises 217.25 Points (2.34%) to 9,516.56

Hong Kong Hang Seng Index Rises 29.60 Points (0.14%) to 21,725.64

Brazil Bovespa Index Falls 338.73 Points (0.5%) to 67,691.85

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Bank of England Policy Makers Unanimously Vote to Keep their GBP 200B Bond Repurchase Programme on Hold in March

Japan Central Bank Doubles the Amount of Short-Term Loans it Offers Banks to JPY 20T or USD 220B

The World Bank Raises its 2010 Economic Growth Forecast for China to 9.5% from 9% Citing Strong Growth in Consumption by Businesses and Households

UK Jobless Claims Decline at Fastest Pace in February Since 1997 After Unexpectedly Falling by 32,300 to 1.59mm from the Prior Month

UniCredit SpA , Italy’s Biggest Bank Reports Fourth Quarter Earnings Falls 27% to EUR 317mm on Increased Provision for Credit Losses

Porsche SE Forecasts a Second Consecutive Full-Year Loss Due to Costs Associated With the Acquisition of Volkswagen AG

Crude Oil Stands at USD 82.44 per Barrel

Ethanol Stands at USD 1.59 per Gallon

Natural Gas Stands at USD 4.34 per British Thermal Unit (Btu)

Gold Stands at USD 1,131.90 per Troy Ounce

Dow Jones Industrial Average Rises 43.83 Points (0.41%)

London FTSE Index Rises 34.14 Points (0.61%)

Japan Nikkei Index Rises 125.27 Points (1.17%)

Hong Kong Hang Seng Index Rises 361.56 Points (1.72%)

Brazil Bovespa Index Rises 918.46 Points (1.33%)

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Australia Records Third-Quarter Economic Growth of 0.2% from an Expansion of 0.6% in Q02 2009

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Files Claim to Abort Agreement to Purchase USD 7.5B Worth of Citigroup Inc Shares

UK Jobless Claims Fall by 6.3k to 1.63mm in November, First Decline Since February 2008

European Central Bank to Lend Banks EUR 96.9B in its Final Twelve-Month Tender, Exceeding Economists’ Forecast of EUR 75B

Crude Oil Stands at USD 71.50 per Barrel

Ethanol Stands at USD 1.85 per Gallon

Natural Gas Stands at USD 5.56 per British Thermal Unit (Btu)

Gold Stands at USD 1,134.60 per Troy Ounce

Dow Jones Industrial Average Falls 49.05 Points (-0.47%)

London FTSE Index Rises 36.56 Points (0.69%)

Japan Nikkei Index Rises 93.93 Points (0.93%)

Hong Kong Hang Seng Index Falls 202.18 Points (-0.93%)

Brazil Bovespa Index Falls 38.59 Points (-0.06%)

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