AP – Investors around the world remained on edge Sunday as Congress continued to work on a deal to raise the country’s borrowing limit and avoid a U.S. debt default.

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Debt deal could spur relief rally (Reuters)

By admin on July 31st, 2011

Reuters – A $3 trillion deal that U.S. lawmakers could reach to raise the U.S. borrowing limit and avoid default could spur a relief rally in Wall Street stocks and a rise in U.S. government yields on Monday.

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One pound bags of Dunkin' Donuts Original Blend coffee are on display at a Dunkin' Donuts store in Tewksbury, Massachusetts December 20, 2005. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters – Investors eagerly bought the shares of Dunkin’ Donuts parent Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc , sending them up as much as 56 percent on their first day of trading on Wednesday.


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AP – Diageo PLC, the world’s biggest liquor producer, has agreed to pay about $16.4 million to settle civil allegations of bribing government officials in India, Thailand and South Korea to get sales and tax benefits for its Johnnie Walker and Windsor Scotch whiskeys and other brands.

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A man sits in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Huaibei, Anhui province, July 25, 2011. REUTERS/China DailyReuters – Global stocks fell to their lowest in more than a week on Thursday, knocked down by mounting concerns about a U.S. debt default which also kept the dollar subdued against the safe-haven Swiss franc and the yen.


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A trader looks at computer screens scrolling financial markets curves in Paris, 2010. European stocks markets slumped, weighed down by debt strains in the United States, which offset earnings news from blue-chip companies, while the euro rose against the dollar.(AFP/File/Charly Triballeau)AFP – European stocks markets slumped on Thursday, weighed down by debt strains in the United States, which offset earnings news from blue-chip companies, while the euro rose against the dollar.


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FTSE 100 shares climb (AFP)

By admin on July 31st, 2011

Stocks in London closed lower Friday in the wake of official data from the US which showed the world's largest economy had stagnated in the last six months.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP – London stock markets closed higher at the end of trade on Thursday as corporates declared quarterly results though fears of a US debt default kept investment senitment jittery.


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Debt and data suggest more losses (Reuters)

By admin on July 30th, 2011

Traders work on the main trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange July 29, 2011. REUTERS/Mike SegarReuters – Stocks are likely to face more selling pressure next week as the Tuesday deadline draws near for raising the U.S. debt ceiling and Washington remains paralyzed by political brinkmanship.


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