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HuaweiThe head of the World Trade Organization on Thursday warned that creeping accumulation of protectionist policies across the world’s 20 major economies had hit 4 percent of the group’s trade.
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The cost of US healthcare services is expected to rise 7.5 percent in 2013, more than three times the projected rates for U.S. inflation and economic growth, according to an industry research report released on Thursday.
Gold rose above $1,565 an ounce on Thursday as soft US first-quarter growth and weekly jobless claims data pressured the dollar, but this month’s sharp drop in the euro kept the metal on track for its worst May performance in 30 years.
US stocks were set for a slightly lower open on Thursday, after data pointed to an economy that may have stalled while investors grapple with the euro zone’s debt crisis.
India’s economy grew a lower-than-expected 5.3 percent in the final quarter of the fiscal year, data showed on Thursday, piling pressure on the embattled government.
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Asian and European stock markets dived on Wednesday and the euro hit a new 22-month dollar low on mounting concerns over a potential Spanish bailout, dealers said.
Spanish debt yields jumped and shares in Bankia plunged to record lows on Monday after the government, struggling to sort out its finances, put forward a plan to revive its fourth-largest lender involving more public debt.
Turkish Airlines had to cancel flights on Tuesday, after being hit by staff reporting ill in a protest at a draft law which would make it illegal for aviation workers to strike.
World stock markets moved higher after a choppy start Tuesday as hopes for new measures to boost China’s economy outweighed worries about the health of Spanish banks and their potential to worsen Europe’s debt crisis.