Packer sells media stake, ticketing to CVC

(Reuters) - Packer's Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd. said
on Friday it had agreed to sell a further 25 percent stake in
its 50:50 media joint venture to CVC for A$515 million .




PBL also agreed to sell its interests in online ticketing
business Ticketek and Sydney sports stadium Acer Arena to PBL
Media for A$210 million.


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France Telecom, GEA Grenobloise, Lafuma, Vinci: French Equity Preview

(Bloomberg) -- Shares of the following companies may
make gains or losses on the Paris stock exchange. Stock symbols
are in parentheses and prices are from the last close.

The CAC 40 Index rose 61.85, or 1 percent, to 6104, for a
2.4 percent gain this month. This is the CAC 40's third straight
monthly increase. The SBF 120 Index added 1 percent.


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Standard Chartered Plans to Move 50 to 100 London-Based Bankers to Dubai

(Bloomberg) -- Standard Chartered Plc, a U.K. bank
that makes most of its money in Asia, plans to move between 50
and 100 banking positions from London to Dubai, United Arab
Emirates.

Teams trading interest rates and the currencies of G10
countries, those specializing in Africa and the team that
monitors Standard Chartered's loan portfolio will be asked to
move to Dubai, London-based spokesman Sean Farrell said today.
The bank doesn't plan any redundancies, he said.


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GM, Ford Trounce Toyota's Shares, Bonds; Chrysler Buyout Buoys Investors

(Bloomberg) -- In case you missed it, General Motors
Corp. and Ford Motor Co. outperformed Toyota Motor Corp. in the
stock market the past 12 months. The next year may be no
different as Cerberus Capital Management LP seeks to turn
Chrysler around.

Armed with a $12 billion war chest, the private-equity firm
can take a hard line in July-to-September labor contract talks
with the United Auto Workers. That will benefit all of the Big
Three U.S. automakers because contract settlements at one company
usually form the basis for agreements at others, analysts said.


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BP, Partners Considering Expansion of Pipeline From Azerbaijan to Turkey

(Bloomberg) -- BP Plc and its partners may expand their
oil pipeline from Azerbaijan to Turkey to handle more crude from
Chevron Corp. and BG Group Plc-led projects in Kazakhstan.

BP-led companies will decide next quarter whether to expand
the capacity of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline by 20 percent to
1.2 million barrels a day, said Norman Ingram, the pipeline project
director for BP in Azerbaijan. If a decision is made to expand, the
capacity will be increased by June 2008.


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Singapore Airlines Says It's in `Advanced' Discussions With China Eastern

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore Airlines Ltd., Asia's most
profitable carrier, said it's in ``advanced'' discussions about
a potential investment in China Eastern Airlines Corp., as it
seeks more access to the world's second-largest aviation market.

The companies haven't reached a final agreement, Singapore
Airlines said in a statement late yesterday, the first time it
has announced talks with the Shanghai-based carrier.


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Sam's Club testing high-end TV installation

(Reuters) - Flat-panel TV sales remain brisk as consumers continue to replace their bulky, tube TVs with the new, more advanced TVs. But prices for the sleek flat-panel TVs have dropped, and retailers are looking at service opportunities as a way to differentiate themselves to win market share.




But they are also hoping services, like installation, will cut down on the number of sets that are returned to their stores after customers get the TVs home but then cannot install them properly.


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JGBs slump on fall in Treasuries, rising Nikkei

(Reuters) - The 10-year JGB yield hit a seven-month high while futures
prices fell to a fresh nine-month low.




U.S. Treasuries slipped on Thursday as a strong Midwest
business activity report reduced expectations of an interest rate
cut by the year-end, pushing benchmark 10-year yields to their
highest level in nine months.


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CRX, CRA International, Dell, Dow Jones, Forest Labs: U.S. Equity Preview

(Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies
whose shares may have unusual price changes in U.S. exchanges
tomorrow. This preview includes news that broke after exchanges
closed. Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names.

CKX Inc. (CKXE US) rose $2.74, or 26 percent, to $13.37
before after-hours trading was halted. CKX Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer Robert F.X. Sillerman and ``American Idol''
creator Simon Fuller offered to take private the company that
controls rights to the name and image of Elvis Presley and
Muhammad Ali for $13.75 a share.


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WRAPUP 2-Silicon Valley companies settle stock options cases

(Reuters) - WASHINGTON, May 31 - Mercury Interactive and
Brocade Communications Systems Inc. agreed to pay a combined
$35 million to settle charges they fraudulently backdated stock
options that helped enrich former executives, U.S. regulators
said on Thursday.




The settlements represent the first time companies have
agreed to pay civil penalties related to the Securities and
Exchange Commission's probe of more than 100 companies
suspected of manipulating option grant dates.


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South Korea's Economy Expands 0.9 Percent, Unchanged From Initial Estimate

(Bloomberg) -- South Korea's economy grew 0.9
percent in the first quarter, unchanged from the initial
estimate, buoyed by exports and a pickup in consumer spending.

Gross domestic product increased at the same pace as in the
fourth quarter, according to a report by the Bank of Korea in
Seoul today. Asia's third-largest economy grew 4 percent from a
year earlier, unchanged from the preliminary estimate published
on April 25.


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Thai Stocks May Advance As Court Ruling Paves Way For Election This Year

(Bloomberg) -- Thai stocks may rise after a military-
appointed court decided not to ban all key political leaders from
running for office, helping pave the way for an election later
this year and the country's return to democracy.

Siam Cement Pcl, Thailand's biggest building-material maker,
may lead companies with the largest market values higher.


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Teekay, TORM acquire majority ownership of OMI Corp

(Reuters) - Till June 5, OMI shareholders will receive $29.25 for each
share tendered, the companies said in a statement.





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Coke, Cargill team up on new sweetener

(Reuters) - The Atlanta-based beverage company has filed 24 patent applications for the product, tentatively named rebiana, and would have exclusive rights to develop and sell rebiana in beverages, spokeswoman Kari Bjorhus told Reuters.




Privately held Cargill would use the sweetener -- made from a South American herb called stevia -- in food products, and handle the growing of the shrub, which is native to Paraguay, Bjorhus said.


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UPDATE 1-Bally Total Fitness plans to file for bankruptcy

(Reuters) - Chicago-based Bally said it plans to implement its
reorganization through a voluntary, prepackaged bankruptcy
filing in July. The company said it expects to complete its
reorganization within 60 days of filing its bankruptcy
petition.




Bally has struggled in recent years to attract new members,
and in March said it expected continued membership declines
through at least 2008. In 2005, Bally put itself up for sale,
but was unable to find a buyer. Its acting chief executive,
Barry Elson, stepped down earlier this month.


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Quebec premier, opposition in budget crisis talks

(Reuters) - Failure to garner a majority of votes in support of the May
24 budget would bring down the government just over two months
after it was elected. Voters in the mainly French-speaking
province of 7.5 million would have to head back to the polls,
most likely on July 9.




The ADQ, which forms the official opposition, has said it
will vote against the budget, and it was not clear who would
represent it at Charest's meeting.


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US utility CEOs warn on difficulty of carbon cuts

(Reuters) - "It's not all going to be easy," Farrell added, saying he
was dubious of American's willingness to bear the cost of
cutting emissions of carbon dioxide.




President George W. Bush called on Thursday for a global
meeting on climate change, stressing new technologies to make
energy use more efficient and restating his rejection of firm
caps on carbon dioxide emissions.


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Longs Drug Stores retail drug store sales from cont ops rise

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UPDATE 1-Foreign holdings of US securities climb - Treasury

(Reuters) - The Treasury and the Federal Reserve's annual survey of
foreign portfolio holdings showed total foreign holdings rising
to $7.778 trillion at June 30, 2006 from $6.864 trillion 12
months earlier.




The Treasury said official holdings of U.S. securities
increased to $2.301 trillion by the end of June 2006 from
$1.938 trillion the year before.


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Public pressure may not help seal Murdoch Dow deal

(Reuters) - "Large investors will try to put pressure on the family to sell and I, too, wish they would say 'Yes'," said Jean-Marie Eveillard, a top mutual fund manager who owns Dow shares. "But I'm not sure this will help the situation."




All month outside investors have been hoping the Bancroft family, which has for decades protected the company from potential bidders, would accept the $60 a share offer News Corp made on May 1.


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Milk Jumps to Record High in Chicago on Increased Demand for Cheese, Whey

(Bloomberg) -- Milk futures rose the most in two
weeks, extending a rally to record-high prices in Chicago, as
demand grows from makers of cheese and dried dairy products.

The cost of wholesale cheese is the highest in 30 months,
and dry whey, the watery part of milk that separates from curds,
has more than doubled in the past year, government and exchange
data show. The price of wholesale milk has jumped 52 percent
this year.


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Treasuries Decline, Pushing 10-Year Yields to the Highest Since August

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. Treasuries fell, pushing the
benchmark 10-year note's yield to its highest level since August,
after a measure of business activity rose more than forecast.

Expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates
this year fell to the lowest since last July as the National
Association for Purchasing Management-Chicago report indicated
the economy is rebounding from a first-quarter slowdown. U.S.
equities extended an advance that yesterday pushed the Standard &
Poor's 500 Index to a record.


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TREASURIES-Strong economic data lift yield to 9-month high

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, May 31 - U.S. government bond prices
retreated on Thursday after robust economic data further curbed
expectations of an interest rate cut by year-end.




For a time, it looked as if bonds would suffer their
biggest drop in a week, but prices found some support at
technical levels and that, combined with some month-end buying,
lifted prices from their lows, analysts said.


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CDC says peanut butter salmonella sickened 628

(Reuters) - In mid-February the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had linked 288 cases of food-borne illness in 39 states to peanut butter consumption. By March 7, that total had climbed to 425 people in 44 states. As of May 22, some 200 more people in another three states were infected.




The CDC said the rate of new infections has tapered off and it urged people to immediately discard any remaining jars of Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter with a product code beginning with 2111.


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S&P raises Fiat rating; investment grade on horizon

(Reuters) - "The upgrade and maintenance of a positive outlook reflect
Fiat's continued improvements in profitability and cash flow
generation over the past several quarters, with an
uninterrupted decline in debt," S&P said in a statement.




Fiat last month said it boosted operating profit at its
auto unit almost four-fold in the first quarter, beating
forecasts, as it squeezed more money from a rise in sales of
its smaller city cars like the Panda. For details, see
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U.S. Stocks Fall, Led by Energy and Financials; Exxon, Citigroup Decline

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks fell, led by energy
producers and financial firms, after the price of oil dropped
and investors lowered their expectations of an interest rate
cut.

Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's biggest oil producer, and
Citigroup Inc., the largest bank, contributed the most to the
drop in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.


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European Bonds Fall on Rates Outlook; Two-Year Yields Rise to 6-Year High

(Bloomberg) -- European two-year government note
yields rose to the highest since May 2001 as investors add to
bets the region's central bank will increase interest rates
further on signs of faster expansion in the 13-nation economy.

Benchmark two-year yields have climbed more than a quarter
of a percentage point in May as a report today showed confidence
in the $10.4 trillion euro region economy climbed this month to
the highest in almost six years. The European Central Bank has
signaled it will raise borrowing costs next week.


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GE employee sues, charging gender discrimination

(Reuters) - In papers prepared for filing in U.S. District Court in
Connecticut, Lorene Schaefer charged GE, the world's
second-largest company by market capitalization, with gender
discrimination. The suit also names 13 GE officers and
directors, including Chairman and Chief Executive Jeff Immelt.




Her suit, which is seeking class-action status, seeks $500
million in damages for a class of about 1,500 to 1,700 GE women
workers, according her attorney, David Sanford of Sanford
Wittels & Heisler LP.


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First-quarter growth weak, future looks brighter

(Reuters) - Nevertheless, some key components of the report showed continuing resilience that may foster a healthier pace of expansion later in the year, while a Midwest manufacturing index pointed to a revival in factory activity in May.




The Commerce Department revised down its estimate for first-quarter expansion in gross domestic product, or GDP, to a 0.6 percent annual rate from the 1.3 percent that it estimated a month ago.


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Euro May Fall Against Pound, Technical Chart Suggests, BNP Strategists Say

(Bloomberg) -- The euro will probably reverse gains
against the U.K. pound, according to a technical indicator, and
as traders reduce bets on its appreciation, currency strategists
at BNP Paribas SA said.

The currency used by the 13 euro-region nations faces
resistance versus the pound, where sell orders may be clustered
at 68.07 pence, then 68.17 pence and 68.25 pence, according to
charts traders use to predict price movements, said Hans Guenter
Redeker, head of currency strategy in London at BNP in a note to
clients.


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UPDATE 1-CAE fourth-quarter profit takes flight

(Reuters) - CAE earned C$34.3 million , or 14 Canadian
cents a share, for the three months ended March 31. That
compares to a profit of C$9.2 million, or 4 Canadian cents a
share, in the year-prior period.




Revenue grew to C$337.3 million from C$284.3 million.


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Western-Giant deal to proceed unless court acts

(Reuters) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in Denver is
considering a last-minute motion by the Federal Trade
Commission for a temporary injunction that would put the $1.13
billion deal on hold while the FTC appeals a lower court
decision.




A lower court judge in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Tuesday
rejected the FTC's bid to block the deal on the grounds that it
would be anticompetitive and dissolved a temporary restraining
order that had stopped the deal from going forward.


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U.S. 30-year mortgage rate highest since September

(Reuters) - Fifteen-year mortgage rates rose to 6.12 percent from 6.06
percent, the highest since 6.11 percent in the Sept. 14 week.




Despite such increases, 30-year and 15-year mortgages were
still well below their year-ago levels. During the same week
last year, 30-year mortgages averaged 6.67 and 15-year averaged
6.26 percent.


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Nymex Gas Is Steady After Report of Larger-Than-Expected Inventory Gain

(Bloomberg) -- Natural gas was little changed in New
York after a government report today showed stockpiles of the
power-plant fuel rose 107 billion cubic feet, topping an estimate
from analysts and relaxing concerns over possible shortages later
this year.

Analysts expected gas supplies held in underground caverns
would rise 105 billion cubic feet, the median of 27 estimates in
a Bloomberg survey of analysts. Stockpiles jumped 81 billion
cubic feet in the comparable week last year, according to
government data.


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US stock indexes up on M&A in financial sector

(Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened higher on Thursday after news of banking company Wachovia Corp.'s proposed buyout of brokerage A.G. Edwards Inc., a sign the takeover trend was still going strong.

The Dow Jones industrial average was up 9.67 points, or 0.07 percent, at 13,642.75. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index


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Russian Stocks Gain, Paced by Norilsk Nickel: World's Biggest Mover

(Bloomberg) -- Russian stocks climbed for the first
time in four days after brokerages recommended buying local
shares, saying the recent slump may be ending. OAO GMK Norilsk
Nickel paced the gains.

The ruble-denominated Micex Index added 2.2 percent to
1549.99 at 4:06 p.m. in Moscow, as 29 of its 30 members
advanced. The dollar-denominated RTS Index increased 2 percent
to 1759.72.


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Wellpoint CFO resigns, violated code of conduct

(Reuters) - The news sent Wellpoint shares lower in early trading. By midmorning, they were down $1.50, or 1.8 percent, to $82.90 on the New York Stock Exchange.




The largest U.S. health insurer in a statement said its investigation did not reveal illegal conduct and that the violations were not related to Wellpoint's business. But the company declined to comment on the nature of the violations.


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Carbon Emission Permits Plunge a Second Day, Sliding to a Two-Week Low

(Bloomberg) -- European Union carbon-dioxide permits
were little changed, after reaching a two-week low as lower
natural-gas prices made it profitable to burn the cleaner fuel
in the U.K. next summer.

Emission permits for delivery in December 2008 fell as much
as 1.82 euros, or 7.9 percent, to 21.15 euros ($28) a metric
ton, according to prices from the European Climate Exchange in
Amsterdam. That's their lowest since May 17. They were little
changed from yesterday's close at 23.05 euros at 9:57 a.m. local
time, after falling 8.7 percent yesterday.


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China to see more overseas investment via QDII

(Reuters) - However, Yin said the business still had huge potential
because the equities rally would peter out at some point and
speculation over the yuan would die down.




China authorised banks earlier this month to invest up to 50
percent of their QDII quotas in overseas stocks for the first
time, in an effort to boost investment yields and make the
programme more appealing.


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Parametric's Stein Uses Homegrown Strategy for Emerging Markets Returns

(Bloomberg) -- In 1994, Seattle-based Parametric
Portfolio Associates set out to create a strategy for investing
in emerging markets that would smooth out the price swings of
markets such as Brazil or Malaysia.

As a way to improve returns over the long term, it's on the
right track. Parametric's $1 billion Eaton Vance Tax-Managed
Emerging Markets Fund returned 33 percent annually on average for
the five years ended on May 29. That made it the third-best
performer among the 100 U.S.-based funds investing in emerging-
market stocks, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.


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Altadis Credit-Default Swaps Fall on Speculation of New Imperial Offer

(Bloomberg) -- Altadis SA credit-default swaps fell
on speculation Imperial Tobacco Group Plc will raise its bid for
the world's largest cigar maker, trumping an offer from private
equity firms.

Contracts based on 10 million euros ($13 million) of
Altadis debt fell 10,000 euros to 58,000 euros today, according
to Deutsche Bank AG. The credit-default swaps, which are used to
speculate on corporate creditworthiness, had soared to 94,000
euros on concern buyout firms would load the Madrid-based
company with debt, prompting the company's investment-grade
credit rating to be cut to high-risk, high-yield.


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New York City economy worsens in May: NY-NAPM

(Reuters) - The report's seasonally adjusted measure on current business conditions fell to 35.2, the weakest since at least April 2005, from 66.5 in April. The survey's outlook gauge slipped to 50.0 in May from 66.7 in April.




"The 'business conditions index' dropped in May, but has been on a steady ascent, consistent with the favorable employment trends since 2001," NY-NAPM said in a statement.


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National Bank second quarter earnings rise 9 pct

(Reuters) - The bank also boosted its dividend to 60 Canadian cents a
share, up 11 percent.







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Hoya to launch $806 mln bid for Pentax in June

(Reuters) - Hoya said it will offer 770 yen for each Pentax share.



Ahead of the announcement, Pentax shares closed up 0.52 percent at 776 yen.


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European Stocks Climb to 6 1/2-Year High; E.ON, ASML, BHP Pace the Gains

(Bloomberg) -- European stocks rallied, sending the
Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index to the highest since September 2000,
after E.ON AG said it will buy back $9.4 billion in shares and
Belgian billionaire Albert Frere bought a stake in Iberdrola SA.

E.ON and Iberdrola led utility shares to an all-time high.
Scottish & Southern Energy Plc rose after earnings beat analysts'
estimates. ASML Holding NV climbed the most in six weeks on plans
to pay cash to shareholders. BHP Billiton Ltd. paced a rebound in
mining stocks as copper advanced and the company named a new
chief executive officer.


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Nasdaq gets $3.5 billion debt financing for OMX bid

(Reuters) - The debt commitments expire on the earlier of the
consummation of the offer and February 29, 2008, according to
the filing.




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Warner to put ad-supported video archive online

(Reuters) - The move is part of the music industry's drive to generate revenue from new sources to offset the fall in CD sales and follows the explosion in popularity of online video.




Warner said the platforms would show previously unseen footage and would eventually be available in different languages.


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Coke's Supporters, Cantor Fitzgerald's Critics, Chinese Banking: Timshel

(Bloomberg) -- Shares of Coca-Cola Co. are gaining
favor among Wall Street firms even as brokerage analysts show
more caution in their calls on U.S. stocks.

Citigroup Investment Research's Bonnie Herzog yesterday
made her first ``buy'' recommendation on Coke since she began
covering the company four years ago. The world's largest soft-
drink maker is poised ``to deliver more sustainable and
profitable growth'' with the help of acquisitions, she wrote in
a report.


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E.ON to Build 18 Power Plants in Europe as Part of $81 Billion Expansion

(Bloomberg) -- E.ON AG, Germany's biggest utility,
plans to build 18 new power plants in Europe as part of a 60
billion-euro ($81 billion) investment plan to satisfy growing
demand for electricity.

The new generators will increase capacity in five years by
13,500 megawatts, enough to supply about 27 million average
European homes, as the region's markets open to competition,
E.ON Chief Executive Officer Wulf Bernotat said today at a press
conference in Dusseldorf, where the company is based.


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Copper rebounds on tight supplies, lead at new high

(Reuters) - Copper gained ground on Thursday as Chinese shares recovered from a sharp fall in the previous session and the market focused on dwindling copper inventories, while lead hit a fresh record high on supply worries.

Copper for delivery in three months on the London Metal Exchange rose to $7,355/7,375 a tonne, up $149 from Wednesday.


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Gold rebounds but stuck in range ahead of US data

(Reuters) - Gold gained on short-overing on Thursday but was likely to trade in a tight range as investors awaited the release of U.S. data, which may cool expectations of interest rates cuts.

The market is waiting for Thursday's revision of U.S. first-quarter GDP figures and Friday's Labor Department May employment report after the U.S. dollar rose following the release of the Federal Reserve's policy minutes.


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Taiwan Dollar Rises on Plea to Invest Onshore; Won Gains on Stock Inflows

(Bloomberg) -- Taiwan's dollar strengthened in May to
touch the highest in almost three months as the central bank said
mutual funds should invest more in local stocks rather than
abroad.

The currency had its first monthly rally since November on
speculation the central bank will buy its dollar to curb losses
after it last week had the lowest close since December 2005.
Interest rates, among the lowest in the region, helped send the
currency down 1.3 percent this year.


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Gold rebounds but stuck in range ahead of U.S. data

(Reuters) - The market is waiting for Thursday's revision of U.S. first-quarter GDP figures and Friday's Labor Department May employment report after the U.S. dollar rose following the release of the Federal Reserve's policy minutes.




"Everything is up to the Fed," said Darren Heathcote of Investec Australia in Sydney.


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Jobs and Gates trade jests at rare joint appearance

(Reuters) - "PC guy is great, he's got a big heart," the chief of Apple Inc. said on Wednesday, referring to popular television ads in which a hip young man personifies a Macintosh computer and a Windows PC is played by an awkward middle-aged man.




"The art of those commercials is not to be mean, but it's actually for the guys to like each other," Jobs said.


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