Oil slips while gold rallies
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Jun. 20, 2006

Oil slipped 18 cents to $68.80 a barrel in late morning trade on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold prices recovered from early weakness to end London trade about $1 higher at $569.70/$570.70 a troy ounce, compared with its late quote in New York. The gold price had reached an intra-day low of $560.

Oil slips while gold rallies
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Oil slipped 18 cents to $68.80 a barrel in late morning trade on the New York Mercantile Exchange
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Yen rise on rate boost hopes
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Yen boosted from Y115.48 to Y114.62 against the dollar and from Y145.1 to Y144.2 against the euro.
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Government bonds fell and yields rose on Tuesday after strong data on housing markets from the UK and US
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Government bonds fell and yields rose on Tuesday after strong data on housing markets from the UK and US heightened fears about interest rate rises.
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Wall Street pushed higher, recovering from two days of falls
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Wall Street pushed higher, recovering from two days of falls. Defensive stocks such as consumer staples were in strong demand. Energy stocks were boosted by resurgent crude oil prices.
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rising tide of protectionism could endanger European investment in the US
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A rising tide of protectionism could endanger European investment in the US, the president of the European Commission said ahead of a European Union-US summit in Vienna on Wednesday.
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Wall Street pulled back sharply Monday as a lack of economic news left investors hesitant to buy stocks
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Dow Ends Down 72 on Lack of Economic News and inflation scare
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Deutsche Börse launched a fresh effort on Monday to woo Euronext away from a deal with the NYSE Group
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Deutsche Börse launched a fresh effort on Monday to woo Euronext away from a deal with the NYSE Group, making key concessions on operations that would give its Paris-based rival more power than the Germans were initially prepared to concede.
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Circuit City reports higher sales of flat panel televisions and digital music players
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Circuit City, the second biggest electronics retailer in the US, reported earnings of $6.4m, or 4 cents a share, in its first quarter on Monday, lifted by sales of flat panel televisions and digital music players.
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Alberto-Culver to spin off stores
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Alberto-Culver will separate from its Sally Beauty retail and supply operations in an unusual $3bn deal with private equity investors that will create two publicly-traded companies.
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