Jan 31 data

  • US: Dec consumer spending +0.2%, incomes +2.6%, initial unemployment benefit claims +38,000
From WORLD 3:06pm

EU faces up to China over trade dispute

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Fears arise of row boiling over into a fully fledged trade war

From COMPANIES 7:54am

Costs drag Deutsche Bank to €2.2bn loss

German lender plagued by writedowns and legal charges

Royal Dutch Shell From COMPANIES 4:48pm

US upstream arm weighs on Shell results

Oil group’s shares down as profits disappoint

From US ECONOMY Jan 30, 2013

US pension fund eyes selling oil holdings

Seattle investor under pressure to divest over climate change

Dow Chemical hydro carbon production facility in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada ©Bloomberg From COMPANIES 12:56pm

Dow Chemical hit by global slowdown

Earnings down 25% on weaker western Europe and China

From US ECONOMY 10:06pm

US economy slips into reverse

Fourth-quarter fall in GDP of 0.1% highlights effects of budget talks

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