LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Europe's leading exchanges opened lower, taking their cue from a pullback in Wall Street after a housing report damped hopes of a cut in interest rates there, with mining sector losses also weighing. Overnight, US stocks ended lower after sales of new homes surged by the largest amount in 14 years, putting into question the argument that the Federal Reserve needs to cut interest rates to stimulate a sluggish economy. Staying in M&A, shares in Belgo-Dutch...

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Then, when the type started to print faintly, it was time for a new ribbon, inked red on the top and black on the bottom - or was it the other way around? Can you imagine the dead stare you'd get if you handed a young grandchild a butcher knife and an unsharpened pencil and asked him to sharpen it for you? His eyes would go from the knife to the pencil and back again without seeing the connection between the two. Can you imagine the dead stare you'd get if you handed a young grandchild a...

CSOs participating in a conference call the day of the launch, welcomed the revised Code as tool for citizens to demand accountability from their governments on fiscal issues. The April 2007 World Economic Outlook, the IMF's flagship economic forecast publication, included a chapter on the impact of labor globalization on compensation and labor's share of income in developed economies, and on policies that can help them adjust to the pressures of a global labor market. The April 2007 World...

Memorial Day weekend is shaping up to be one for the books, with forecasters calling for balmy weather and a new system of traffic ramps in place to ease congestion at the Sagamore Bridge - a welcome relief for those hitting the pristine beaches of Cape Cod. Memorial Day weekend is shaping up to be one for the books, with forecasters calling for balmy weather and a new system of traffic ramps in place to ease congestion at the Sagamore Bridge - a welcome relief for those hitting the...

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