Global Market Overview 6:31pm

Stock benchmarks hover near highs

Strong durable goods data support Wall Street near five-year peak

EQUITIES 5:07pm

Banks help FTSE 100 through 6,300

Retailers miss out on gains after broker cuts rating on sector

COMMODITIES 7:01am

Trafigura boss doubts rally will return

Claude Dauphin says China’s growth will be ‘less materials intensive’

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 9:30pm

Shale gas boom now visible from space

Flaring hydrocarbon plants trigger political and environmental dispute

CAPITAL MARKETS 7:52pm

Economic outlook: Focus on US payrolls

American GDP growth likely to have eased

From WORLD Jan 27, 2013

US faces fresh financial shock

‘Sequester’ could cut $1.2tn from budget as Congress digs in

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