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From US ECONOMY Feb 1, 2013

US seen to plod along despite data clash

Conflicting figures on employment and growth posed a conundrum

From AMERICAS ECONOMY 11:15pm

IMF acts over flawed Argentine economic data

Concerns over quality of inflation and GDP data

From WORLD Feb 1, 2013

Pemex blast puts onus on energy reforms

Symbol of energy self-sufficiency also beset with security problems

Explosion at Mexico’s Pemex HQ kills 32
beyondbrics The power of Pemex Tower

Feb 1, 2013

Manufacturers start year on solid footing

Global economy threat from eurozone crisis receding

Global Market Overview from MARKETS 9:21pm

Dow hits 14,000 after firm US jobs data

Gold pops as jobless rate uptick points to Fed largesse

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A man, holding a Thai baht bank note, prays before attaching his offering to a "merit tree" at the Bank of Thailand in Bangkok in 1998

Road to redemption: emerging markets have acted to beat ‘original sin’ but threats remain

Lucy Kellaway

Illustration by Noma Bar of a risk addict

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The risk addicts. What makes some City of Londotraders develop a pathological gambling addiction

From WORLD Feb 1, 2013

India’s ministers watch their onions

Return of price crisis blamed on government failure

Editorial Reviving India
India’s central bank cuts interest rates

A lone child at a kindergarten in Wuhan

©Reuters From WORLD Feb 1, 2013

China counts cost of one child policy

Critical labour shortage spurs public debate on limit to family size

Hong Kong to limit baby milk movement
beyondbrics China - Is optimism justified?

Barclays

©Getty From COMPANIES 8:06pm

Qatar connection adds to Barclays’ woes

Allegations could not come at a worse time

Two people use an ATM machine at an SNS bank in Amsterdam, Netherlands

©AP From COMPANIES Feb 1, 2013

Netherlands rescues SNS in €3.7bn bailout

Nationalisation and poor results cap poor week for Europe’s banks

From WORLD 8:04pm

Soccer clubs line up to tackle costs

Premier League embraces financial realism

Legislation threatened to reform football
My First Million Goals on and off the pitch

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